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MS. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | July 5, 2005
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Ms.
Urgent Report: Hanging By A Thread
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring. So what’s at
stake for women in the battle over the Supreme Court?
Plenty.
The
Dialectic of Fat
Kirstie Alley
exposes her Rubenesque physique, anorexics share
weight-loss tips, TV contestants compete to lose pounds
and feminist concerns over body image go global.
What’s going on here? Catherine Orenstein
explores our preoccupation with fat -- losing it, its
meaning for our identity, and its effect on our
desirability, work prospects and social status.
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Social
Insecurity
by Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Private accounts would be a disaster, writes a woman
from the generation Bush claims he’s helping — but
something else in the system really does need fixing.
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Spain's Parliament approved a bill
legalizing same-sex marriage. The bill not only guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry but also includes the right to adopt children and protections for property inheritance.
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it would hear for the third time a long-running case dealing with clinic violence.
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In the Egyptian village of Abou Shawareb,
community leaders and women's rights activists made a public commitment last week to end the practice of female genital mutilation as part of "The FGM Free Village Model" program
established by The National Council for Childhood and
Motherhood.
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In a win for lesbian and gay activists in Canada, the Canadian House of Commons voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
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"'We should have at least four. We should not be allowed to go back to one. The era of tokenism is over."
- Eleanor Smeal, president
of Feminist Majority Foundation, on the appointment of
the next Supreme Court justice |
via The New York Times
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Corner Comments |
News of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement
threw us all into a tailspin Friday. At Ms., we moved
quickly to post the full Urgent
Report on the battle over the Supreme Court --
essential reading for everyone concerned about the
Court's future.
If you haven't done so already, take time this week to
view
the report. The latest articles include Kathy
Bonk's "talking
points" for framing the debate on
judicial nominations; pollster Celinda Lake's report
on American
support for abortion (good news -- you're in
the majority!); and the five
rights women could lose under an
ultraconservative Supreme Court -- it's not just about
reproductive privacy.
On another
note, this is my last newsletter as Ms.' online
editor, but I'll still be blogging at ms.musings.
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