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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold (Penguin, 1993) is an ethnography of the Buffalo lesbian community/-ies, by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis. If you haven't heard of this book and are interested in understanding more of ...
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Bridget Cleary was an Irish woman who, in 1895, was killed by her husband who believed she was a fairy changeling. In folklore a changeling is a fairy which is switched with a human infant. In many cases a changeling seemed like the only rational explanation for the unknown diseases etc., which might afflict a child. Although her age, for she was 26 at the time, perhaps makes Bridget’s case unique, it was with such illness that her troubles began... Delete the scoop?
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A brutal bondage billboard on Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip for the Rolling Stones’ 1976 album, Black and Blue, was taken down after fierce feminist protests. Via Gracie Passette Delete the scoop?
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In 2011, a man in northeastern Oregon beat his girlfriend with a gun, using it like a club to strike her in front of their children.
Both were members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The federal government, which has jurisdiction over major crimes in Indian Country, declined to prosecute.
So the tribes stepped in. The man was convicted in their courts and sentenced to 790 days in federal prison.
But had the assault happened a week earlier, the case could never have gone to trial.
The Umatilla tribes had recently enacted new provisions from a federal law, the Tribal Law and Order Act, that allowed Native American courts to try their own people for felony crimes instead of relying on the federal authorities.
Without those provisions, once federal prosecutors declined the case, the woman would have had no other legal recourse. Via BloodandButter Delete the scoop?
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“So many women are left out of historical records,” Dahlsad says. “Men will say, ‘I want to show off what my father did; he deserves to shine. Someone should do a book on him!’ Daughters don’t do that about their moms to the same degree, so often things get thrown away. How many men would look at their archives say, ‘Just take it all to the dumpster’? Somebody would be saying, ‘You can’t do that! You’re George Petty. Put it back!’” 
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"My daughters have to choose between money they need for food and rent and the needs of their children." That’s just one of hundreds of stories that UltraViolet members have shared about living with economic insecurity. And it’s one millions of Americans can also relate to. Someone working full-time on minimum wage only makes $14,500 a year--just think about trying to pay rent, buy groceries, and afford health care on that.1 Last week, we asked UltraViolet members what a 21st century pro-family economic agenda looked like. Over 11,000 of you responded, and you were clear: we need child care, equal pay, paid family leave, and a higher minimum wage. Of those of you who told us about the benefits available to you, only 30% reported making a livable wage, 40% had paid sick leave, and only 8% reported having access to child care at work. Delete the scoop?
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From Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Great Gatsby. Delete the scoop?
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A vintage National Corset Week store window (via), sometime after 1952, when the British industry introduced the advertising week. Delete the scoop?
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Austin, Texas based “lifestyle” photographer Jaime C. Moore is sick of Barbie. And Disney Princesses too. Now before your feathers get all ruffled, let’s talk about why. As the mother of a 5 year-old daughter and a professional photographer, Jaime wanted to take photos of her daughter in new and creative ways that would not only look great on film, but also get her daughter thinking about the kind of woman she can grow up to be. So she turned to real women like Marie Curie, Sojourner Truth and those featured here for inspiration, and what came out, is absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Delete the scoop?
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Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life: Delete the scoop?
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recordsandcigarettes: “ sad-teeth: “ So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men...
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It wouldn’t be until 51 years later that women would win the right to vote.
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Another horrendous crime out of Florida... This pre-med student, John Welden, sent his pregnant girlfriend to see his OB/GYN father. Welden told his girlfriend that his father diagnosed her with an infection requiring her to take antibiotics. Welden swapped the anibiotic pill for Cytotec, the abortion pill. He instructed his girlfriend to take the "antibiotics" three times a day for a week. His girlfriend only learned about the abortion pills when she showed up to the emergency room a week later, having aborted the pregnancy. Welden's girlfriend was six weeks pregnant and communicated her intent to carry the pregnancy to term to all of her friends and family. Federal authorities have since charged 28-year-old Welden with first degree murder and tampering. Normally, a 6 week old fetus would not be considered viable, but federal law provides otherwise. Under the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (18 USC 1841), an "unborn child" is defined as “member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.” The Act further provides that if an unborn child is killed during the commission of a federal crime, it will constitute murder. Here, Welden's tampering with his girlfriend's prescription (a federal crime) allows authorities to tack on a first degree murder charge. Welden faces life in prison for his crimes. It is not clear what role, if any, his OB/GYN father played in the commission of these crimes. Delete the scoop?
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Following a discriminatory act based on their sexual orientation, a lesbian couple of Isle of Man wishes an anti-discriminatory law for LGBTQ people.
The landlord refused the rental agreement with Kara Izzard and Laura Cull because they are lesbians.
They have had then the bad surprise to discover that there is no law in Isle of Man to protect them in this kind of situation whereas civil unions and adoption are possible for same-sex couples.
"I was so shocked to hear this and felt sick, said Cull. "I didn't know where to go or what to do as I didn't have a legal leg to stand on so after speaking with my partner Kira we thought that the only thing we could do was to share our story with as many people as possible and try and raise awareness that on this beautiful island that we call home we can still be treated this way." Via Gracie Passette, Deanna Dahlsad 
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Unfortunately, this is true in many places in the US as well. Delete the scoop?
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Eartha Kitt’s lovely daughter, Kitt Shapiro, runs an awesome company called Simply Eartha in her honor. Kitt shared this beautiful photo of her with her mother a few days ago on the Eartha Kitt Facebook fan page.
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It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.” I mean, it’s just true. Delete the scoop?
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The Lingerie Football League — which recently renamed itself the Legends Football League and made a big production of women getting real, protective uniforms but those new real, protective uniforms look suspiciously exactly like lingerie — has posted a promotional video to its YouTube channel where one of its coaches yells at a player "I'm going to fuck you in the face!" Charming. Delete the scoop?
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This photo and headline accompanied an article from the October 15, 1970 issue of Jet magazine.
...However, decades prior to this bold public display of queer affection, African American female couples in New York strategized alternative ways to obtain marriage licenses in the 1920s and 30s: Via Gracie Passette Delete the scoop?
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vintageindianclothing: “ “ While the historical Razia has yet to find her place, the mythical Razia, her polar opposite in every sense, has found an audience of many lakhs of people. (India’s Immortal... Delete the scoop?
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Title: Kiawa [sic] Indian Girls in Buckskin dress Creator: Bates Date: 1913 Part Of: Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection Place: Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Physical... Delete the scoop?
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The original Playboy Bunnies were required to be able to identify 143 brands of liquor and how to make 20 different cocktails as part of their job. Delete the scoop?
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“On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they have period-related irritability. It doesn’t lower their ability to reason; it lowers their patience and,...” Delete the scoop?
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