Various and Sundry
Life
Losing Molly has seriously knocked the wind out of my sails. I decided I would force myself to post today, so here it is. A post. Isn’t today the Iowa caucus? Yeah, who cares. This whole GOP campaign feels like such a colossal waste of time. Romney will be the nominee, and he’ll lose to [...]
Party over.
My dog died this morning.
Fundraiser to keep my health insurance from being cancelled
Dear beloved commentariat: I have been hoping and praying I wouldn’t have to pass the blegging bowl this month, but I’m out of options. Of course you all know I had surgery last summer, and many of you donated then to help cover the costs. I can’t even begin to express how grateful I am [...]
I’m not the only one!
Last night I found myself reading an old thread at Twisty’s (why this particular thread I don’t remember; series of tubes, etc.) Anyway, I happened upon this comment by Vibrating Liz (emphasis added): The Clarissa person appears to be a bright multilingual young academic “pro sex” fun-feminist with a prolific self-promotional blog. She has recently [...]
More on the Plan B debacle
Because I’m still just so fucking furious. Egalia has an excellent round-up of the reactions, very much worth reviewing: Round-Up: Obama Betrays Women & Science Over Plan B Birth Control. I particularly want to call attention to the editorial in the Washington Post: Indeed, the administration’s decision will decrease access for all women, because the [...]
Obama personally endorses restriction on Plan B, morphs into Dubya before stunned press corps
As Liss at Shakesville observes, “not only does the President support Sebelius’ shocking move to limit reproductive rights, he is using his daughters to defend his failure to support choice.” This was his response to reporters today when they asked him if he supported the ban: THE PRESIDENT: I will say this, as the father [...]
Giving thanks again for our wonderful Democratic administration
Obama Administration Overrules FDA On Easing Plan B Restrictions, reports ThinkProgress: The surprising decision stunned activists. Susan F. Wood, who resigned from the FDA in 2005 because of delays in relaxing restrictions on Plan B, told the Washington Post she was “beyond stunned” by the decision. “There is no rationale that can justify HHS reaching [...]
Success!
Fantastic news! It looks like the quest to keep Hilary’s mom from being evicted has been successful! It’s the evening of November 30, and Hilary writes: Hello all! The goal has been reached as of tonight! Thank you all so much for your well-wishes and donations, and for sharing the link elsewhere…I’m going to call [...]
Help keep Hilary’s mom from being evicted
(Sticky.) Loyal reader Hilary Gardiner writes that her Mom is on the verge of being evicted from her trailer park home. Hilary had a kidney transplant last year and her mother nursed her through it. Now Mom is behind in her rent and facing eviction: You might be wondering why I’ve given all this seemingly [...]
What she said
Here’s Sady Doyle on why being a feminist blogger is sickening and depressing as hell. Yup.
