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We Heart Our Birth Control!
Add this to your Valentine’s Day plans: February 14th is a day of action for birth control. Spread the word! We saw the power of social media organizing when tons of people voiced their support online for Planned Parenthood, and we can bring the same energy to the birth control debate. What you can do: Change your Facebook photo to the iheartbc logo! Take pictures with these Valentines, tweet them to your representatives and use #iheartbc! Sign this petition! President Obama offered a compromise on Friday that would not require religiously-affiliated institutions to include birth control in their health care plans, and instead, the health care insurers would have to offer free birth … More >>
Support Women in Film!
The 2012 Oscar nominations were announced a few weeks ago, and for the 80th year (80 out of 84), the Best Director category included all male nominees. Check out Canonball for a list of five female-directed films some believed were snubbed. You can support women in film here in Manhattan — specifically, uptown at Barnard College. The second annual Athena Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with four days full of films by, for and about women. The Athena Film Festival is a joint partnership between Barnard College, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and Women & Hollywood. On Friday, February 10th, members the MYD Women’s Issues Committee will be attending a screening of Ann Richards’ Texas, a documentary work-in-progress, followed … More >>
SGK: WTF?
Unless you have been oblivious to the news of the past 48 hours, you know that breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen — which holds a”race for the cure” in New York City every year — has ended its partnership with Planned Parenthood and will not renew their grant, which provided access to breast cancer screenings for women across the country. Komen claims this decision has nothing to do with politics, but the public isn’t buying it. Their CEO, Nancy Brinker, is a Republican. Their vice president, Karen Handel, is anti-choice. Handel ran for governor of Georgia unsuccessfully as a Republican in 2010 and on her campaign blog, she wrote she “did not support the mission of Planned Parenthood” and … More >>
Hollaback! about assault on NYC subways
Chances are, if you are a woman living in New York City, you have a story about being harassed on public transportation — whether it’s a sexual comment, seeing a man expose himself in the corner of a subway car or an actual physical assault. We rely on our transit system to get around every single day, and yet for women, it’s also a place to be on constant alert for sexual harassment and assault. The recent story of the (awesome) college student who fought off her attacker and was able to snap his picture so he wouldn’t get away with his assault got a lot of attention, but there are countless other stories of harassment that go untold. It’s … More >>
MYD Women’s Committee hosts Miss Representation screening
More than 40 people came out Monday to learn about sexism in the media (and have some snacks) at MYD’s Women’s Issues Committee screening of Miss Representation! Although women make up half of the population, women hold only 3% of top positions in the mainstream media. The result? The country seeing nearly all of its entertainment, news and advertising from a man’s point of view. Miss Representation highlights the shocking prevalence of sexism in media coverage, including political media coverage, its impact on young women and how it will affect the country’s next generation of female leaders with powerful stories from Rachel Maddow, Nancy Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Katie Couric and many others (including some men).
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Fake Crisis Pregnancy Centers Still Allowed to Lie
We thought we were making progress. A new law that would require crisis pregnancy centers to disclose their services — and protect women from going to fake medical centers actually run by anti-abortion groups – was temporarily barred by Federal Judge William H. Pauley III. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a strong supporter of the legislation, said: “In issuing this injunction, the court has failed to protect pregnant women in an extremely vulnerable time in their lives.” When the City Council approved the legislation, Council member Jessica Lappin, who sponsored the bill, made the point that it “only regulates centers that are deliberately trying to deceive women into thinking they are in a medical facility when they are not. What those centers are … More >>
