Tag Archives: speak up!

Diva is the New Bitch

Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood is apparently, like myself, a bit of a Katherine Heigl fangirl. I am not exactly her biggest movie fan, though I do own a couple of her Rom-Coms (on Blu-Ray AND I WILL NOT … Continue reading

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A Message From Lady Gaga to The Senate

Note from imissedtumblr: This transcript is going to be quick & dirty because I have a meeting in 30 minutes. None of the names are spelled correctly, I’m sorry.  (I’m typing this part at the end and I have to … Continue reading

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How I Deserve…

We were at the pool today, as we are wont to do after school since we are apparently living on the Surface of the Sun these days. The sky has been that foreboding shade of I Can’t Decide If I … Continue reading

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They don't go away…

I had a high school bully. He followed me around, yelled things at me, made lewd comments about me and what my then-boyfriend were or were not doing, threw things in my hair, and made my life kind of a … Continue reading

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Action Alert Item — Stop the Deportation of Immigrant Military Veterans

Over at Change.org’s Immigrant Right’s blog Alex DiBranco, who is also my editor at the Women’s Rights blog, and pretty fabulous, has written an action item to demand that decision makers at the top take action to stop the deportation … Continue reading

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Trust Me

see more Lolcats and funny pictures A couple of weeks ago I asked my PCM for a referral to OB/GYN to replace the IUD that I had to surrender over the summer. She and The Guy and I have been … Continue reading

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Michigan to impost referral law for Acupuncture

From bfp: Because Michigan can never just leave well enough alone, can it? I found out from my acupuncturist that the state of Michigan is considering requiring it’s citizens to get a doctor’s referral to go to an acupuncturists. So, … Continue reading

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Same story…different day…

and different patient. This could be a page out of my memoir: This letter was written after a nasty incident with another doctor in my clinic. She gave me all of twenty seconds to explain why I was there before … Continue reading

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A call to activism in Australia

From Lauredhel of Hoyden About Town comes this notice of intended changes to the criteria for using handicapped spaces: The government is proposing a national harmonisation of disabled parking schemes. Sounds great on the surface, doesn’t it? But they’re going … Continue reading

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A few action items…

A dancer, identified as Roberta Busby, was set on fire outside of the club where she worked (h/t Renegade Evolution).  Feministe has information on what you can do to help, including links to photos of the suspects of this vile … Continue reading

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