planned parenthood
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Activism
You’ve Had a Week to Mourn. Now What?
Last week, our country elected an orange spray-painted rubber tire as leader of the free world. Since that time, there have been tears, there have been protests, and – since it’s 2016 – there have been memes. But we’re only a week in, and we’ve got four more years of white nationalist fuckery, obnoxious tweets, and racist harassment. You may…
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Meta Stuff
It’s the Sundaylies! With Cosplay Level-Up, Paper Dolls, and When Planned Parenthood Saves Your Life
Sunday Funny: A Guide to Science Articles (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Hyrule Buttons – Cosplay Level Up Ryan explains how to take you cosplay to the next level with handmade buttons. Learn how he uses a 3D printer to make a mold for his final project. New Paper Doll! The Metamorphosis of Maria Merian Download, cut and color away!…
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Feminism
Bad Chart Thursday: More Misleading Charts from Americans United for Life
By now, you’ve likely heard about the embarrassingly bad abortion chart Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) tried to use as a “gotcha” at the congressional Planned Parenthood hearing last Tuesday. If you haven’t, I recommend reading the excellent take-downs by Kevin Drum at Mother Jones and Timothy Lee at Vox. I’m not going to rehash everything wrong with that particular chart,…
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Feminism
Pro-Life Advocates Don’t Actually Care About the Life of a Fetus
I’ve been thinking about the fight for women’s healthcare a lot lately, mainly due to the influx of messages we’ve been getting to Skepchick in the past month virtually throwing a temper tantrum about Rebecca’s video “Planned Parenthood is Not Selling Baby Parts, You Fucking Idiots.” Although I am firmly on the pro-choice side, I always try to understand those…
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Featured
The Uncensorship Project: Abortion Edition
TW: Hate speech (esp. racism and misogyny), death threats, and other violent rhetoric. It will surprise no one that Rebecca Watson’s “Planned Parenthood is Not Selling Baby Parts, You Fucking Idiots” led to a flood of comments, emails, and tweets of outrage as well as the usual accusations of censorship for moderating comments and muting or blocking tweets. If you…
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Featured
[Cross-Post] Dear Planned Parenthood: You ROCK for Helping Patients Donate Fetal Tissue
Ed’s Note: This cross-post was written by Steph at Grounded Parents. If you want to leave a comment, click through the link at the bottom to the full post. ****** It’s not a day that ends in “y” if anti-choice extremists don’t try to discredit or defund Planned Parenthood. When I worked for a Planned Parenthood affiliate, extremist terrorist groups targeted us,…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: My Confidence in Planned Parenthood Waned but Then Returned Stronger
Editor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post is by Kavin Senapathy, who also blogs over at Grounded Parents. This is a great example of how speaking out about an issue can end up in real change. Good job, Kavin! ****** If you read Grounded Parents, you may have shared in my aversion to a recent mailer sent by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin…
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Feminism
Guest Post: Twitter’s Contraception Problem
Editor’s Note: Jenny Splitter, who also blogs on Skepchick’s parenting blog Grounded Parents, wrote this piece to raise awareness on why you never see contraceptives advertised on Twitter. ****** If you’re active in the Twitterverse, you may have noticed those sponsored tweets that show up in your feed about Fage yogurt or Puma sneakers. What you won’t see is adult…
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