The Activista

18 February 10

“ The Supreme Court has held that in rape cases the testimony of the victim cannot be considered to be the gospel truth, though in normal circumstances her statement has to be relied upon.

— Rape Victim’s Testimony ‘Not Always True,’ a report on India’s new policy.

11 February 10

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The Anti-War Superbowl Party

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N.H. House Bill Treats Fetus as a Person

The New Hampshire House is considering a bill which would allow prosecutors to charge people who kill a fetus with murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide.

Supporters say the bill is in response to a 2006 case where a speeding driver hit a cab driven by a pregnant woman. The passenger was killed, and the seven-month-old fetus was born not breathing. The fetus died after briefly being on life support. However, a judge ruled that, under the law, the speeder couldn’t be convicted for the death of the fetus; under current law, a fetus is not considered a person unless the baby shows evidence of life.

Opponents say the bill is an attempt to give unborn children legal rights. However the bill does include an exemption for abortion and doesn’t look to infringe on a woman’s right to choose.

WCAX News

10 February 10

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“ Of course, the political blogosphere is pugnacious. It’s ugly, and it’s relentless, and it’s full of spiteful misogynists, rampant rape-apologists, slut-shamers, and bitter men in lonely bedrooms across the world whose idea of a great night in is to shame, decry and otherwise tear apart the very personhood of remote, virtual women who they’re never likely to meet. Nearly every female blogger I know has at some point spoken to me, half-amused, about her ‘stalkers’, and the strange and cruel things they’ve emailed to say they want to do to them. There is a reason that women bloggers moderate their comments, a reason why the majority of female World of Warcraft players choose male avatars, a a reason why we often feel unsafe in spaces where, as liberals or as conservatives or music fans or uploaders of inane vlogs about our cats, we should not have to expect hostility. But when that hostility occurs, as it has for women since the internet began, most of us are big enough and tough enough to handle it, and handle it we do, quietly, exhaustively, relentlessly, fending off the misogynist attacks that any woman with ambitions to raise her voice above a whisper learns to handle. I have been called a cunt, a cow, a whore, a stupid little girl, I’ve been told that I deserve to be raped and beaten, I’ve been told I need to be taken in hand by a man who will fill me up with the babies that are the only thing my body and brain are good for, and I’m still here, I’m still writing, arguing and debating, and they haven’t managed to shut me up yet.

— Women, political blogging and the future of the left (via azspot) (via bmckinney) (via amberlrhea) (via gauntlet)

28 January 10

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1/3 of Women in US Military Raped

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Feminist Issues Addressed in the State of the Union

22 December 09

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Pregnancy and the Court Martial: Outlawing Reproduction

The Army has made pregnancy a punishable offense, leading pregnant women to court martial. (Fantastic.)

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh