Tag Archives: women’s rights

Marking the first day of the Trump administration with Debbie Dingell and Gretchen Whitmer, firsthand accounts of the DC, Lansing and Ypsilanti women’s marches, and a discussion about the role of community-based art in improving society… on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 19, 2017

This weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, our first under the Trump administration, will be told in two parts. First, we will be talking with people on the ground in D.C., and elsewhere, about the response to the Trump inauguration, with special emphasis on how women are standing up and letting it be known […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, anti-immigration, art, Barack Obama, birth control, civil rights, DC, Debbie Dingell, Desirae Simmons, Donald Trump, family planning, Frederick Douglass, gay rights, Gloria Allred, grab them by the pussy, Gretchen Whitmer, healthcare, immigration, inauguration, inauguration day, Lansing, LGBTQ, Lynne Settles, manifesto, marches, Martin Luther King Day, Matt Siegfried, misogyny, Nick Azzaro, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, Rebecca Gregory, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, Roseville, sex education, Summer Zervos, The Apprentice, The Perils of the Republic, The Saturday Six Pack, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, Women's March on Washington, women's rights, workers rights, Ypsi High | 18 Comments

“Grab ’em by the pussy” …my thoughts on the hot mic confession of sexual assault that may change the course of human history

By Mark | October 9, 2016

Earlier this summer, we talked here on the site about the possibility that Trump might have a Dead Zone moment – a moment in which, in front of the entire nation, he would reveal to us something so absolutely shocking about himself that we could not help but to turn away collectively in disgust, once […]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 99%, A Face in the Crowd, abandonment, Access Hollywood, Amanda Duarte, assault, Bill Clinton, campaign funding, China, Climate Change, conspiracy theories, Dead Zone, Donald Trump, Elia Kazan, Female Collective, Feminist Fight Club, global climate change, Global Warming, hot mic, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, income inequality, Jason Chaffetz, Jean Henry, John McCain, Michelle Obama, misogyny, Mitt Romney, Obama, Paul Ryan, Peter Larson, poverty, Presidential politics, pussy, Pussy Grabs Back, Republican National Committee, sexism, sexual assault, Stella Marrs, The Apprentice, women, women's rights | 58 Comments

Is Star Trek good for girls?

By Mark | June 28, 2014

At some point, about a year ago, Clementine and I got out of the habit of reading together every night. It might have had something to do with the fact that Arlo had come along, and was demanding more of my time, but I suspect she’d also gotten to an age where our interests were […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1966, Captain Kirk, Clementine, Gene Roddenberry, it's complicated, Majel Barrett, Martin Luther King, MLK, Nichelle Nichols, sexism, Star Trek, teachable moments, Uhura, women's rights | 10 Comments

Welcome to Michigan, where we invest in anti-abortion pseudo-science bullying instead of things that actually work, like comprehensive sex education

By Mark | June 23, 2014

Last year, Republicans in Michigan’s legislature passed a budget which included a $700,000 “abortion alternatives program” to be managed by the faith-based organization Real Alternatives. While the Pennsylvania non-profit claims to have brought the abortion rate in their home state Detroit News. The Michigan Legislature won’t fix the roads. It hasn’t shown much interest in […]

Posted in Church and State, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, abstinence only, anti-abortion, anti-choice, anti-science, contraception, Jeff Irwin, Kevin Bagatta, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services Program, Pennsylvania, pregnancy, pro-life, Progressive Women's Caucus, pseudo-science, Pure Michigan, Real Alternatives, women's health, women's rights | 12 Comments

Ann Arbor to millennials… “We hear you like trains and tall buildings. How many of each do we need before you’ll look beyond our sexism and homophobia and move here?”

By Mark | January 17, 2014

I was hoping that this kind of thing had died with the career of Richard Florida… I understand that it’s well intentioned, and I don’t disagree that Michigan needs to find a way to keep bright, innovative young people in the state. With that said, though, this reeks of desperation. And it brings back painful […]