by Lori Gregory Garrott
March 21, 2012
Yesterday afternoon I got in my car and immediately wished I hadn't quit smoking five months ago. I had nothing easy and obvious to soothe the hand gestures and curse words that typically characterize me in high dudgeon. I ended up just sitting in the car curled over the steering wheel, sweating and furiously typing on my phone.
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[Head] Men: Hold Creeps Accountable
By Tom Head
March 14, 2012
A grizzled, middle-aged man protests across the street from Mississippi's only abortion clinic, shouting horribly offensive language—racial epithets, misogynistic slurs, religious condemnation—at women as they go in. I don't pretend to know whether he really believes that abortion is murder, but the joy in his eyes as he verbally abuses these women is disconcerting. I can't escape the feeling that somebody who honestly believed that he was witnessing a series…
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March 14, 2012
A grizzled, middle-aged man protests across the street from Mississippi's only abortion clinic, shouting horribly offensive language—racial epithets, misogynistic slurs, religious condemnation—at women as they go in. I don't pretend to know whether he really believes that abortion is murder, but the joy in his eyes as he verbally abuses these women is disconcerting. I can't escape the feeling that somebody who honestly believed that he was witnessing a series…
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[Editor’s Note] Living in Hell
by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief
Feb. 22, 2012
I just finished reading a chilling historical novel, "The Healing," which resoundingly answered an oft-debated question: "What was the Civil War really about?"
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Feb. 22, 2012
I just finished reading a chilling historical novel, "The Healing," which resoundingly answered an oft-debated question: "What was the Civil War really about?"
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[Publisher’s Note] Barbour: Don’t Marginalize Women
by Todd Stauffer, Publisher
Dec. 14, 2011
I'm not sure what Gov. Haley Barbour is "running" for now--vice president? chief of staff?--but I was dismayed to read about his recent speech in which he focused on how churches and church leaders need to help stave off "illegitimacy" in Mississippi.
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Dec. 14, 2011
I'm not sure what Gov. Haley Barbour is "running" for now--vice president? chief of staff?--but I was dismayed to read about his recent speech in which he focused on how churches and church leaders need to help stave off "illegitimacy" in Mississippi.
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[Letters] Vol. 10, No. 12
November 30, 2011
'Not Your Church'
Somewhere in the fight to stop Amendment 26 (Personhood), I went from just living in Mississippi, home of the entrenched conservative mindset to which I must surrender my hopes of progress and change, to understanding that this is MY Mississippi, home of diverse and often progressive souls longing for progress and change.
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'Not Your Church'
Somewhere in the fight to stop Amendment 26 (Personhood), I went from just living in Mississippi, home of the entrenched conservative mindset to which I must surrender my hopes of progress and change, to understanding that this is MY Mississippi, home of diverse and often progressive souls longing for progress and change.
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[Editor’s Note] What the Mamas Taught Us
by Donna Ladd
November 23, 2011
When I heard 40 days before Election Day that the "No on 26" folks were trying to hire a spokesperson, I just knew women didn't have a chance. Thankfully, I was wrong.
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November 23, 2011
When I heard 40 days before Election Day that the "No on 26" folks were trying to hire a spokesperson, I just knew women didn't have a chance. Thankfully, I was wrong.
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[Gregory] Don’t Mess With Mamas
by Lori Gregory-Garrott
November 23, 2011
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in my living room watching the returns come back from the state elections, focusing so intently on the numbers scrolling across the bottom of the screen that I almost missed the what the second one meant—"No 58 percent." It meant that we were winning.
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November 23, 2011
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in my living room watching the returns come back from the state elections, focusing so intently on the numbers scrolling across the bottom of the screen that I almost missed the what the second one meant—"No 58 percent." It meant that we were winning.
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[Queen] It’s About Women’s Rights
by Funmi F. Franklin, aka Queen
November 2, 2011
I find it laughable that the state of Mississippi is even considering asking us to vote yes on Initiative 26. Really? We are being asked to make a law to give up our constitutional right to choice. Really.
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November 2, 2011
I find it laughable that the state of Mississippi is even considering asking us to vote yes on Initiative 26. Really? We are being asked to make a law to give up our constitutional right to choice. Really.
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[Barbour] Danger Looming Large
by Shannon Barbour
November 2, 2011
I was 22 the first time I learned the pain that bearing a child can bring. The pain wasn't mine, but witnessing the trauma first hand, I was affected.
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November 2, 2011
I was 22 the first time I learned the pain that bearing a child can bring. The pain wasn't mine, but witnessing the trauma first hand, I was affected.
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[Editorial] If Not Now, When?
November 2, 2011
Next Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi. If voting trends hold true, fewer than 40 percent of those eligible to vote will actually cast ballots. It also means that progressives probably won't see many victories over conservative candidates.
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Next Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi. If voting trends hold true, fewer than 40 percent of those eligible to vote will actually cast ballots. It also means that progressives probably won't see many victories over conservative candidates.
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[Spiehler] Where Is the Line?
by Stacey Spiehler
October 15, 2011
My first pregnancy ended with a shot. After three weeks of careful monitoring, my doctor finally saw a mass growing in my left fallopian tube and diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy. She hugged me through my uncontrollable sobs and gave me three options: wait to see if it resolved on its own, risking a ruptured tube; immediate surgery to remove the baby; or an injection of methotrexate, a cancer drug that…
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October 15, 2011
My first pregnancy ended with a shot. After three weeks of careful monitoring, my doctor finally saw a mass growing in my left fallopian tube and diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy. She hugged me through my uncontrollable sobs and gave me three options: wait to see if it resolved on its own, risking a ruptured tube; immediate surgery to remove the baby; or an injection of methotrexate, a cancer drug that…
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[Lee] My Health Is At Stake
by Catherine Lee
September 21, 2011
In 2008, I was living in Colorado and facing a ballot initiative known as Amendment 48 to the state Constitution. It aims to define personhood as beginning at the moment of egg fertilization. In a statewide election, 73.2 percent of voters opposed the change, and defeated the amendment.
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September 21, 2011
In 2008, I was living in Colorado and facing a ballot initiative known as Amendment 48 to the state Constitution. It aims to define personhood as beginning at the moment of egg fertilization. In a statewide election, 73.2 percent of voters opposed the change, and defeated the amendment.
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[Gregory] Ready, Boots? Start Marching!
by Lori Gregory
March 2, 2011
I’m not used to fighting for my rights.
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March 2, 2011
I’m not used to fighting for my rights.
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