Good Morning…
I suppose you can guess from the title…it is time for another episode of the Woman in Red. Only this time it will be a little more than a few tweets, lets just say this will be a “full” treatment. Yeah…this time you get a real full blown story!
(As for the morning reads, well…I haven’t really been paying attention to the news lately. Think of this as an open thread and post links to news stories down below in the comments.)
Now…meet Peggy Allen ——->
She is smart as hell, and like you, she knows just what the GOP is up to.
That is a shitload of anti-woman legislation.
Peggy has decided to use her special superpowers for something more than volunteering as an escort at her local Planned Parenthood or spending time blogging and protesting against the GOP’s war on women.
She is determined to fight the right-wing bastards, with whatever is necessary….
<——— Peggy Allen is The Woman in Red, protector of the Uteri, defender of Vajayjay Rights and fighter against the war on women.
Just this week alone you can see some examples of the shit women have to deal with, and it isn’t just abortion issues…its poverty, birth control, health care and so many other things:
Kentucky Lawmaker Attempts to Define Abortion as Domestic Violence
Marital Status Doesn’t Cause Poverty—Not Having Money Does
Four Insurance Companies Accused of Widespread Sex Discrimination
House Judiciary Committee Passes Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill
Missouri Representative Introduces Parental Notification Bill
Marlise Munoz’s Husband Sues to Stop Hospital’s ‘Cruel and Obscene’ Treatment
Teens sentenced to weeks in sexual assault case that ended in suicide
Argument recap: Buffer zones? Maybe yes, but how big? : SCOTUSblog
Texas Spends Nearly $650,000 Defending Anti-Choice Laws
House GOP: Let’s Audit Rape Victims for Tax Fraud
Michigan GOP Passes Rape Insurance Law, Because Outreach
GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn’t Be a Crime
House GOP: Tax Abortions to Create Jobs. What?
Can ‘Roe’ Survive the Roberts Court?
First on CNN: GOP urges candidates to stand ground on abortion
The list goes on and on…and if I kept on posting links to this shit I would never get to the strip.
And what do you know, today is the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
Protecting Access to Women’s Health, 41 Years After Roe v. Wade | Sue Dunlap
GOP readies for 2014 with new tactics, familiar messages – CBS News
Thousands of abortion foes set for March for Life in Washington – The Washington Post
Anyway.
The Woman in Red comic is Public Domain, which is fortunate, because that means I can do whatever I want with her. It is lucky too that I found some images and copies of her comics online, otherwise this creative little anti-PLUB comic romp would never have gone further than those few tweets.
As an added bonus, just this morning I found this link to an article by Jessica Valenti: Back The Fuck Up: Protect Women’s Rights by Getting Out of the Way | The Nation
(Original photo: AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Feminists are constantly on the defensive. Whether it’s fighting back against sexist media depictions of women, working to hold ground on reproductive rights or arguing that rape is an actual thing that really happens—feminism’s fights are largely reactionary. In the wake of the Supreme Court fight over buffer zones, it occurs to me that we need something a bit more proactive to protect women and their rights. So I’d like to suggest that we implement a national call—a feminist addendum in the social contract—for people to Back The Fuck Up.
Read Jessica’s piece…I think it goes perfectly with our supershero, The Woman in Red, and I think Jessica’s idea kicks ass!
So without any more waiting or whatever, here is….
Yay!!!!!
It’s an open thread!
