Views too extreme for women

California NOW President Patty Bellasalma writes for the Ventura County Star: “The stakes in this election couldn’t be higher, especially for women. Since 2010, radical right-wing Republicans have gone after women with a vengeance.”

What Mitt Romney Doesn’t Get About Responsibility

Ezra Klein writes or Bloomberg: “The thing about not having much money is you have to take much more responsibility for your life. You can’t pay people to watch your kids or clean your house or fix your meals. You can’t necessarily afford a car or a wash…

Miss America’s eating disorder

McCarton Ackerman writes on Salon.com (via The Fix): “Kirsten Haglund was thrust into the spotlight when she won the 2008 Miss America crown in front of more than 19 million viewers. But before she ever became an American icon, from the ages of 12 throug…

It’s Time to Stop Pretending Abortion and Birth Control Aren’t Economic Issues

Erin Gloria Ryan writes on Jezebel: “As long as pregnancy and childbirth cost money, and time that could be used to make more money if it wasn’t being spent on kid-wrangling, a woman’s ability to control the size of her family is the most important econo…

What Chris Brown’s Tattoo Tells Us About Violence Against Women

Amanda Marcotte writes for Pandagon/The Raw Story: “So, Chris Brown got what is quite obviously a tattoo of a woman who has been battered in basically the same way as he battered Rihanna. This isn’t up for dispute, but of course it’s being disputed.”