Presently there are movements afoot, both in Ann Arbor and in Ypsilanti, to pull products by Eden Foods off the shelves of our respective food co-ops. Following is a conversation with Georgina Hickey, who is leading the charge in Ypsilanti, and Ann Rogers, who is doing the same in Ann Arbor, explaining why, in their […]
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The campaign to get Eden Foods products off our local co-op shelves
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ann Rogers, boycotts, Cheryl Farmer, co-ops, contraception, Dan Gillotte, Eden Foods, Georgina Hickey, GMO, Hobby Lobby, Michael Potter, NOW, old white men making decisions on women's health, People's Food Co-op, petitions, religious extremism, reproductive justice, soy, soymilk, Supreme Court, Wheatsville, women's health, Ypsi Food Co-op 70 Comments
The Pill
I was going to let the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill go by without comment, but then it dawned on me how ironic it was that it fell on Mother’s Day. I’d have to dig into the old history books to confirm it, but I’m thinking that maybe it wasn’t a coincidence. Maybe, […]
Posted in Health, Politics, sex Also tagged 50th anniversary, Anthony Comstoc, birth control, Elena Kagan, family values, Greenwich Village, Helen Gurley Brown, Holly Golightly, John Paul Stevens, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Loretta Lynn, marriage, Mothers' Day, Ms. Magazine, New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, pregnancy, RIck Santorum, Sex and the Single Girl, sex for recreation, sex for reproduction, Shepard Aronson, songs about birth control, Supreme Court, The Pill, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights 10 Comments