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Against Common Ground

By WB

Jul 23, 2009

In many ways, I like the idea of trying to find "common ground" between abortion rights groups and abortion opponents. The most basic, most foundational bit of this "common ground" is that both groups want to see a decrease in the number of abortions performed every year. That’s a win in both columns. From this observation and a handful of others, we get the idea of "common ground,’ of shared principles, places that the two groups can come together and do something good.

Thing is…this assumes that there are …

Girldrive

By WB

Jul 22, 2009

In October of 2007, Nona Willis Aronowitz and (the late) Emma Bee Bernstein set off on a roadtrip, interviewing Feminist icons and regular women all across the country. They chronicled their journey on a blog, which is now becoming a book, which in turn has a trailer (shown above) made up of video footage from their travels. From their "About" page:

Girldrive tracks a conversation between the next generation, telling its story through photos, profiles, and diary entries. It allows gutsy young women across the American

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