“After an Appleton clinic temporarily suspended abortions earlier this year due to funding issues, there are only three clinics that provide abortions remaining in Wisconsin…NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin announced recently that it is piloting a program in Madison to provide food, lodging and support for Wisconsin women who have to travel long distances to receive an abortion.”
“…My whole life has been about doing what I want to do, which is why I also characterize myself as an anarchist. But at the same time, I know I need to take responsibility for myself and my actions and not harm other people.”–Penny Arcade
Check out this comic that nails “The 32 Types of Anti-Feminist.” My personal “favorite” is the comedian. #RapeJokesAreNotFunnyAndTheyNeverWillBe
“Women don’t tend to brag about their capabilities the way that men do, so I think you’re going to get fewer women applying for a job that says, ‘Oh, we’re looking for a rock star,’ because women tend to undervalue their achievements while men overvalue their achievements…”
Are there any “safe spaces”? Read “Race and the Free-Speech Diversion” and let us know what you think.
Pop star, Kesha is suing her longtime producer for sexual assault and battery and release from her contract saying that she has had little to no creative control over her own music.
“Muslim hate crime has soared by 70 per cent in London and majority of victims are female.”
Bikini Kill by Alice Wheeler
Alice Wheeler’s new photography book “is about rain, rock, and revolution. It’s also about women claiming their voice, power, and right to participate.”
Live in New York? Check out MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival this weekend. Might I recommend the one and only Barbara Hammer’s Nitrate Kisses on Saturday?
Also happening in New York this weekend is Juliana Huxtable’s Performa piece, in which “she is allowing others who have been overlooked or discarded by history to come along with her for the ride, right into the center of the contemporary art scene and, indeed, into the middle of a museum about the history of art itself.”
What did we miss this week? Let us know in the comments! <3
