Love, just like opinions, can sometimes be a little prickly, just like this cactus that grew in the shape of a heart. Here’s to a love-filled day and an opinion-filled life!
Women Invented Language, Don’t Settle for Equal Pay, Don’t Run for Office – Musings from Tracee
Women Invented Language You know how “they” always say that women weren’t allowed to be literate until like the 1800s or something ridiculous like that? ...
Broads of the Week — 2/12/12 Edition
Smart women around the web have so much to say. Things that ought to be making their way into the op-ed pages or the op-ed online space, but don’t. That’s the whole reason The Broad Side was born! This week, I’ve got some Broads of the Week whose thoughts and opinions I’ think you’ll enjoy! [...]
Guilty Until Proven Innocent?: Is Komen Putting Women’s Health at Risk?
When I read that the Susan G. Komen Foundation withdrew financial support of Planned Parenthood’s screening services, I was stunned. The partnership of two respected organizations working together to help women get the preventive care they need seemed to be such a natural affiliation. I couldn’t imagine what could cause such a rift. Well, I [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure v. Planned Parenthood, Breast Cancer v. Abortion
Yesterday, the news broke that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a major funder of breast cancer prevention in the United States, will be withdrawing their support to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. Komen has been making grants to Planned Parenthood since 2005, usually around half a million dollars per year. The stated reason [...]
I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
I don’t remember much about my high school career. Or my middle school career, for that matter. By seventh grade I’d begun to slip through the cracks in America’s broken public education system. I wasn’t lacking one-on-one time or struggling to understand the lessons; our rural school had decent class sizes and I had every [...]
The Staggered Primary System: It’s Just Not Fair To Voters
The GOP primaries are underway, one grueling battle after another. After close to a year of constant coverage of the candidates as they entered the race and began to sprinkle money around key states, it’s almost surprising that there’s more to the process than web ads, cable news debates, and people tweeting the good, the [...]
Putting Teachers at the Top
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. A crappier load of BS was never uttered. I say, “Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, get out of the way.” I am fed up with people who do not value teachers. Did these people not reach their station in life thanks to a teacher in [...]
Only You Can Keep Animals Off Drugs
I can’t count the number of op-eds, blog posts and general news articles I’ve read about the FDA’s recent move to ban extra-label uses of cephalosporins — a type of antibiotic – in meat production in the past two weeks, but Mark Bittman’s piece for the New York Times pretty succinctly sums up what most [...]
John Edwards Trial Delayed for “Life-Threatening Heart Condition”
I have been obsessed with the John Edwards mistress/campaign finance misuse story since it broke. Maybe it is because I was always an Edwards supporter and I still believe there are “two Americas.” Maybe it is because I still can not fathom that any human being can be dumb enough to believe they will get [...]
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The Truth About Mormons and Mitt Romney
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Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
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I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
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What Women are Learning from The Learning Channel
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Why We’re Not Vegan: PETA & Thanksgiving
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Women Invented Language, Don’t Settle for Equal Pay, Don’t Run for Office – Musings from Tracee
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Happy Valentine’s Day from The Broad Side!
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Broads of the Week — 2/12/12 Edition
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A Practicing Catholic Sends a Letter to Her Bishop
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The Politics of Women’s Choices: Let Women Choose
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TheOpinionista: The majority of those men in politics that you des...
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Sexual & Reproductive Health Thousand Oaks: Amazing how simple it can be to communicate with p...
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Lisa: What if they simply made it illegal for any studen...