After Being Raped, I Was Wounded; My Honor Wasn’t

In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Sohaila Abdulali writes: “When I was 17, I could not have imagined thousands of people marching against rape in India, as we have seen these past few weeks. And yet there is still work to be done. We have spent…

Republican Lawmakers To Kick Off New Year By Limiting Women’s Reproductive Health

Tara Culp-Ressler at ThinkProgress writes: “State lawmakers will reconvene to kick off their new sessions this week, and Republican legislators are already gearing up for the new abortion restrictions they hope to introduce this year.”

Our homegrown pro-rape culture is out and proud – from Steubenville to the expiration of VAWA

Pam Spaulding at Pam’s House Blend writes: “The coverage of the brutal crimes unveiling the pro-rape culture in India (and the women’s movement rising to oppose it), is welcome information to bring to Americans. While I’m sure a lot of people would like…

House GOP screams budget cuts, then moves to continue funding DOMA defense

Pam Spaulding at Pam’s House Blend writes: “John Boehner’s office says funding defense of discrimination is necessary ‘to protect our system of checks and balances’ — to the tune of $1.7 million dollars pickpocketed from the taxpayers during touch econo…

Rape Case Unfolds on Web and Splits City

*Trigger warning* Juliet Macur and Nate Schweber write for The New Times: “The case is not the first time a high school football team has been entangled in accusations of sexual assault. But the situation in Steubenville has another layer to it that sepa…