Don't know what happened to our scheduled diary, but some of the highlights of this week's War on Women are below the orange cloud-map.
Violence:
What not to do when your favorite athlete's rape charges get dropped.
What it's like to work taking calls for the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
A Drake University frat announced a party with the hilarious theme of "pigtails and pedophiles."
Reproductive rights:
Tamesha Means is suing after a Catholic hospital endangered her by withholding information when her pregnancy threatened her health.
A federal court blocked a regulation in Indiana that would have shut down the only clinic offering RU-486.
Intersectionality:
Jamie Nesbitt Golden on how teenage African-American girls are sexualized and stereotyped as #fasttailedgirls.
Uncategorizable:
The Republicans are going to train their candidates on how to talk to women about their gawdawful policies! My suggestion: start by saying: "Here's what we're doing to change our gawdawful policies."
And I'm just gonna quote Meliassa McEwan on this one:
"After setting a Thanksgiving Weekend record with Jennifer Lawrence's female protagonist Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate is eyeing another film with a strong female heroine. The mini-major is in early talks to back Rodham, a feature about the formative years of former First Lady and Secretary State and potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton." I mean, just try to imagine a male equivalent to that. "After the success of the latest Superdude movie, Garbage Studios is eyeing another film with a strong male lead, and is in early talks to back Kennedy."
Good News and Action Items:
UltraViolet petition: Keep your boss out of your reproductive choices.
Tell Michigan officials not to demand women purchase rape insurance for abortion.
The Guardian collected some of the best comebacks to sexist comments.