Weekly femme news

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Time to start speaking up about the toll HIV/AIDS is taking on black women.

New Missouri TRAP laws go into effect, which Planned Parenthood says could force it to spend more than $1 million on remodeling. Also, new abstinence-only requirements apply to educators in the state.

Men and women are equally chatty.

An anti-choice protester wins his appeal after being arrested outside a clinic. His lawyer said, "It struck a very positive tone for a pro-life protestor. In most courts around the country, they are treated like they are maniacs.” Gee, wonder why that
is?

Can't say I'm surprised at these kind of images of a powerful woman in politics.

Nancy Goldstein explains why she's keeping her gay money to herself this election cycle.

An Australian campaign tries to combat speeding by questioning manhood.

And speaking of manhood, why are TV talk show types completely obessed with how awesomely manly the Republican presidential candidates are?

One of the federal funding streams for abstinence-only education has officially dried up.

And speaking of abstinence, Laura Bush says she's now down with promoting condom use in Africa.

On books for women in Saudi Arabia.

A New Jersey school blocks out a photo of two male students kissing.

What the Supreme Court's "resegregation" decision has to do with gender.

Rebecca Traister on Jane Austen mania and the myth of the "perfect man."

Egypt bans female circumcision.