Haiti

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Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson on January 26, 2010 - 12:49pm; tagged abortion, abortion and tv, Edwidge Danticat, female writers, Haiti, transgender, transgendered children.
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Democracy Now! Reports Death of Haitian Feminist Myriam Merlet

Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson on January 19, 2010 - 4:40pm; tagged Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Eve Ensler, feminism, Haiti, Myriam Merlet, transnational, transnational feminism.
Tragically, Myriam Merlet, Haiti's Chief of Staff of the Haitian Ministry of Women, did not survive the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Amy Goodman, reporting from Haiti, and Eve Ensler, a personal friend of Merlet, reports from the Democracy Now! studio.

Rush transcript provided by Democracy Now! after the jump.
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Douchebag Decree: Special Two for One Edition

DigiBitch post by Malori Maloney on January 13, 2010 - 3:28pm; tagged Douchebag Decree, douches galore, Haiti, Matt Labash, Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, Tucker Carlson.

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Every now and then there are just too many d-bags committing too many acts of douchebaggery to pick just one. Plus there's the whole 'is-this-person-alone-even-worth-blogging-about' question to reckon with. But hey, that's why god invented the Special Two for One Edition, right? Here goes...

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