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The "F" Word: Feminists in South Dakota

  • Femininity and Scientific American

    Gender is a social construct. It assumes that, by definition, females are feminine and males are masculine. These gender constructs completely disregard hermaphrodites, the transgendered, and others who do not fit neatly in the “man” or “woman” box. There are male hairstylists, nurses, teachers, fashion models, and stay-at-home dads. There [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:36pm EST
    by ecjeppesen

  • Tell Stupak he’s stupid.

    A friend of a friend suggested that everyone should send the 64 Democratic Representatives who voted for the Stupak Amendment a coat hanger in protest. Not enough money to send 64? Send 26 to the Dems who voted for the Stupak Amendment and against healthcare reform. At the very least, [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:48am EST
    by ecjeppesen

  • Success!

    Yesterday CWC, College Dems, and the Public Affairs Coordinator from Planned Parenthood teamed up to phonebank for health care reform. More specifically, to make sure comprehensive reproductive health care for women isn’t left out. Conservatives in Congress are – surprise, surprise – aiming for reduced abortion coverage. They want, at [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:36am EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Welcome back!

    The school year’s officially started and CWC is getting into gear. So far, a few members took a roadtrip to Omaha to counter-protest on the same day Operation Rescue was protesting Dr. Carhart’s clinic (the wekkend before school started). The protest went really well, with pro-choice activists greatly outnumbering Operation [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 12:53pm EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Ed

    Today, my mother and I were watching TV. A commercial for Valtrex came on – the medication that helps prevent the spread of genital herpes – and the commercial said that one in five American adults has genital herpes. Both my mother and I commented on how surprisingly high that [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 1:35pm EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Early Fall Event

    The Office of Student Affairs is starting a campaign to promote student groups and events this fall; they’re trying to get new students involved around campus. Part of this campaign is encouraging campus groups to do an event early in the fall semester and they’ll provide free advertising. I have [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 1:27pm EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Because somebody on campus should reply to these things…

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    This was posted on a blog written by one of my political science classmates. I couldn’t just leave it there without a response: Why I Voted Democrat I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever want. I’ve decided to marry my Dog… I voted Democrat because I [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
    by alkropuenske

  • Condom War: Battle of the Sexes

    Number of comments: 2
    As of an hour ago, I’ve given out 96% of my big box of 500 condoms. Between the Gay-Straight Alliance and Campus Women’s Coalition events, tabling in the Union, and handing them out to people I know, we’d gotten down to about 150. The latest batch of 130 or so [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Midwest: Same-sex marriage split.

    Way to go Iowa!  If you haven’t heard by now, our neighbor to the east has become the 3rd state in the country to legalize same sex marriage and acknowledge that all citizens deserve the right to the pursuit of happiness. HOWEVER, Boo to you, ND for supporting discrimination because some crotchety [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Low-blow: Rounds cuts HPV Funding

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    Via KELO: Every year 25 women in South Dakota are diagnosed with cervical cancer and sadly each year nine lose their battle.  Just two years ago, the state began vaccinating girls between the ages of 11 and 18 for free. Last year, the state modified it so that only 12-year old girls [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • SDSU women attend Omaha Conference!

    Over spring break, some of us ventured down to Omaha for UNO’s Regional “No Limits” Conference. This year’s topic was “Feminisms, Environments and New Media.” We heard presentations on everything from women in science fiction tv to mentorship programs designed for young girls to why america is not ready to [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 2:09pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Affordable BC is BACK!

    Via PP: This week saw the passage of legislation to make birth control affordable again for millions of women who obtain contraceptives at community health centers and college clinics. The provision was included in the 2009 omnibus appropriations bill that passed the U.S. Senate late yesterday and the House of Representatives [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Young CPAC Attendee Inspired by Ward Connerly for College Newspaper Op-Ed Piece

    Want a unique opportunity to look into the mind of a young conservative who still buys all that bullsh*t they are selling? I’ve mentioned in this blog before the outspoken young conservative who leads the Campus Republicans. Today he decided to post on facebook his next insightful column to be [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2009, 7:12pm EDT
    by alkropuenske

  • Why Pharmacists Should Refuse to Fill Viagra

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    The battle for reproductive rights is a never ending in one in South Dakota just like in the rest of America. The difference is that it happens at a whole different level here.  Although the South Dakota voters gave reproductive rights a huge boost in 2008 by defeating that dreaded [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
    by alkropuenske

  • Give Rush a Piece of Your Mind!

