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I’m pro-choice because I have more empathy for the living than I do for zygotes, and access to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and sex education makes life better for everyone: women, children and men alike.
Plus, I wanna be a scientist when I grow up, and while there is no “family planning for scientists” course [...]

As I’m sure many of you know, on January 18th, the Senate passed by an overwhelming majority the lobbying and ethics reform bill promised by both parties:
Under the bill, passed 96-2, senators will give up gifts and free travel from lobbyists, pay more for travel on corporate jets and make themselves more accountable for the [...]

This particular weirdo troll, who claims to be a feminist and an atheist but hates feminists and really ought to give the God-thumping thing a try, is worried that librul hedonist peer pressure is forcing young girls and boys to pick their flowers before they’re ready.
95% of girls and 89% of boys agreed that “being [...]

I have damaged
the cat
who was trampling
my keyboard
and who
probably held
sentimental value
for you
Forgive me
but I get jumpy
when [...]

Some of you have probably already seen this exercise, but I thought it’d be worth a link for those of you who haven’t. A friend of mine just finished a school report on it and shared it with me.

The State of the Village

In war, like in home redecorating or computer upgrading, your initial guess about how much money and time you’ll be spending is always a bit low. Part of the reason it’s important to set a strict budget for yourself is so that you have a baseline against which to judge how insane you are [...]

After reading a Courtney Martin article on sex education that’s been covered quite well across the blogosphere, my mind was immediately flooded with the kneejerk reactions I would expect to hear from your standard-issue rape-apologist wingnut.
Courtney opens her article by recounting the story of her friend, Jen, whose sociology professor described the power [...]

The new conservative party line on Iraq is simple: now that we’ve gang-raped the bitch, now that she’s all choking and sobbing and looking a mess, we have to kill her, or else we’ll really be in big trouble. Sure, maybe we feel bad about raping her now — we didn’t know she’d put [...]

Ok, get rid of the ridiculous name and make another version with short sleeves and no headpiece, and I will totally take one as well.
I want a swimsuit that covers my back and shoulders without looking like a wetsuit. And one that will restrain my unruly girls.

The Rebelution, a pair of almost preternaturally attractive and well-spoken brothers who happen to be blessed with a helpful sister and a father who will be one-upping James Dobson on the family ministry tour circuit, have finally provided hundreds of teenage Christian girls with the forum to find out what they’ve always wanted to [...]

Update 2: Done upgrading. Still tons of spam, but I am trying some new plugins, too, so we will see.
Update: hold everything, we’re updating several bits of software. Any comments posted after 5:53pm CT may be lost…
Right now, our server is being absolutely crushed under the weight of a non-stop spam attack on comments. [...]