Forward Thinking is a values development project organized by Libby Anne of Love, Joy, Feminism and Dan Fincke of Camels with Hammers. This week, Libby Anne asks: What is the purpose of public education? An inscription on the Boston Public Library reads: The … Read more →
Apparently some Danish researchers found a correlation between bicep size in wealthy men and support for self-interested, conservative economic policies. They concluded that this was because of evolution. In the days of our early ancestors, [Aarhus researchers] say, decisions about … Read more →
Today in Not Being Helpful: A measure advancing in the North Carolina legislature would require teens to obtain notarized, written parental consent in order to access a range of health services, including testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, birth control prescriptions, pregnancy … Read more →
Oh look, Kathleen Parker is making an argument against emergency contraception accessibility for younger girls. Fifteen-year-olds, where the Obama administration wants to set the limit, are girls, not women. And female parts do not a woman make any more than … Read more →
Remember when that judge ruled that emergency contraception should be made available over the counter without restrictions, and we were all really excited because that seemed really sensible and reflective of actual research? Yeah. Now the Food and Drug Administration … Read more →
Forward Thinking is a values development project organized by Libby Anne of Love, Joy, Feminism and Dan Fincke of Camels with Hammers. This week, Dan asks, with reference to the Boston Marathon bombing: What are the ethical responsibilities, priorities, principles, … Read more →
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. When I was in Britain, I heard people use Thatcher as an argument for why women shouldn’t be leaders. This neatly ignores two key points: 1. There were plenty of male politicians … Read more →
So it’s women’s history month, and I wish I could say that I have something really awesome planned for the blog, but unfortunately I don’t. My attention has been lately divided between working 12 hour days and dealing with a … Read more →
Laura Murphy, a parent from Fairfax County, Virginia, is lobbying her school board to remove Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved from their curriculum. Evidently her high school senior son had nightmares after reading the book, and she decided it wasn’t appropriate … Read more →
I first learned of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland from the film The Magdalene Sisters, which follows three young women who are committed against their wills to an institution that forces them to labor doing laundry, which at the time … Read more →