Daily Anger

Misogyny:

SIOUX FALLS, SD – The South Dakota House of Representatives today passed a broad ban that would outlaw abortion, with no safeguards for women’s health or exceptions for women who are the victims of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota strongly opposes the legislation, which will now be considered by the South Dakota Senate.

In her book Going Out of Our Minds: The Metaphysics of Liberation, Sonia Johnson suggests that we (women, I mean) really shouldn't care one way or the other whether abortion is legal or not. What we need, she argues, is a woman on every block who knows how to perform a safe abortion. Vigilante midwives. Inga Muscio in Cunt: A Declaration of Independence agrees, saying that we need to learn more about concoctions of herbs and massage techniques that induce miscarriage. A controversial stance, I know, but one that appeals to me more every day.



Ignorance (a whites-only scholarship):

"If you are a white student on campus, you don't have anyone helping you, there is no one compiling a list of scholarships just for you," [Jason J. Mattera] said. "Why is it that only students of color have this?"

Where to start? Here, perhaps.