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    The Democratic National Committee is giving us a wonderful opportunity to let Rush Limbaugh know that his outright sexism (or any one of his other ideas) is wrong. How? They’re paying for a billboard near Rush Limbaugh’s house and they’re asking for people to submit slogans addressed to him. Happy slogan [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2009, 9:45pm EST
    by ecjeppesen

  • Number of illegal abortions rise in Mexico

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    A recent Guttmacher report shows that Between 1990 and 2006, the abortion rate in Mexico climbed by a third, from 533,000 to 875,000. Abortion is so restricted in Mexico that it is virtually illegal. Compared to the United States, where abortion is mostly legal, Mexico’s abortion rate was more than 40 [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2009, 3:33pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Message To Rush: Women Will NEVER Come Into Your Web of Lies!!!

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      Define stupid:  Rush Limbaugh being unable to identify just why women wouldn’t be common among his followers   Olberman reported last night, that Rush held a special call-in program for women in order to try and figure this brain buster out.    Well, since Rush seems to be having trouble with this one, [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 1:10pm EST
    by alkropuenske

  • Know Thyne Enemy Well

    This is one of the hypothetical commandments I would propose to the new religion of feminism. (It would certainly be a more women friendly religion than the majority. No I will not burn myself on my husband’s funeral pyre…or have twenty kids because the pope doesn’t believe in contraception…Thank you!) [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2009, 12:29pm EST
    by alkropuenske

  • Cut programs that don’t work!

    In a time of economic hardship, we should all be looking to cut corners when appropriate.  And abstinence-only til marriage programs should have more than their corners cut. The plain and simple truth is that these programs do not work. So, the news of potentially more money being flushed down the drain [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2009, 2:03pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Really? Again?

    Number of comments: 1
    South Dakota let them know what was up last November, but those crazy anti-choice people are back…this time in North Dakota. http://www.feministing.com/archives/013776.html  Wow, these “personhood” concepts are just SCARY! [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2009, 9:22pm EST
    by alkropuenske

  • Women for SDSU Senate!

    Number of comments: 1
    Currently, out of 30 students in the Student Association Senate (that’s the student government body here at State) only NINE are women. And as 53% of the student body is composed of women, that’s a long way from reflective representation. SO! Three of us from Campus Women’s Coalition are part of a [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2009, 8:17am EST
    by cjg131

  • Condoms!

    The Great American Condom Campaign just notified me that I’ve been selected as a Safe Site. They’ll be sending me 500 free condoms donated by Trojan for me to distribute throughout the semester. Considering that the Student Health Center is still the only place on campus to get condoms and [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2009, 4:24pm EST
    by ecjeppesen

  • What would your vagina say?

    Don’t know what to do for Valentines day?  Mix it up this year!  Come to SDSU’s performance of the Vagina Monologues! When: Friday, February 13th and Saturday, February 14th   — Doors open at 7 p.m. Where:  Doner Auditorium, SDSU Campus, Brookings Tickets are $5 and all proceeds go to the Brookings Domestic [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2009, 3:16pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Victory in Brookings!

    This just in from EQSD: Last night, the Brookings School Board unanimously agreed to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its non-discrimination policy. The policy protects students, faculty, and staff, and will hopefully inspire other districts around the state to take similar steps. Please take a moment to thank the Brookings [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2009, 10:24pm EST
    by cjg131

  • SDSU women go to Pierre!

    Last Monday, SDSU made the annual pilgrimmage to Pierre for the SD Advocacy Network for Women’s Women4Women Day.  And what a blast!  First, we enjoyed 3 hours of SD scenery. We sat in on committee hearings: Observed legislators at work And had a general awesome time!! Thanks to all who made this day possible.  This [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2009, 12:49pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Stop the H8

    Number of comments: 1
    So no big surprise, but SD isn’t the most gay friendly state. However, there’s a whole lot of us here at Brookings who are part of a new generation, one that loves and supports our gay and straight friends alike. And so long as they are not considered equal, it’s [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 5:21pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Unwitting sexists are still sexists.

    Number of comments: 2
    Last night some feisty feminist friends and I were invited to a dinner with successful entrepreneurs and execs for student leaders. Great, right? Hm. About a third of the invitees were young women leaders. Conveniently, there were three speakers. Wouldn’t you think that those women invitees would be reflected by the [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 4:28pm EST
    by cjg131

  • F-word Finger-wag: Thune puts businesses before justice

    Number of comments: 1
    So we all know that Senator Thune isn’t the most woman friendly guy out there.  His latest shenanigans include his vote to not support equal pay for equal work.  Here’s an excerpt of how he justified it to me after I sent him my thoughts on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2009, 1:03pm EST
    by cjg131

  • “You Need More Women”

    Number of comments: 2
    Well today was the big day. As a campus group we descended upon Pierre along with many other women’s groups to lobby the state legislature. As a student senator, I was also in Pierre with my fellow student leaders for students for higher education days. After the other women’s coalition [...]
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    Posted: February 02, 2009, 4:43pm EST
    by alkropuenske

  • Equal Pay is on its Way!

