#GGBBCampus

minnette — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:16:03 +0000

Guerrilla Girls Broadband's new #GGBBCampus initiative has begun! The new collaborative campus visits will include an illustrated lecture and/or panel discussion, and an extended poster-making workshop with students committed to transforming their campus environment for to reflect furry feminist fury about campus RAPE and other key issues on campus.

GGBB On Campus!

josephinebaker — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:14:08 +0000

GGBB Visits Stonehill College

Why Are Women's Right Eroding in This Day and Age?

Alla Horksa — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:16:36 +0000

When it comes to civil rights in the US right now there seems to be a counterintuitive movement between various factions. For LGBT, marriage equality is in a positive upswing and acceptance; for women's reproductive rights it is, sadly, eroding day by day despite the fact that Roe v. Wade was 50 years ago. Even the legalization of pot is getting better approval and results than abortion... The question is, why is this? Jay Michaelson offers a few interesting theories.

First Women to Assistant Coach in NBA History

Alla Horksa — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:44:11 +0000

Becky Hammon, 37, a six-time All-Star with the WNBA's has just been hired as a full time assistant coach to the Antonio Stars. She will be the first women ever in NBA history to be hired as any type of coach in the NBA period (and the first in all of the NFL and MLB). If the glass backboard behind the hoop is women's proverbial NBA glass ceiling, Hammon just shattered it in an awesome slam dunk.

GAZA

josephinebaker — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:42:54 +0000

above photo citation: Rescue workers search for victims as Palestinians gather around the wreckage of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike that killed at least nine members from the al-Ghoul family, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 3, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/rafah-gaza-war-hospitals-filled-bodies-palestinians.html##ixzz39SOyWL8Z

sexual assault bill raised in the senate

josephinebaker — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:19:14 +0000

we are pleased that awareness and activism around sexual assault on college campuses has not been swept under the rug during the summer recess. this issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education included an informative article on the Senate bill that would obligate colleges to provide greater resources for victims of sexual assault and greater cooperation with law enforcement.

what are the human rights implications of the Hobby Lobby Ruling?

josephinebaker — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:30:34 +0000

GITMO DETAINEES DEFENSE CITES HOBBY LOBBY CASE "Why are the authorities at Guantanamo Bay seeking to punish detainees for hunger striking by curtailing their right to pray? If, under our law, Hobby Lobby is a ‘person’ with a right to religious freedom, surely Gitmo detainees are people too,” said Cori Crider, an attorney for the detainees and a director at Reprieve. How can the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protect the rights of detainees and "enemy combatants"?

Hobby Lobby ruling from a gender + sexuality perspective

josephinebaker — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:15:28 +0000

An analysis of the Supreme Court ruling on Hobby Lobby and Reproductive Justice by Katherine Franke director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School.* *this is reposted from the Astraea Foundation's Newsletter for July 14, 2014

Supreme injustice for women's health and reproductive justice

josephinebaker — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:35:22 +0000

another supreme court ruling out of tune with the real state of affairs for women's access to healthcare and reproductive justice. this time corporations have religious feelings to consider while their employees lose access to safe and legal contraceptives and health care resources and benefits.

buffer zone opinion from the u.s. supreme court

josephinebaker — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:38:01 +0000

“Today’s opinion makes it more important than ever that the police enforce the laws that do exist that in order to ensure that women and staff can safely enter and leave abortion clinics,” the ACLU said, noting that it was a “hard case” for the court.

Feminist Father has great rules for dating!

Alla Horksa — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:26:27 +0000

It's wonderful to see not only a father share that he is a feminist, but to lay down some pretty awesome rules for dating his daughter that put the choice and control in the hands...of his daughter. We need more dads like this one!

the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

josephinebaker — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:08:36 +0000

A four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict opens in London Celebrities like William Hague and Angelina Jolie join women from all across the globe to discuss what's at stake in ending rape culture within wartime/wartorn regions

DIY KNIT :: GUERILLA GIRLS BROADBAND BALACLAVA from microREVOLT :: download your pattern here!

josephinebaker — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:05:54 +0000

GUERRILLA GIRLS BROADBAND BALACLAVAS, copyleft pattern

Loosely adapted from microRevolt’s Artist Proofs for Guerilla Girls Broadband

microRevolt donated 5/6 gorilla balaclavas to Guerilla Girls Broadband in support of feminist practices. The copyleft pattern is available below.

Rachel Maddow on Judicial Nominees + Reproductive Justice

josephinebaker — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:50:56 +0000

Check out recent Rachel Maddow report on left opposing recent judicial nominee Michael Boggs while laying out the context for the dangers of creating registry for Abortion Providers. This is a re-blog from Naral's June 4 blog (http://www.naral.org)

RIP :: we pay tribute :: Yuri Kochiyama :: Civil Rights Warrior + Maya Angelou :: Poet and Civil Rights Warrior

josephinebaker — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:22:35 +0000

A few great sisters in the struggle have passed recently. we'd like to pay tribute to the incredible contributions they've made in their lifetimes to our collective freedom.

Woman Videos Abortion to Show There's No Shame in It

Alla Horksa — Sat, 24 May 2014 18:36:58 +0000

Emily Letts, a patient advocate at a women's clinic, found herself on the other side of the table. She was pregnant, in her early twenties and knew she was not ready to raise a child. So like the women she supports at the clinic, she, too, decided to have an abortion. Aware of the stigma that is carried with the procedure, she decided to do something bold - she videoed her abortion to show that there's no shame, fear or pain unlike many held notions.

High Schooler's art tries to change rape culture, school tells her no thanks

Alla Horksa — Mon, 12 May 2014 19:16:05 +0000

Gracie Holtzclaw, a high school senior from South Carolina, entered a county-wide school art exhibition. Her artwork titled, Rape Culture which should have inspired positive dialogue between parents, teachers and students about the perils of victim blaming and purity culture, instead was banned at the last minute by the school after being deemed inapproprite. Her artwork was excluded on the grounds that children, not much younger than Holtzclaw herself, might see it. The artwork appears to be a block print of a barechested woman with a tattoo and her breasts censored.

White House PSA on Ending Sexual Assault

Alla Horksa — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:00:38 +0000

Leading US men are participating in a White House PSA against sexual assault. President Obama and Joe Biden come together with Daniel Craig, Benicio Del Toro, Steve Carell, Seth Meyers and Dulé Hill to address the issue. What is unique about this PSA is that it is all men; men, who seem to be directly addressing other men as a means to stop sexual assault with, "...we have to stop it, so listen up." It paints a very black and white picture regarding sexual assault and how to deal with it: (Click here to watch)

Judy Chicago Fireworks Event: April 26, 7:30 to 8:15pm in Brooklyn

Alla Horksa — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:50:30 +0000

Judy Chicago gives new meaning to the word firecrotch this weekend in Brooklyn's Prospect Park with a 20-minute fireworks display resembling vaginas called A Butterfly for Brooklyn.

Tennessee Passes Law Criminalizing Birth Defects

Alla Horksa — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:51:54 +0000

Both of Tennessee's houses passed a law that criminalizes birth defects and stillborn births if prosecutors can prove they resulted from illegal drug abuse by the mother. State representative, Terri Weaver sponsored the bill in an effort to reduce NAS (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome), which is a group of problems related to the effects of withdrawal. Tennessee has the highest rate of NAS in the country.