Life begins at 0, apparently

Via vari­ous people: Crazy US right-wing moral major­ity try to redefine abor­tion to include any con­tra­cep­tion that pre­vents a fer­til­ised ovum from implant­ing in the uter­ine wall. Agh, please don’t let this go through. Come on Obama, get your­self...
Protected: 16 weeks? Is that all?

Hamlet: the Facebook feed edition

Ganked from caval­orn :Hor­a­tio thinks he saw a ghost.Hamlet thinks it’s annoy­ing when your uncle mar­ries your mother right after your dad dies.The king thinks Ham­let’s annoying.Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better.Hamlet’s father is now...

Women’s rights are human rights

How and to what extent can women’s interests be advanced through human rights theory and act­iv­ism? This is a ques­tion near and dear to me. I have been involved with Amnesty Inter­na­tional for many, many years, writ­ing let­ters from a young age,...
New poem

New poem

Given that there are only 8 read­ers of mordwen_poetry, I should prob­ably men­tion that I wrote a new poem today, in response to Lisa’s cremation.