BBC TV sportscaster Clare Balding was probably just trying to come up with a quick answer to a tough question. In a web chat on the UK blog Mumsnet last Monday, […]
Author: Rebecca Nelson
Merger with Catholic Hospital Could Deny Women Abortions in Pennsylvania
Abington Memorial Hospital is a major medical center on the eastern side of Montgomery County, Penn. With more than 60 OB/GYNs on staff, the hospital delivers more than 5,000 babies […]
Teen Girl Wins Photoshop Fight Against Seventeen Magazine
When Julia Bluhm scanned the pages of Seventeen magazine, she saw young women with perfect bodies. Glossy hair and clear complexions polished off skinny, tanned figures. At 14 years old, […]
Pitch Perfect Trailer Hits Wrong Note with Rape Joke
From the trailer‘s wanna-be-gruff opening music and star Anna Kendrick’s heavy-handed black eyeliner, we know that the upcoming film Pitch Perfect (scheduled for release October 5) is going to be […]
Right-Wingers Attack Medicaid-Paid Abortions in Iowa
Conservative legislators in Iowa are willing to give up millions of dollars in Medicaid funding in order to block state-funded abortions in the case of rape, incest or if the […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Finally Gives Nobel Speech—Just in Time for Her Birthday
If Aung San Suu Kyi had been able to deliver her acceptance speech when she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she would have been 46 years old. On […]