PETA Removes Misogynist, Sizeist Billboard

Recently PETA put up a billboard in Jacksonville, Fla., that said “Save the Whales. Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian.” Next to the lettering was a drawing of a plus-size, bikini-clad woman — meant to represent, apparently, the epitome of the overweight, unsightly woman who should be hiding indoors. The billboard was quickly replaced.

Latinas Using Social Networking Sites to Share Experiences

USA Today’s Marisol Bello reports on a new social networking site for Latinas to help them “find their voice”: “It has become an online plaza where Latinas nationwide, and a few from Canada and Mexico, gather to network, share experiences, trade job inf…

NOW President Terry O’Neill to Stand with Reproductive Health Care Providers, Defenders in Nebraska

“Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in May, anti-abortion forces have set their sights on Dr. LeRoy Carhart. Operation Rescue plans to besiege Dr. Carhart’s Nebraska clinic this weekend in an attempt to terrorize the clinic workers and their patients, with the ultimate goal of closing down the facility,” said NOW President Terry O’Neill. “Because NOW believes that it is every woman’s right to have access to the full range of reproductive health care, I will be there to stand with leaders and activists from NOW and other organizations to help defend these brave providers.”