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Category: Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality
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While fights over funding for women’s health rage in our nation’s capitol and state houses across the country, a more violent threat persists for abortion providers.
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Laurie Essig gives a feminist response to the charge that nuclear fears are “irrational.”
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TED posted Courtney E. Martin's engaging talk about her generation's brand of feminism. Martin is the author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists. http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
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It’s not just the worker’s rights: women’s reproductive rights are also under attack in Wisconsin.
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How did an organization that was supported by Barry Goldwater and Harry Truman become demonized by the GOP? Carole Joffe looks at the politics of defunding Planned Parenthood.
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Helen Benedict talks about the lives of women in the military and a lawsuit recently brought against the Pentagon claiming that leadership fails to protect soldiers against sexual assault.
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A team of lawyers including Queer (In)Justice co-author Andrea J. Ritchie are filing a lawsuit in New Orleans challenging a law that targets LGBT people.
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Carole Joffe looks at the broader issues at stake for reproductive health when “rogue clinics” are allowed to operate.
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Laurie Essig, author of American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection discusses the cultural and financial issues that underlie a $12 billion dollar a year industry.
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So what does a tummy tuck have in common with an underwater mortgage? Laurie Essig, author of American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection explains how and why millions of Americans choose to finance expensive cosmetic procedures that they can little afford.
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