Miami Needed Another Slut Walk: This Is Why Published: April 3, 2014 We started by reading and following the Feminist Campus Group Organizing Binder, and now we are more than ready to shout around campus: “my dress in not a yes!”
#MyBodyMyBC: 25 Reasons Why We Need To Defend Birth Control Access On March 25 Published: March 20, 2014 On March 25, the Court will hear arguments from two for-profit companies challenging expanded contraceptive access in the ACA – and then rule on whether women should make their own personal decisions about their birth control or whether their bosses should decide. These are just 25 reasons why women need access to birth control.
Women Around The World Need Better Information About and Access to Contraception, Even Today Published: March 8, 2014 One way to celebrate women is to give each woman the resources and empowerment to make educated decisions about their own lives and reproductive choices.
This Is What Sex-Positive Feminism Means to Me – What Does It Mean to You? Published: November 13, 2013 Sex-positivity means being able to decide your own desires and take control, as much as possible, over your sexual health. Women should be able to talk about trauma without shame and so should women be allowed to speak of consensual sex without stigma.
Recap: FMF’s 2013 Reproductive Justice Summit Published: August 2, 2013 This past Wednesday, July 24, our LA intern team hosted the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Reproductive Justice Summit.
Roundtable: Our Experiences Buying Plan B Published: June 27, 2013 “I also bought some Advil and a Dr. Pepper. Made my flight. It should always be that simple.”
On the SaVe Act, UNC Chapel Hill, and Protecting All Students Published: March 20, 2013 Worst case scenario: what do you do if you need to report a sexual assault on your campus? Do you know who to contact? Which department is responsible? Do you need to fill out a form? I was pleasantly surprised when a quick Google search of my campus website turned up a pretty direct link […]
Approval of New Abstinence-Only Program is Dangerous to Girls’ Health Published: May 7, 2012 Little attention was paid to the quietly-approved addition of 3 new programs to the Department of Health and Human Services list of “evidence-based” teen pregnancy prevention programs, a list that the current Administration has used to tout its commitment to science in public health. That is until RH Reality Check drew attention to one particular […]
World AIDS Day 2011: Can We Really Get to Zero? Published: December 1, 2011 The fight to end HIV/AIDS continues today December 1, 2011, World AIDS Day. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Despite victories in the years since the first diagnoses, there are many hurdles that need to be overcome in “Getting to Zero – […]
What is So Wrong with Abstinence Education? Published: November 30, 2011 Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Cross-posted from the Bitch in the house. Over the last few years, my policy of truth in sexuality with my kids has received a lot of criticism from just about every corner. Most surprisingly is the negativity from sex education activists who purport to support medically-accurate sex education. We are in […]
