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Women's Issues

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Miami Fundraiser Is at the Home of Man Who Makes "Abortive Pill"

    Plan B is not actually an "abortion pill." It's an emergency contraceptive intended to be taken within three days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, many Republicans aren't deterred from referring to it as a form of abortion. Mitt Romney, in fact, has referred to medicines like Plan B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2012

    America’s Next Top Feminist

    Plan B is not actually an "abortion pill." It's an emergency contraceptive intended to be taken within three days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, many Republicans aren't deterred from referring to it as a form of abortion. Mitt Romney, in fact, has referred to medicines like Plan B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Carrie and the City

    Plan B is not actually an "abortion pill." It's an emergency contraceptive intended to be taken within three days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, many Republicans aren't deterred from referring to it as a form of abortion. Mitt Romney, in fact, has referred to medicines like Plan B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Sarah Palin is "The Perfect Feminist" Declares Victoria Jackson

    Illustration by Derf​Riptide's favorite hometown SNL star turned wacko tea party songstress, Victoria Jackson, is back writing columns for Andrew Brietbart's Big Hollywood. She's decided Sarah Palin is "the perfect feminist." Unfortunately she doesn't seem to have much of a grasp on what femin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Florida's Feminist

    Illustration by Derf​Riptide's favorite hometown SNL star turned wacko tea party songstress, Victoria Jackson, is back writing columns for Andrew Brietbart's Big Hollywood. She's decided Sarah Palin is "the perfect feminist." Unfortunately she doesn't seem to have much of a grasp on what femin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Porn Star-Turned-Actress Sasha Grey at Louis Saturday

    Don't expect Sasha Grey to be this bare at Louis tomorrow.​I love Sasha Grey. Not in the creepy guy-who-stalks-porn-stars kind of way. I truly think she's becoming a post-modern feminist icon. Some may disagree because pornography is often considered inherently misogynistic. But I'm not always sur ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Experience the Change

    Don't expect Sasha Grey to be this bare at Louis tomorrow.​I love Sasha Grey. Not in the creepy guy-who-stalks-porn-stars kind of way. I truly think she's becoming a post-modern feminist icon. Some may disagree because pornography is often considered inherently misogynistic. But I'm not always sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Sarah Palin and Abortion Doughnut-Foes Defend Tim Tebow Pro-Life Ad

    ​Sarah Palin doesn't have a lot to do now but sit by her Facebook machine all day and have some assistant type out notes on whatever topic will get the most "pokes" or "likes" or whatever. So of course she's weighed in on the Focus on the Family-sponsored Tim Tebow anti-abortion Super Bowl ad cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Tim Tebow Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Up Controversy

    Predictably, Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad for the politically divisive, anti-gay, and pro-choice group Focus on the Family is causing controversy.Focus has released few details about the ad, but it will likely feature UF's Heisman winner and his mother, Pam Tebow. Pam notably carried Tim to term despit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Sorry MILFs: Carnival Bans Cougar Cruises

    ​This entire cougar craze is really out of control. OK, we get it middle age woman, you want to bang nubile, young studs as much as your male counterparts want to bang ditzy, big breasted young blonds. Rah rah feminism, taking control of your sexuality, and all of that, but the "movement" really n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Grrrly Talk: Is Modernesque Burlesque Feminist?

    Photo by Ari Justin Rothenberg Modernesque Burlesque Troupe​The opening night for the Modernesque Burlesque troupe at Respectable Street Saturday was a glamorous sequin-filled celebration of movement and the female body. It was also "new, fresh, and unused," in the words of the cheeky mistr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Grrrly Talk: Anti-Feminist Lady Gaga "Hails," "Loves" Men, Performs New Year's Eve

    ​Grrrly Talk is a new feminist column serving up pop culture commentary and local music news on, for, and by those of the XX-chromosomed variety. News broke yesterday that Lady Gaga will be spending New Year's Eve in Miami after canceling her tour with megalomaniac Kanye West earlier th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    About That Rihanna Post This Morning...

