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Re: bthny - From temple to tailgating space in Downtown Atlanta

bthny — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:39:45 -0000

It jumped way out at me. But I'm also a Jewish woman who grew up in (the suburbs of) Atlanta and things like the Temple bombing and Leo Frank lynching still feel very visceral - so I'm extra sensitive.

Re: bthny

bthny — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:16:50 -0000

Nope, it's there! I do need to listen to more Sleater-Kinney, so thanks for the suggestion.

Re: bthny - okc suitor 2.1

bthny — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:02:42 -0000

nope! OKC as in OKCupid. never been to Oklahoma, sorry.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/26141683308

bthny — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:04:30 -0000

Thanks for the comment! That might have been the case there, because the doctor also inserted an IUD after the D&C. All of my research was on abortion access in the United States so I know very little about what it's like in other countries.

Re: Ask me anything (within reason) and I’ll answer truthfully (maybe)!

bthny — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:12:53 -0000

they are these in navy blue: http://www.barefeetshoes.co...

Re: Consume or Consumed: A giveaway to thank you!

bthny — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:28:37 -0000

also liked both Anjolee and your blog on Facebook!

Re: Consume or Consumed: A giveaway to thank you!

bthny — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:27:58 -0000

twitter'd here: http://twitter.com/bthny/st...

Re: Consume or Consumed: A giveaway to thank you!

bthny — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:26:35 -0000

ooooh pretty. I follow through Google Reader and my contact email is bethanyy at gmail dot com

Re: Sometimes, It's OK To Say 'My Bad' - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic

bthny — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:41:30 -0000

But like...the post at Kate Harding's blog is explaining to men how they can avoid even bumping up against that line entirely. Which seems like it might actually be helpful to you?

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/5030757099

bthny — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:51:42 -0000

UGH I KNOW RIGHT?

dudes.

Re: http://herjazz.org/post/3608307594

bthny — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:19:15 -0000

how much is it/do we need anything else/what do you use for internet?

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/3332392580

bthny — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:05:17 -0000

I didn't take sociology in high school, so you'll have to forgive my ignorance here. Don't sociological profiles need to be placed into a context? Because the fact is, rape has a very different historical/political/geographical/whatever context than like, someone losing a job over comments, and I'm really shocked that you would ignore that context in the first place.

And congrats to Esquire for being ahead of the story and for caring about it in the first place, but you're being an [unconscious] participant in rape culture by denying context.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/3292348351

bthny — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:55:16 -0000

Hey - I probably spoke a little rashly there, and I can see the rationale for Fetterman wanting to retain control over the Levi's money. I have to admit that I don't know too much about the history of corruption in that area. I was a little bit surprised by the tone the author took towards Fetterman, especially after everything else I've seen about him and Braddock has been really positive, but I do think that there is something to be said about the "remaking" of Braddock and how it hasn't necessarily done anything for the working-class people who were there before Fetterman.

I think that Fetterman has good intentions and has done good things for Braddock, but I don't think the negative consequences of some of his policies should be ignored.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/3165517746

bthny — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:40:06 -0000

yep, I moved to Philadelphia in 2007 to intern there for a few months after graduating from college. I worked on the full power campaign, getting groups ready to apply for full power noncommercial licenses during the window in October 2007, and then worked on development stuff. tumblr users nebraska-admiral and dothedu were legislative interns with Hannah Sassaman, and I'm really jealous of the work they did to get the Local Community Radio Act going!

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/2925195137

bthny — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:00:57 -0000

Right, so isn't referring to women on TANF as "TANF moms" redundant? I'm just saying, these women are more than mothers and it seems weird to refer to them as such. But I'm just being nitpicky! I really did like this column and appreciate the work that you do in Philadelphia.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/466003708

bthny — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:26:07 -0000

I think that probably has a lot to do with perspective - I worked at an abortion fund, not a clinic, so we never had to deal with medicaid billing directly. On our end, it was relatively (relatively!) easy for women to obtain the initial medicaid funding, but I have no idea whether or not the reimbursements went through in a timely manner at all. I remember that the CRR (I think? maybe it was Guttmacher, or maybe they partnered?) did a report on this, though.

And yes, we should be friends! I've been reading The Abortioneers since it started, and although I left my job at the abortion fund to go to grad school, I want to focus my research on geographic access to reproductive healthcare so I still consider myself very much involved in repro justice things.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/2615363852

bthny — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:47:06 -0000

oh my god I want to try the Hitachi Magic Wand. I really need a new vibrator but I have no money. TMI TIME

Re: http://katiecoyle.tumblr.com/post/2355085745

bthny — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:11:14 -0000

on my to-read list!

Re: http://katiecoyle.tumblr.com/post/2065603386

bthny — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:28:45 -0000

I really loved this!

Re: Stranded in Penndel: A lesson in visual communication.

bthny — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:18:56 -0000

Agreed! Sometimes it feels inappropriate to click "Like" or the heart button on tumblr even when it's meant as a sign of support for the person, not necessarily "liking" the situation. I think that it is particularly hard on tumblr when someone doesn't have replies enabled, because you don't necessarily want to reblog and share it with all of your followers.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/1663744174

bthny — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:21:33 -0000

I guess the whole "make better choices" thing is what really makes me uncomfortable. I don't think that shaming people living in poverty for buying the food that is readily available and filling, if not nutritious, is the way to get them to change their ways. There is a whole mess of issues around physical and economic access as well as education that need to be addressed, and that post doesn't address the very real inequalities that exist in this country at all. It's not as easy as buying the more expensive organic food; if it was, I don't think that this would be the problem that it is.

I also think that what made me angrier than the post itself was that I saw it reblogged by people whose opinions I generally respect, and their comments were not critical at all.

Re: http://newleft.tumblr.com/post/1603580702

bthny — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:04:28 -0000

hence the movement towards "gender studies"! good response. I realize you didn't write it, but nosex doesn't have comments enabled, so.

Re: http://bthny.tumblr.com/post/1553067963

bthny — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:44:52 -0000

thanks! I usually can't read long-form things on my computer but I'm going to try this because the Printing Costs Are Too Damn High

Re: Roundup: Anti-Choice Rally to Close North Dakota's Only Clinic

bthny — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:13:20 -0000

I mean...Operation Rescue is terrible and I hope that the clinic can stay open, and even if this is just an administrative snafu it illustrates how important it is to not let these things happen, ever, particularly in such a contentious field where the slightest lapse is going to lead to lots of really bad publicity.

Re: Breaking: "Rape gaze" coined by ... a lady.

bthny — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:11:15 -0000

"Yeah, I mean, it's really just kind of a joke. We never really thought about it."

WELL, NO SHIT.