By: Grace Alexander, Guest Contributor There’s a lot of talk these days about taking personal responsibility for one’s life and actions. This is particularly true when it comes to women. Politicians seem caught in a cycle of alternately trying to woo and trying to legislate women, and the words “take responsibility” come up a lot. […]
September 26, 2012 4 Comments
September 22, 2012 10 Comments
FGM – “Why?” Is Not Good Enough
By: Tracy Madlener They told her that she would be rewarded. They lured her to believe it was easy. She believed her parents would never harm her. She trusted them and followed their lead. Once she entered the room, her 8 year old body was restrained by grown women, her legs spread far apart and […]
September 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) In The Modern World
By: Carrie Eckles Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting (FGC) is the partial or complete removal of the outer female genitalia. There are various forms of female genital mutilation, and they run the gamut from cutting of the clitoris to completely scraping out and gutting the vulva, and, in many cases, sewing it […]
September 17, 2012 3 Comments
September 12, 2012 8 Comments
What is a Feminist and Why Aren’t You One?
By: Amanda K. Fox Here at Spicie, we get called feminists a lot and not always in the nicest tone. It’s true, we are feminists. There is quite a bit of confusion about what a feminist is though, so let’s try to come to a better understanding about it. The basic definition of feminist is […]
September 10, 2012 1 Comment
Rape culture: How it flourishes before our eyes
By: Amanda K. Fox Rape culture. Those are two words that don’t appear to go together, yet it is a phrase that is an all too familiar part of our lexicon. Rape culture is generally defined as an environment in which rape and sexual assault are not only common, but accepted. The general reaction to […]
September 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
The War on Women: Personhood and Birth Control
By: Amanda K. Fox When discussions concerning the War on women arise, the first thing most people think of is abortion. A real and pressing concern in it all, however, is contraception. As misunderstood as personhood laws are regarding abortion, they are potentially even more misunderstood regarding birth control. We’ll save what this means for […]
September 3, 2012 5 Comments
Personhood: Reproductive “rights” devoid of science and logic
By: Amanda K. Fox The personhood bills are among the most potentially frightening pieces of legislation that lawmakers have brought to the floor in many years. What makes them frightening is not just the language they use, but how radically misunderstood what exactly personhood is. No woman, on either side of the political divide, can […]
August 27, 2012 4 Comments
Redefining rape: A timeline
By: Carrie Eckles Rape has made headlines recently due to the inane remarks made by Rep. Todd Akin regarding rape and pregnancy. According to Akin, “It seems to be, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, it’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut […]
August 27, 2012 5 Comments
My mother deserved the option to abort me
By: Amanda K. Fox Rape is a topic that is at the forefront of our news. It isn’t a pleasant topic nor is it one we can ignore. Like it or not, the current debate on reproductive rights has gone off on this tangent and once Pandora’s box is open, you cannot ignore what comes […]