    The last thing in the world I want is for a serious point I was trying to make about domestic abuse devolve into some pissing match with two radio jocks. The underlying subject matter is too serious. Enrique Santos left a long comment on the original post, and you should read it to get his side of t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    The Power Is Yours

    Tap into potential and own yours today.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Live Blogging the Barack Obama Rally

    Tap into potential and own yours today.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Pretty in the City - Interview with James Vincent

    Tap into potential and own yours today.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    The Power of Pussy

    Tap into potential and own yours today.

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2006

    There’s Always Room for Moore

    You must see what they do with this space

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    Pink

    "Stupid Girls" (Arista)

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Evette

    Lately (Eight76 Records)

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    Winged Victory

    Lately (Eight76 Records)

  • Music

    May 19, 2005

    Headphones

    Headphones (Suicide Squeeze)

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2004

    Staying Alive

    Headphones (Suicide Squeeze)

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Le Tigre

    Headphones (Suicide Squeeze)

  • Culture

    March 11, 2004

    Mamet's Revenge

    Peel back the slapstick veneer and it's dark in there

  • Culture

    February 19, 2004

    This Ain't No Dinner Party

    Enigma is a female form of expression for Maritza Molina

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST CHARITY

    Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2002

    Play Things

    Women, women, read all about them!

  • Music

    March 7, 2002

    It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Pussy

    Super she-dawgs Bitch and Animal rescue our favorite female parts

  • Music

    February 21, 2002

    Riot Grrrls No More

    Le Tigre wants you -- naked and marching

  • Culture

    August 23, 2001

    Change, Change, Change

    Sing it loud, sing it proud, girls; it happens to the best of us

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2000

    Fem Park

    Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Women's History Gallery

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    DeFede

    Officer of the Year

  • Culture

    April 1, 1999

    Misuse of Ivory Power

    Officer of the Year

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    A Real Class Act

    What happens when four women accuse a high school principal of sexual harassment? So far, not much.

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    Arresting Developments

    A landmark court case could force cops to jail any man who violates a domestic violence injunction. Period.

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Screen Queen

    The director who gave the world Nude on the Moon and Bad Girls Go to Hell enjoys a critical revival

  • News

    April 3, 1997

    Striking a Blow for the Better

    A Creole-language radio show breaks the silence surrounding domestic violence in Haitian homes

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    Stone Crabs and the Women Who Love to Serve Them

    For many years female waiters were unknown at Joe's -- until investigators decided to make a federal case out of it

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Queen of the Kingmakers

    If you're a political candidate with big ideas and little cash, the first call you make is to Irene Secada

  • News

    June 29, 1995

    The Long Fall of Sgt. Niki Lawrence

    She was a pioneer at the Metro-Dade Police Department, a rabble-rousing advocate for women behind the badge. And now, of course, she's paying for it.

  • News

    June 29, 1995

    Punishment Policy: Give 'Em a Break

    She was a pioneer at the Metro-Dade Police Department, a rabble-rousing advocate for women behind the badge. And now, of course, she's paying for it.

  • News

    February 9, 1995

    Love Hurts

    When it comes to crimes of passion, Hialeah is Dade's undisputed champ. Unfortunately, the competition never lets up.

  • Culture

    February 9, 1995

    Show of Force

    When it comes to crimes of passion, Hialeah is Dade's undisputed champ. Unfortunately, the competition never lets up.

  • News

    July 26, 1994

    Drive, She Said

    What's the nicest thing about the trouble-prone new Metromover? The voice of Wendy Ruch.

  • Music

    April 6, 1994

    The Hits Just Keep on Coming

    Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

  • Film

    July 8, 1992

    The Courtship of Eddie's Ego

    Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

  • Film

    March 18, 1992

    Female Trouble

    Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

  • News

    November 28, 1990

    There Ought to Be a Law

    Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

  • News

    November 28, 1990

    The Unwanted Touch

    Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

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