Just when you thought science couldn’t get any better, a new article in Nature is about to shake up our ideas of sex and biology. Contrary to an old view of sexual development, Michael Clinton and his colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh say in the March 11 Nature, individual chicken cells can maintain [...]
Happy Women’s History Month, to all of you Feminists For Choice! Here’s a quick list of pro-choice and women’s history related links, as well as an AWESOME video at the end! How Pro-choice are You? – The Abortioneers CBS Behind Anti-Choice Billboards in Atlanta – RH Reality Check Honoring Intersex Activist Cheryl Chase – The [...]
Here’s a bit of bright news to kick off your weekend. Runner Caster Semenaya will be allowed to keep her gold medals. According to GLAAD: Today, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that they will allow Semenya to keep the gold medal and prize money she won at the World Athletics Championships in [...]
Misconceptions #1: Only a “Certain Kind of Woman” Has an Abortion – Cherry Hill Women’s Center When You Discover You’re Intersex – Womanist Musings C-Sections: The New “Pre-Existing Condition” – RH Reality Check Scott Roeder’s Trial to be Delayed Until January – Roeder Watch South Dakota Appeals Abortion Ruling – Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Guest writer Shanman is a queer trans boi working on a PhD in Women’s Studies. He is interested in constructions of motherhood, transgender theory and history, and Wii Rock Band. His dog is his best friend. Shanman regularly blogs at Transgrad. The IAAF and the media’s ignorance and lack of respect for Caster Semenya has [...]
Guest writer Elliott Weiss sent me a very though-provoking e-mail in response to my post this week about Caster Semenaya. Elliott is a fourth year med student who will start a pediatrics residency next year and most likely a neonatology fellowship after that. Elliott studied English & Biology in college, but also took courses in [...]
Caster Semenaya, the runner who was forced to undergo “gender testing,” has caused a lot of controversy over the past few weeks, especially on Friday. The media and the blogosphere were quick to start lobbing the term “hermaphrodite” around when it was revealed that Semenaya lacks a uterus or ovaries and that her body produces [...]
This is part four of my review of The War on Choice by Gloria Feldt. Click here for parts one, two, and three. Gloria Feldt’s The War on Choice is a wake up call for pro-choice advocates. Feldt painstakingly documents the strategies that the anti-choice movement has used to push their right wing agenda. The [...]
