A feminine artifact
Given to my by a friend who marched back “in they day:”
If it’s too difficult to see:
Side 1-
1. Ballad of the ERA
2. We will never give up
3. Failure is impossible
4. I’m gonna be an engineer
5. My mom’s a feminist
Side 2-
1. My mother gave me a penny
2. The first five minutes of life
3. The witches song
4. […]
A feminist in Las Vegas
Ever been to Vegas?
It’s where I have been for the past week.
I was warned of two things:
1) to chill out and realize I was going to see women exploited, regardless.
2) not to ruin the trip for everyone else.
My perception of Vegas was that provocatively dressed women would be everywhere; after all, I’ve only seen the […]
Survey por favor
Fill out this survey about women and technology for a study conducted at the University of Texas!
It takes like 15 min., swear. If you’re a lady, you’ll do it.
Life lesson from Barbie
Two new podcasts
I apologize for my post delay. As you can tell, I’m a stereotypical moderately-liberal college woman with finals nearing…
However! Two new podcasts have been added.
Courtney is the director for SafePlace, the rape crisis center in Austin. Natalie is a graduate student at UT. Both tell their own stories of rape and their ability to […]
Seen on the drag
Austin SafePlace Walk!
Tomorrow marks SafePlace’s 21st walk to honor the survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
This is to raise money for those who need it–for mothers who need a place to stay with their children that is protected, for rape victims’ hospital exams–these things matter to the community and more so to the survivor.
The walk will […]
Database of the degraded
After hours of scheming how we could dupe our realty company tomorrow for April Fools Day, my roommate and I decided the best way to make them not want to show our apartment anymore, and thus leave us alone for once, would be to disperse porn all over our living room floor.
“But where can we […]
Texas women the morning after
Getting the morning-after pill just got a whole lot easier.
Sure, the law states that Plan B is available over-the-counter for those 18 & up, but if familiar with those good ol’ Texas pharmacists who have the idea emergency contraception=abortion and refuse it, this website exists just in case, for that case.
By clicking what area you […]
New podcast, yup yup
Check out the Podcasts page for the latest She-roes podcast.
This episode: Valeri is a 29-year-old paralegal from Imperial Beach, Calif. She tells the story of her rape when she was 12 and how she got through it.