IJFAB Blog: The Greatest Hits

The blog editor is on vacation this week, so what better time that to regale you with the most popular posts (as assessed by total number of visits) since our launch in April, 2013? Check out any that you missed … Continue reading

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Hospitals as Sites of War

The news is grim. A dozen shells hit the Al Aqsa hospital in the town of Deir el-Balah,Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said. Limited data are available in regard to over dosage in humans but if you suspect an http://pharma-bi.com/levitra-7777.html … Continue reading

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Responding to Street Harassment

In her response to our poll on influential feminist work in the new millennium, Wendy Rogers brought to my attention the the Everyday Sexism Project, in which readers post accounts of the daily harassment to which they are subjected as … Continue reading

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“Playing Hardball Against Women’s Rights: The Holy See At The UN”

Who needs facts or even common human decency if you have power? The Holy See’s modus operandi has been to impose its conservative social ideology at the UN via relentless pressure—evident ever since it gained semi-official standing there in 1964. … Continue reading

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“Why I Went To The Men’s Rights Conference”

From feminist journalist Kelsey Miller: As a web writer and a feminist, I can’t avoid reading about the Men’s Rights Movement, nor the vitriolic and often violent discourse that’s risen up around it. In the years since it’s gained footing … Continue reading

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“Are Women Safer When They Learn Self-Defense?”

The short answer: yes. Overall, 12 percent of the women in the self-defense group reported some form of sexual intrusion during the follow-up period, versus 30 percent in the control group. Since then, things have changed for better or worse, … Continue reading

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“Fox News Buys Into the #EndFathersDay Hoax”

Worth the laugh. Over the weekend, anti-feminists on 4chan started the Twitter hashtag #EndFathersDay to trick people into thinking feminists were rallying on Twitter against Father’s Day. Despite there being zero evidence of a The best way to buy both … Continue reading

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Turns out when you give your personal Facebook account administrative privileges for a page on feminist bioethics…

that you start to get all sorts of unexpected new content in your Newsfeed. A few highlights just from today: i.) “Miss USA 2014: Stunning Miss Indiana Mekayla Diehl’s “Normal” Body Applauded on Twitter During Swimsuit Competition” This ties in … Continue reading

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Special thanks to Brian Leiter for giving a shout-out to the IJFAB Blog!

Those of you who work professionally in philosophy are already familiar with the Leiter Reports. For anyone else, please find a link here. It contains, in his own words, “News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual … Continue reading

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Special thanks to Brian Leiter for giving a shout-out to the IJFAB Blog!

Those of you who work professionally in philosophy are already familiar with the Leiter Reports. For anyone else, please find a link here. It contains, in his own words, “News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual … Continue reading

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Abandoned by their Religion? People of Faith Encountering Biomedicine

IJFABster Jackie Leach Scully writes the following on the Westminster Faith Debates Blog: “Faith group members are just as likely as anyone else to suffer from infertility or debilitating genetic conditions, and to seek medical help. For those people whose … Continue reading

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A straight, male feminist wants to know…

Does an attractive, young female celebrity walking around NYC topless truly advance a meaningful feminist agenda? She intends to, but I am not This method of therapy wholesale viagra online features a hundreds ages of in depth healthcare study and … Continue reading

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