August 15, 2010
It appears to be the most saccharine of tales. One of the criticisms being lobbied at the film that the main character travels to find herself — which is nuts. Traveling is all about opening your eyes to new experiences and discovering things about yourself you never thought possible. Holidays do cost money and Elizabeth ...
July 26, 2010
There have been huge gains for women in American politics. They are getting elected at all levels and there are currently 239 women running for Congress (out of 435 positions). As feminists, we should be happy that so many women are getting into politics. But what do we do if they are against what we consider to be basic women’s ...
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June 3, 2010
In America, anti-abortion advocates must be celebrating in the streets. Eleven states have passed laws this year restricting abortion and 370 state bills are under consideration. I think it’s time we finally accept that women will never be completely free to choose and there will always be an ongoing battle over rights to abortion. Also, for ...
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May 7, 2010
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was just downgraded to “cutting” and is being encouraged for doctors in the USA. This is seriously distressing news and I have to wonder what they could possibly have been thinking!
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May 7, 2010
In America, more and more women are delaying motherhood to pursue education and careers. This is great for many reasons, especially a better educated population with less teenage pregnancies. And this trend includes women from ”all ethnicities in the United States.” Children born to highly educated mothers increasingly are born later in life. The mothers are usually married, and ...
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March 11, 2010
You probably know how we at Morning Quickie like to follow what’s going on in America around abortion law. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like women in Utah are now going to be charged with murder if their miscarriages are caused by “intentional or knowing” acts.
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February 6, 2010
Focus on the Family is a conservative pro-life, anti-birth control, anti-sex education, anti-gay organisation. In spite of CBS’s rule on no advocacy in advertising, they have given approval for a 30 second advertisement to be played during the Superbowl tomorrow (February 7), a tv slot that will have up to 100 million viewers.
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February 4, 2010
A 19-year-old New Zealand woman has auctioned off her virginity for over NZ$45,000 after receiving over 1,200 offers. She plans to use this money to pay her university tuition fees. It seems that New Zealand virginity isn’t quite as good as American virginity where a woman recently got an offer over $5 million. Is this becoming ...
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February 1, 2010
So, yet again, Morning Quickie is bringing you a censorship story from the concerned parents of America. This time a school district banned Anne Frank’s Diary because of one parent’s concern “about the sexual nature of the vagina passage”. That’s right, only one person in the entire school district in Virginia thinks the passage is ...
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December 22, 2009
For US soldiers serving in Iraq, becoming pregnant or impregnating someone can lead to jail time. This policy has been put into effect because the pregnant woman will obviously have a negative impact on the mission and need to be removed and replaced. Now I definitely think she should be removed and replaced; a battlefield is ...
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