Reality TV shows are often nothing but a cesspool of one or all of the following: cat-fighting, bickering, hooking up, and has-been celebrities (or celebrities who have never made it above the C-list). The reputation that these shows have -- that it's just mindless entertainment -- is something I've… Read full post »

Where to begin this week with Teen Mom -- coal mining? Child support? Jenelle's ability to somehow convince everyone in her life that her often delusional perspective makes total sense? Let's take these topics on, inverted pyramid-style. 

Teen pregnancy, class, and coal mining 

I never… Read full post »

I've been a bit zoned out of this race for the Republican presidential nomination, but I've known one thing for a very long time: I don't like Rick Santorum.

He's sexist (thinks women should stay at home and not work; he wants to eliminate federal funding for contraception; a/… Read full post »

New Year's resolution: Start blogging again! It's not January yet, but I did just watch an episode of Teen Mom 2 that caught my attention. Nothing like getting a head-start on my resolution!

So, this week Kailyn decided to get an IUD, an intrauterine device, which is T-shaped and can s/… Read full post »

That unlike many women in this country, Fox News commentator Dana Perino can afford all three, or at least that's what I infer from this tidbit:

Now, I might be for [free birth control], if I didn't see a lot of people out there able to buy a new pair of

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Today USA Today reported that college-aged veterans are six times more likely to attempt suicide than other college students, and are at an even higher suicide risk than veterans who go to the Veterans Affairs (VA) office for help with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

As the… Read full post »

On the second part of the Real Housewives of New York reunion special this week, there was a lot of bickering and interrupting and eye-rolling. But what really stuck out was the discussion about whether Ramona is an alcoholic, and Ramona's subsequent declaration that she couldn't be… Read full post »

Since writing about birth control access last week, I've come across a few more arguments in the comments section of this blog/my Wordpress version of this blog that I'd like to address:

• Condoms aren't that expensive, why not just use those?

• $50 isn't that much money, you can easily
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This blog was submitted to the National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood’s Birth Control Blog Carnival (BCBC) — view all the BCBC posts here.

While discussing birth control access and the upcoming decision on whether birth control copays will be eliminated, my mom made… Read full post »

This blog was submitted to the National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood’s Birth Control Blog Carnival (BCBC) — view all the BCBC posts here.

If the obstacles to birth control accessibility were like potholes in the road, things like social stigma and conscience clauses… Read full post »

On Twitter, Love Is Respect linked to this Huffington Post piece about Rihanna being a poster woman for domestic violence -- the question alongside the link was, "This editorial puts a lot of pressure on Rihanna—how do you feel about it?" Well, here goes nothin'.

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Facebook engagements, wedding invitations, bridesmaid duties -- I've reached the age where marriage is common and constant. GOOD associate editor Nona Willis Aronowitz's article "I Wish I Wasn't Married," however, looks at marriage from a different perspective -- one where she disc… Read full post »

The train of Planned Parenthood defunding continues to chug along, with New Hampshire being the latest to reject state funding for the family-planning organization.

If you were unsure whether these efforts to defund were about misguided punishment for non-procreation-related sex, then Councilor Ray… Read full post »

Recent college graduates -- I want to have an intervention with you. If you were lucky enough to land an internship or job after college, then congrats! You're on cloud nine, being an adult, getting a paycheck (I hope), and probably either moving into own your place or thinking about it.… Read full post »

You know, everyone was worried that Kansas would be the first state to effectively ban abortion, but Ohio is giving it a run for its money. Today, Gov. John Kasich signed a budget that would ban hospitals and other facilities from performing elective abortions if they receive any state fund/… Read full post »

New information regarding the mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia details how mine operator Massey Energy kept separate sets of safety records, some entryways and tunnels weren't treated for excessive coal dust because they were too small… Read full post »

I feel so bad for men and their instinctual inability not to cheat on their significant others:

When a girl is literally unzipping your pants, men can't say no. We're not built that way.

This is a quote from a recent article in Marie Claire about bachelor parties and what really… Read full post »

You know what would be a great idea? Axing the Environmental Protection Agency. Because voters don't really like clean water or air, anyway.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann promised to eliminate the "job killing federal agency" if elected president in 2012, playing off the misconceptions that (1) the… Read full post »

You know, this Daily Beast article discussing how sexual harassment has historically been downplayed in France had potential. Nina Sutton, a French female journalist about the same age as former IMF director and alleged sexual assailant Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), described how in the '70s, a m… Read full post »

A Kansas state representative has compared being raped to getting a flat tire, during a discussion on the Kansas House floor about banning private insurance companies from covering abortions on general health plans. Women could buy separate riders for abortion coverage, with some lawmakers insist… Read full post »

So this week on Real World, I actually felt bad for Dustin. Usually I find him to be egotistical, manipulative, and judgmental, but he definitely didn't deserve to be equated with a child molester because of his porn past.

Mike, who doesn't like Dustin and gave him a… Read full post »