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Akin’s Female Supporters Reveal Anti-Choice Gender Ideology

Via the comment threat at Feministe, I found this excellent blog post analyzing the “women for Todd Akin” organizers. As you can imagine, female supporters of Akin are by and large religion-addled fans of the patriarchy. Why women support the oppression of women is an interesting phenomenon, no doubt worthy…

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How do you contribute to modern day slavery of human trafficking?

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How do you contribute to modern day slavery of human trafficking? In this week’s Monitor cover story on the misunderstood scourge of human trafficking, some human rights advocates suggest that the global problem gets eclipsed by the issue of domestic sex trafficking. Forced labor is a part of the problem…

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Why driving “adult services” off Craigslist is a bad idea

Oh, Craigslist. Why do you have go causing all this controversy about your “adult services” section? Actually, thank you, Craigslist, for this much: This is the first time I’ve read a discussion about sex work and sex trafficking in feminist circles where everyone is able to be calm and forthright.…

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