This is awesome. Congress passed the 2010 Omnibus Appropriations Bill over the weekend that eliminates abstinence-only funding in favor of evidence-based programs. I was scared for a second after the September 30 Senate vote to restore $50 million in abstinence-only dollars…but for the first time since 1981, ab-only dollars will truly be flushed down the [...]

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Check out 25-year-old Miriam Perez’s revamped blog, Radical Doula, whose new elements include a resource page and profiles page of the doulas featured on the site. This blog always makes me think, and does a good job of bridging “mom activism,” feminism, and young women (who, as I’ve said before, should really give a shit [...]

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In case you haven’t heard, Kanye West decided to steal Taylor Swift’s thunder at the VMAs last night and tell the 19-year-old she wasn’t worthy of her award. Without even letting her finish, Kanye snatched the mic from Taylor and praised Beyoncé’s video instead, saying “I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos [...]

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I saw this piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today about how young women are still taking those vows of celibacy and devoting their lives to God. I instantly thought of a longer Time.com article from 2006 called “Today’s Nun Has a Veil–And A Blog” by my friend Tracy Schmidt (along with Lisa Takeuchi Cullen). The [...]

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