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UNICOR is linked to “Rape Club” at Dublin’s FCI federal women’s prison
Horny Prison Guards May Make The "Marquis de Sade" Envious:...
Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 4:14am PDT
The “Rape Club,” at Dublin’s federal women’s prison
The “Rape Club,” at Dublin’s federal women’s prison...
Posted: Thu, Mar 21, 2024 1:48am PDT
Family of key case in New York Times October 7 sexual violence report renounces story
A New York Times story claiming a pattern of gender-based violence on October 7 hinged on the story of Gal Abdush. But the Abdush family says there is no proof she was raped, and that Times reporters interviewed them under false pretenses....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2024 9:51am PST
470 Levi's Workers In Turkey Need Support
Workers in Turkey who make Levis are fighting against union busting and need international solidarity...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2023 8:28am PST
In Shadow Docket Decision, Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Mifepristone Ban
The supreme court basically punted the issue of a mifepristone ban back to the 5th circuit, issuing a stay this afternoon with little word on what they are thinking. Why that took them so many days to do remains a mystery....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2023 5:21pm PDT
Three Women Discover the Americas’ Best Kept Secret—Nicaragua!
Eyewitness account-inspiring trip Jan.2023. 50% of government is female. Met w/ Minister of Women, Sandinista legislators, peasant revolutionaries, agro-ecologists at women cooperatives, health pro's. Model of resilience, caring economy/society, alternative to capitalist corporatocracy. Preschool thru post doc free. Free health care. No hunger or homeless. Si se puede!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 7:25pm PST
Overturning Roe is Illegitimate: SCOTUS Decision Must Not Stand
5:00 pm Protests at Supreme Court & everywhere, nationwide
RiseUp4AbortionRights.org is calling on people to bring the gears of society to a grinding halt through nonviolent mass resistance to compel the federal government to reverse the overturning of Roe v Wade by codifying into law access to abortion on demand nationwide....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 11:02am PDT
Roe is overturned -- Protests Today, near you
This morning, the Supreme Court formally overturned Roe v. Wade. Protests, which had been scheduled for awhile all over the country for "Decision Day", will now be taking place later today....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 9:43am PDT
Opinion: What the brewing interstate travel wars over abortion portend
The Supreme Court seems ready to undo Roe v. Wade, the landmark case recognizing the right to choose abortion, in a matter of weeks, and blue as well as red states are already preparing for what might be coming next: a conflict between states seeking to facilitate out-of-state travel for abortion and those trying to shut it down....
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2022 8:53am PDT
Ads and Body Image in Society
This article highlights on how ads and society have created an image for women that is considered to be this “perfect image”. It also mentions mental health issues that can come with wanting this perfect image....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2022 10:14am PDT
SafeGraph: Data Mining and Surveillance of Reproductive Health
The high-tech tools of America's Fascist movement are developed in the Bay Area. Data brokerage company SafeGraph has been tracking the geo-location data of cellphones belonging to persons who work in reproductive health, as well as their patients. The CEO of SafeGraph is a UC Berkeley graduate, and their company was headquartered in SF, before moving to Denver in 2020....
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2022 11:55pm PDT
Abortion is not only about women its a human, civil, environmental rights issue says EOPA
EOPA, an organization of thousands of elected officials, is appalled by the leaked Supreme Court abortion decision and warns of civil liberty erosion. Black and Brown communities will suffer the most. They do now, from fossil fuel production and factories that spew toxins, which have been strategically located in their communities because they were redlined decades ago. Environmental justice will become a utopian dream if we start eroding women’s rights, as all American rights will become end...
Posted: Wed, May 4, 2022 2:59pm PDT
The Prison System Fails Incarcerated Pregnant Women
This article gives a look on how incarcerated pregnant women are treated poorly and what can be done to fix it....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2022 3:39pm PDT
Sterilization Should Never Be Forced
This piece focuses on the importance of reproductive justice while also highlighting the use of forced sterilization to reduce birth rates of minorities....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2022 12:06pm PDT
Equal Housing for Women
This is a quick letter to the author of an article by Laura Haverty. Throughout this letter, I expressed my feelings towards the ongoing issues of women being sexually harassed and assaulted while attempting to get housing. I also related this topic to the writing topic that I have been working on for my senior seminar course for a full semester....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2022 11:08am PDT
Op-Ed: COVID-19 and Domestic Violence in The Bay Area
Brief Op-Ed on the rates of domestic violence increasing during COVID and resources for those who are victims of domestic violence in the Bay Area....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2021 8:59pm PST
Scientist Says Women in STEM 'Vulnerable to Mistreatment'
In a post to her website, an environmental scientist and science educator, who goes by the handle of 'Biologist Ellie', drew a focus to the plight of women in STEM, suggesting a lack of 'visibility of women in the sciences' made the industry vulnerable to instances of harassment, mistreatment and inequalities....
Posted: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 3:03am PST
Why Congress Must Codify Roe
With all eyes on Texas Thursday [Sept 9] as the U.S. Justice Department sued the Lone Star State over its new abortion ban, Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt held a ceremonial bill signing for nine so-called "pro-life" measures he approved during this year's legislative session—highlighting the need for Congress to protect reproductive rights at the federal level....
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2021 4:18am PDT
Abortion Bounty Hunters in Texas Are Not ‘Whistleblowers’
They’re Cruel Vigilantes...
Posted: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 10:55am PDT
Stop Waste of Tax Dollars on 2d Prosecution of H Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein, the 69 year old, very sick, film producer, sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York at age 67 for rape, a life sentence given his age,has now been extradited to Los Angeles where California taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars for yet another rape trial of a sick old man. This does not solve the rape problem at all; it is theft of our tax dollars....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2021 9:46am PDT