In case you missed it, The Atlantic Monthly ran an article explaining why the conservative anti-gay-marriage stance is actually working against their goals. Because of the strides that gay couples have made towards acquiring domestic partner rights in lieu of being allowed to marry, the rest of the population is benefiting from the ability to co-habitate without the social stigma and the meaning of marriage is being degraded by these heterosexual liberals. Basically, it’s a great little article explaining some of the benefits of the right wing’s hatred being turned around to be helpful.

Not only is my hometown of Lancaster PA going to run a worldwide V-Day event, but the organizer even put up a blog for V-Day Lancaster!!

Also, in surfing through her site, i found another site which has lots of connections to feminist information and links and whatnot, including V-Day. And from there, there’s a neat little daily feminist news site.

So.. this surfing is because i’m trying to get a sense of all feminist and anti-violence sites out there. When the new dynamic V-Day site launches down the road, along with the various campaigns, we want to be able to encourage traffic and get people working with us towards the goal of ending violence towards women and girls… So, if you know of a good site, let me know!

October 15 — Verizon Wireless launched its #HOPE program. By dialing #HOPE from a Verizon Wireless phone on the carrier’s nationwide network, a person in need of information and resources regarding domestic violence will get an immediate connection to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-SAFE) and a step towards safety and independence. The call is toll and airtime free. For more information about Verizon Wireless’ domestic violence awareness efforts or to find out how to donate phones, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

Here’s a funny review of Good Vibrations’ Make Your Own Dildo item.

Remember: today is red panties for reproductive choice day…

Yay for sexual awareness! The NYTimes reports a fun trend: more and more colleges are maintaining sex columns in their school papers.

The Street Harassment Project is a cool little thing, similar to Take Back the Night, vowing to make the streets a women’s place too…

While some of the links that i receive make me smile, others don’t. Today’s case in point: 32-year-old French man rapes his newborn daughter (Google translation of article)

I’ve picked up all of these email aliases for V-Day and so i get some pretty fascinating emails (as well as loads of spam). Today, i received a note for a neat little action idea: everyone wear red panties on October 7 to signify support for reproductive choice. I’m always fascinated by action items that are about community but without community recognition. In other words, no one knows you are part of the community supporting reproductive rights, but you do…

In case you’re anywhere near NYC, the Museum of Sex officially opens this upcoming weekend…