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Turkey to ban abortion? Erdogan calls it "murder" tinyurl.com/7pt9rnu about 3 hours ago via web
msmagazine RT @theopedproject: Who narrates the world? OEP's @kathlanpher: of all commentaries on the economy only 11% written by women #howtopitch... about 13 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by KathaPollitt and 9 others
@lawrence O'Donnell attacks Romney for not having marched for civil rights... in high school. Way harsh. about 13 hours ago via web
Doc Watson is dead. I'm so sad. about 14 hours ago via web
@HelenRosenthal Glad you were there! about 14 hours ago via web in reply to HelenRosenthal
ShelbyKnox The US Senate Credit Union - w/ an office in a Senate building - sent a sexist boob mailer to their members. Petition: chn.ge/JLqxfE about 19 hours ago via web Retweeted by KathaPollitt and 6 others
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TONIGHT: I'm on panel about Resurgence of Misogyny , 7 pm, UWS. Please come! tinyurl.com/87ykjxv about 24 hours ago via web
ContraWhit "The Web sites I found, trolling through hundreds of Google hits for “egg donor,” were similar, placing..." tmblr.co/ZxxfVxMMFdR0 6:37 AM May 29th via Tumblr Retweeted by KathaPollitt
This is IT! Last day for The American Prospect's fundraising drive. Must raise 200K or it will fold. tinyurl.com/7yuhcvk 6:14 AM May 29th via web
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After complaining about crosses at San Antonio A&M, a public U, adjunct gets death threats, is FIRED tinyurl.com/7o7zp32 5:15 AM May 29th via web
BBC:In Pictures: Libyans rip up Gaddafi's rule-book. New freedom in sports, shops, cafes. Not ONE picture of a woman. tinyurl.com/866wtba 5:06 AM May 29th via web
executedtoday #catholic Schwyz burned Zwinglian Jacob Kaiser #tdih 29 May 1529, launching 1st #War of Kappel ow.ly/bbyyz #switzerland #religion 4:50 AM May 29th via HootSuite Retweeted by KathaPollitt
WomenUndrSiege Brother of raped Libyan woman: ‘Either you commit suicide, or we kill you and make it look like a suicide.." ow.ly/bbe0X #Libya 12:15 PM May 28th via HootSuite Retweeted by KathaPollitt and 15 others
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Name Katha Pollitt
Location Sometimes NYC, sometimes CT
Web http://kathapolli...
Bio Politics, poetry, feminism, books, life. Most recent book is poetry: The Mind-Body Problem http://tinyurl.com/nlcglz RT doesn't mean like!