Coalition for Illinois Midwifery

Want to know more about midwifery laws in the state of Illinois and how we compare to other states? Look here:
Coalition for Illinois Midwifery - Welcome to the Coalition for Illinois Midwifery

EC option for 9/6: Child abuse in Afghanistan - Broadsheet - Salon.com

How does the author of this article comes to the conclusion that women's inequality hurts more than just women?
Child abuse in Afghanistan - Broadsheet - Salon.com

EC option for 9/6: abonly_comic1024.gif (GIF Image, 1024x591 pixels) - Scaled (91%)

According to the way this comic strip (scroll down and click on image to enlarge it) portrays abstinence only programs, what is the nature of male sexuality? How might abstinence only programs be promoting the idea that all men are rapists?
abonly_comic1024.gif (GIF Image, 1024x591 pixels) - Scaled (91%)

EC option for 9/6 (Be sure to sign full name after your 5-line comment)

Read this ENTIRE link:

Women and masturbation: We’ve come a long way, maybe?

Are women entitled to orgasms? Are orgasms important?

Also for EC for 8/30: Public Shirtlessness: The Next Feminist Frontier?

Is it unfair to prohibit women bearing their breasts on a hot day? Read Lori's perspective before you weigh in.

2 of 2 EC options for 8/30: Beyonce says feminism has helped her have successful relationships with men - Monsters and Critics

Read this link and comment:
Beyonce says feminism has helped her have successful relationships with men - Monsters and Critics.

What does feminism mean to Beyonce?

1 of 2 EC options for 8/30: Janelle Monáe - Tightrope [feat. Big Boi] (Video)

What do you think about this video? Anyone want to try to apply a feminist analysis to the video?

Today in Feminist History: Women Get the Vote

Today in Feminist History: Women Get the Vote

ella – progress and a reminder that we cannot rest until reproductive freedom comes

ella – progress and a reminder that we cannot rest until reproductive freedom comes

Slowpoke Comics: Hillary Nutcrackers

Slowpoke Comics: Hillary Nutcrackers

Music video: Why Feminism is still relevant.

Link to blog post and video about Mackenzie McCollom, whose Title IX rights were violated when she became pregnant

Pregnant high school athlete faces discrimination:

Pregnant high school athlete faces discrimination

If you missed class when the video was show, there's a link to the ESPN video on the blog.

Warning signs in bars are gendered.

I misspoke today in class when I referred to federal law that requires warnings on bottles of alcohol.

It's actually state laws (in ILlinois, for example,235 ILCS 5/6-24a. Sec. 6-24a.) that require that places that sale alcohol display birth defects warning signs. Many states have these laws. These laws usually require a sign posted in a bar, and single out women.

Unlike the bottle of alcohol, these laws don't require bars to post warnings about how alcohol can affect everyone.

To learn more about the gendered aspects of state legislative policy with regard to alcohol and pregnancy, this is a reliable source.

Required for 5/3: Degendering Dance

Watch this video, Tightrope, by Janelle Monae, featuring Big Boi:

Degendering Dance… and Some History » Sociological Images



How is this a great example of how dancing doesn’t have to be sexualized or gendered by movement or attire?

What choices does Janelle make that emphasize talent, skill, and high quality art?

Remember to sign your full name.

MomsRising.org | Take a Minute for Fair Pay!

MomsRising.org | Take a Minute for Fair Pay!

1 of 2 options required for 4/26: Healthy Media act for Youth

Sign full name.

Last month, Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced H.R. 4925, The Healthy Media for Youth Act. The bill, which draws on research by Girls, Inc. and the Girls Scouts Research Institute, among others, focuses on the most harmful aspects of media, including unrealistic representations of female beauty, sexualized images of young girls and teens, and violence against women as entertainment.

The bill, which has been referred to committee, proposes a three-pronged strategy to combat potentially dangerous media images: Media literacy, further research on the impact of consuming media that depicts women and girls in a less than positive light, and the formation of a national task force, run by the NIH, on girls and women in the media. You can read the whole bill here.

Is this bill legislating morality? Or, given the many studies confirming a link between self esteem and adds that show women only with idealized bodies and being both only sexual and innocent at the same time, is this bill really about supporting women's health?

Please comment, but support your opinion with facts from the blog post and from Killing Us Softly 3.

Also, consider that while the media tells women that they should be unrealistically skinny, the media also tells everyone that they should be eating more junk food, and that happy people eat junk food. When was the last time you saw an ad for just plain apples or carrots?

1 or 2 options required for 4/26: The pro-choice movement would fail without young women

The pro-choice movement would fail without young women

Answer these 2 questions: What is Jessica, who wrote this blog post, mad about? As a young woman, who do you think should be making the decisions about when you have children and how many you have?

As a young woman, are you capable of making moral decisions about your own body and your life plans?

Sign full name.

Love Your Body: 2010 Poster Contest Winners

Love Your Body: 2010 Poster Contest Winners

On the Love YOur body Website, there are also links to the latest offensive ads.

Nebraska to pass extreme, first-of-its-kind anti-choice bill

Nebraska to pass extreme, first-of-its-kind anti-choice bill

YouTube - guerrillagirlsontour's Channel

YouTube - guerrillagirlsontour's Channel