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Comments are Now Run by Intense Debate
2008-04-25 00:00:00
Due to the latest intense debate here at Menstrual Poetry regarding what else--Abortion, of course, I decided that what this site really needs is a comment system that will allow commentators to follow a debate between one, two or several people by being able to reply to comments.
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Get to Know, Explore and Love Nature
2008-04-25 00:00:00
Nature is one of the biggest muses of all time. It is timeless, serving as the muse for many poets, writers and artists of all kinds. While I should do it more often, I encourage everyone to go outside, take in the fresh air and actually get to know and explore the scenery around you.
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The Frightening Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centers
2008-04-16 00:00:00
Sadly, very few women know what the term “crisis pregnancy center” really means and that is exactly what crisis pregnancy centers prey upon. There is a personal story from Allyson Kirk published on AlterNet of a woman who got caught in the trap of these centers, thinking it was a regular reproductive rights clinic, as these ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Frightening Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centers", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/frightening-t ruth-crisis-pregnancy-centers" });

Sex Criminal Fashions
2008-04-14 00:00:00
I hate the mentality that rape is a funny word. Rape is not a funny word, action or mindset and it should most definitely not be used in a comedy bit; the same goes for the word pedophile. These words have absolutely no place in comedy, yet lately it seems to be popping ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sex Criminal Fashions ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/sex-criminal- fashions" });

Reclaim Your Voice While Helping Others
2008-04-14 00:00:00
I recently came across the Teddy Tour, which is run by Megan from Imaginif and Leigh from All for Women; both are truly excellent sites. Teddy Tour is about giving survivors of childhood sexual abuse a voice through a really unique concept–plush teddy bears. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female or ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Reclaim Your Voice While Helping Others", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/reclaim-voice -helping-others" });

5th Annual Race to Stop the Silence
2008-04-12 00:00:00
I thought I was too late with this, but luckily, I’m not! This Sunday, April 13, is the 5th Annual Race to Stop the Silence , presented by the Ms. Foundation for Women and The Washington Post, in an effort to raise awareness and stop the silence surrounding child sexual abuse. It will take place ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "5th Annual Race to Stop the Silence", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/5th-annual-ra ce-stop-silence" });

No Trespassing, My First Short Film
2008-04-12 00:00:00
I usually keep my creative endeavors pretty secret until there is something super exciting to say about it and this is most definitely super exciting! I wrote a vignette last year that I had never thought to do much with, especially since most of what I write ends up decaying on my hard drive, but ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No Trespassing, My First Short Film ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/no-trespassin g-first-short-film" });
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McCain Clearly Has No Idea What He is Talking About?Ever
2008-04-11 00:00:00
If you’ve been caught up in the Hillary/Obama race for the democratic nomination, you may have missed some of McCain’s recent word vomit. Here are my top three picks of classic McCain moments, but for the full top 10 go visit AlterNet. Funny, this reminds me way too much of Bush’s “Bushisms”. No wonder ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "McCain Clearly Has No Idea What He is Talking About–Ever", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/mccain-clearl y-idea-talking-about-ever" });

Words From Iraq
2008-04-11 00:00:00
I received an email a few days ago about a conversation had with a 22 year old woman living in Baghdad. The story is absolutely heart-wrenching and the situations in which this woman speak of happen every single day. “All the stores are closed and we don’t have much food left. We can’t ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Words From Iraq ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/words-iraq" });

Menstrual Poetry on MySpace
2008-04-11 00:00:00
Menstrual Poetry has it’s very own MySpace page. It should have come a lot sooner, but there are now some cool link buttons up and more content is in the making, including a weekly digest of all of the most popular posts here at Menstrual Poetry; so if you can’t check here but you ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Menstrual Poetry on MySpace", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/menstrual-poe try-myspace" });
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This is What a Feminist Looks Like
2008-04-10 00:00:00
This video was put out by the Feminist Majority Foundation and has been out for a little while now, but it is truly a timeless video debunking those stereotypical feminist myths and using celebrities and familiar faces such as America Ferrera, Larry David, Michael Moore and Lisa Loeb to tell people what feminism is, who ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "This is What a Feminist Looks Like", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/feminist-look s-like" });

A Long Day Can Be Used as an Excuse for Calling Your Wife a Cunt
2008-04-10 00:00:00
The Real McCain, a book by Cliff Schecter has a surprising little anecdote regarding McCain and his infamous temper. “Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Long Day Can Be Used as an Excuse for Calling Your Wife a Cunt", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/long-day-used -excuse-calling-wife-cunt" });

Watch Searching for Angela Shelton?For Free!
2008-04-06 00:00:00
Searching for Angela Shelton is a documentary made by none other than Angela Shelton. It started as a survey of women in America who shared her name, but evolved into a mission to end sexual violence when she found that over half of the women she interviewed for her documentary had been either raped, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Watch Searching for Angela Shelton–For Free !", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/watch-searchi ng-angela-shelton-free" });
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Bleach, Mountain Dew and Marijuana are Not Contraceptives
2008-04-06 00:00:00
Since 1996, over $1.677 billion has been dumped into abstinence-only sex education and fueled by the religious right refusing to admit that sex exists. Yes, I said it! Sex exists! Since abstinence-only sex education has been adopted by many states, we now get to see the outcome of what abstinence-only does to those receiving ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bleach , Mountain Dew and Marijuana are Not Contraceptives ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/bleach-mounta in-dew-marijuana-contraceptives" });
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Blogging Against Sexual Violence Using Creative Expression
2008-04-05 00:00:00
Today is A Day to End Sexual Violence . Courtesy of abyss2hope, today is the second annual Blog Against Sexual Violence Day. I’ve been thinking for a few days about what I wanted to write about. I cover sexual violence quite a bit here, but I wanted this to be a bit different and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blogging Against Sexual Violence Using Creative Expression ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/blogging-sexu al-violence-creative-expression" });

