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Just a reminder that UMKC V-Day 2009 events will be taking place in Februrary. We’ll be blogging more details on, but for now, be sure… Read More »V-Day is in February

We’re a bit behind blogging on this article in the New York Times about teens getting plastic surgery (also see Jezebel for a great response).… Read More »Teens and Plastic Surgery

About a week ago, I posted on an article in the New York Times that highlighted states’ efforts at dating violence prevention, noting that the… Read More »Anti-Violence Programs Update

Some happy news on a Friday afternoon — Paycheck Fairness Act passes in the House of Representatives: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_go_co/pay_equity http://www.now.org/press/01-09/01-09.html Now on to the Senate!

At first glance, the efforts at preventing teen dating prevention described in this New York Times article seem like great ideas. Until you realize that… Read More »Here We Go Again

Via Jezebel comes a story from the NY Daily News about the horror (the horror!) of the renewed popularity of short haircuts for women (you… Read More »So what's wrong with short hair?

Following the news about Hillary Clinton’s possible nomination as Secretary of State has done nothing to cure my election obsession, so for those of you… Read More »More Analysis on Sexism and the Election

This past week was a rather busy one for us in the Women’s Center, so we didn’t get around to posting. Below are links to… Read More »Random Articles We've Been Reading

“I’m on the “no” side for this one: http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/23/girls_say_yes/index.html For the “yes” side, see the Bust blog: http://www.bust.com/blog/2008/10/21/girls-say-yes.html I realize this puts me in the… Read More »Sex for Votes?