Blog Against Sexual Violence
2008-04-01 00:00:00
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault awareness is very close to my heart, as a survivor myself and April is a very important month to me, especially this year since abyss2hope is creating even more outlets for awareness by hosting the second annual Blog Against Sexual Violence . On April 3rd, bloggers from ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blog Against Sexual Violence", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/blog-sexual-v iolence" });

Feminism at its Finest: March 2008
2008-04-01 00:00:00
Welcome to Feminism at its Finest , March 2008 edition. This is by far the largest edition we have had to date and I am very excited for this carnival to keep building awareness and momentum. So let’s get to the submissions. Blue presents Hotties On TV Sell Get Rich Scams, a post talking ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Feminism at its Finest: March 2008 ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/feminism-fine st-march-2008" });

Alltop: All Top Sites on the Web
2008-03-29 23:00:00
Alltop is a pretty cool website that I often go to for new blogs to read and to keep up on all of the media and political news going on. It’s a really interesting site displaying all of the top sites on the web today under several different categories as well as the last ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Alltop: All Top Sites on the Web", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/alltop-all-to p-sites-on-the-web" });

America?s Next Top Model Goes Sex Work Positive?
2008-03-29 23:00:00
This is pretty old subject matter, I know, but I hardly watch television due to the fact that the television is downstairs while my office (and the most occupied room in the house) is upstairs. I was watching the latest cycle of America ’s Next Top Model online (guilty pleasure, sorry!) and after the first minute and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "America’s Next Top Model Goes Sex Work Positive?", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/americas-next -top-model-sex-work-positive" });

Releasing Lori: Poetry on Self-Mutilation
2008-03-29 23:00:00
Self-mutilation is often not given the serious attention it demands; it is often chalked up to teenage angst or a person seeking attention, which is far from the truth. Self-mutilation has become a major public health concern and affects a large variety of people including men and women ranging from teenagers to adults; although about 75% ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Releasing Lori: Poetry on Self-Mutilation ", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/releasing-lor i-poetry-self-mutilation" });

Your Sexual History, Alcohol Consumption, Clothing and Location: Reasons Wh
2008-03-29 00:00:00
Well this is definitely sad. The Irish Examiner has recently taken a national poll on society and rape victims, finding that an astounding number of people in Ireland feel that rape victims are to blame, or at least partially to blame for their attack. - More than 30% think a victim is some way responsible if she ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Your Sexual History , Alcohol Consumption, Clothing and Location : Reasons Why You’re to Blame for Being Raped", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/sexual-histor y-alcohol-consumption-clothing-location-r easons-blame-raped" });

The Psychology Behind Men and Prostitutes
2008-03-29 00:00:00
With cases such as Eliot Spitzer’s latest scandal, as well as other male politicians whose prostitution habits had been found out by the general public, many may be asking themselves–What drives these men to fornicate with prostitutes? Is it all men and we just happen to shed light on politicians and point fingers ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Psychology Behind Men and Prostitutes", url: "http://menstrualpoetry.com/psychology-me n-prostitutes" });

The World is Now Dominated by Women, Where Have I Been?
2008-03-27 00:00:00
After hundreds of thousands of years of men ruling the world and everything in it, especially women and government, men are now saying that they feel emasculated. Boohoo. Via Broadsheet, I read about a study done by the Telegraph surveying the feelings of modern men living in the 21st century. About 2,000 men and ...
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Finding Angela Shelton
2008-03-27 00:00:00
I’ve written about Angela Shelton before , specifically about her activism efforts regarding the Report It campaign as well as the Report It rallies for victim’s rights, but there is some awesome news that I couldn’t let go by without mentioning and that is that Angela Shelton is now also a novelist, on top ...

The Truth About Prostitution
2008-03-27 00:00:00
The commercial sex industry is a very large and debated subject. Feminists, in particular, have waged wars of their own between themselves and between what is called “The Feminist Movement” and what is called “The Radical Feminist Movement” for quite some time now. Before you find yourself in the middle of a ...
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New Theme and Some Updates
2008-03-27 00:00:00
Menstrual Poetry has a new layout! Not a lot changed, as you can probably tell if you’re a frequent visitor; just some minor color changes, specifically with the grey and I have also kept a more fluid look with the fonts–I am obviously a huge fan of Arial at the moment. Other than that, the ...
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Easter?Menstrual Poetry Style!
2008-03-27 00:00:00
With Easter all over the internet, I was thinking about my obligatory Easter post–and then a conversation I had with my boyfriend brought this about. Now please note that I am an atheist. While most people were having dinner with their families, finding Easter baskets and eating hard boiled eggs, I was doing what I ...
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Innocent Images Takes Down Major Child Porn Ring
2008-03-27 00:00:00
This is a few weeks old, but definitely still noteworthy. Hooray for the FBI having an entire program dedicated to catching child pornography and exploitation and an even bigger hooray for arrests and these sites being shut down! Innocent Images , a program run by the FBI to combat online child pornography and child exploitation has ...
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The Lives of the People We ?Saved?
2008-03-20 00:00:00
So how, exactly, are those in Iraq living their lives now–after Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003? I’ve delved into this subject a bit already with how Afghanistan has been transformed by war and specifically how Afghani women are being treated and living their lives now. Now it’s time to take a little look at ...
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Having to Tell People They Lie? Hells Yes!
2008-03-17 00:00:00
Crisis pregnancy centers really strike a chord in me that makes me sometimes rant to the boyfriend about how unfair it is that they are even able to “practice” pregnancy “options” with the women that go to them for help out of desperation and whom are bullied by so-called professionals to make the decision ...
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