    Number of comments: 2
    And count another win for American women! Obama has officially signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act! In his own words: It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign … we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 3:39pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Gun-toting Feminists?

    I feel I can assure my own personal safety using the resources I currently have available on campus (I don’t not need male legislators to pass bills to provide it for me) [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 1:25pm EST
    by alkropuenske

  • Budget cuts leave girls out in the SD cold

    Number of comments: 1
    Liz’s most recent post commented on the budget cuts that Gov Rounds has suggested, but I thought that our friends at DakotaWomen  nailed it in regards to the elimination of the HPV vaccine program: Who’s the latest group to get screwed by Rounds’ budget for next year? 12 year old girls. … It’s not [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2009, 3:45pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Show your support!

    Thanks to our wonderful PR chair, Campus Women’s Coalition is now able to accept online donations. You simply click the “Donate” button on the right hand side of our blog page and follow the directions after that. Easy, right? This is a great way to help a local, grassroots student group that works [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2009, 4:02pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Gov. Rounds’ budget cuts

    Number of comments: 4
    While not strictly a women’s issue, Gov. Rounds’ planned budget cuts - an attempt to make up for the $133.8 million budget gap - will negatively affect women across South Dakota. Some budget cuts are inevitable, but Rounds’ proposed cuts include closing the School for the Deaf in Sioux Falls [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 7:32pm EST
    by ecjeppesen

  • Doh! STD rates rise in SD.

    The Argus Leader recently came out with some disturbing statistics.  STD rates are up in our fair state, and by more than just a little.  Reports show that: Chlamydia cases reached an all-time high of 2,948, up 328 from 2007. Gonorrhea rose 29.4 percent to 370 - the highest since 1988. The number of [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 6:02pm EST
    by cjg131

  • It’s official!

    A couple of great steps forward for women: Obama has signed an executive order to overturn the global gag rule.  Now we just need to get rid of a few more things that put politics before medicine, like, oh, I don’t know… abstinence-only funding and the Hyde amendment. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 11:03am EST
    by cjg131

  • Education…no matter what!

    So as SDSU begins a new semester, there are plenty of groans to go around.  Eventually, I’m sure plenty students — including myself — soon will be fighting that urge to skip skip skip those pesky 8am classes, or to take an early weekend. I think we forget, all too often, [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2009, 2:04pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Happ(ier) Roe v Wade Day!

    The new president has already closed Guantanamo, and with Obama’s promise to eliminate the global gag rule, this is definitely a happier anniversary for the 1973 landmark Supreme court decision than the past eight. However, we still have a lot of work.  Not far from here, in St. Paul MN, anti-choice [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2009, 3:44pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Steinem sense.

    As a self-proclaimed feminist, I naturally find myself focusing on gender equality in terms of women and the things that affect us, and that we affect.  A wake-up nudge came from an unexpected source. Last night I had the opportunity to hear Gloria Steinem speak, and she reminded me that [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 3:07pm EST
    by cjg131

  • Tiffany Campbell’s compelling story

    Tiffany Campbell has been sharing her story with South Dakotans for a while now, but for those of you who haven’t heard about this amazing woman, it’s time you did.  f Tiffany was also featured by the Washington Post.  The opening section gives some background: Bad things don’t happen to her, Tiffany Campbell [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2008, 1:16pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • IM 11 Upsets on All Sides

    Number of comments: 1
    Abortion has been an extremely divisive issue in South Dakota since the attempt to ban all abortions in the state in 2006. People on all sides fought for what they believed in, and in the end that ban was defeated. This year, another abortion ban is on the ballot – [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2008, 2:49am EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Sanford’s memo on the implications of IM11.

    Even a fox news station is reporting the legal implications of IM 11 as memoed by Sanford Health Services.  Check it out here —> sanford-memo  Sanford hasn’t taken an official stance; however, they are sending out a notice about how health providers would undoubtedly be affected by this poorly-written piece of legislation. Here’s some [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2008, 9:24pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • SDSU Votes!

    Big news from SDSU!  CWC is teaming up with the Student Association Senate and other student groups to present SDSU Votes!, an opportunity for students to register and vote the same day. This is going down this Thursday in the Student Union, 10 a.m.- 4p.m.  We’ll be registering and giving rides to [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2008, 10:06pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Speak up, South Dakota!

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    Posted: October 08, 2008, 9:52pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Upcoming opportunities to defeat the ban!

    There are several upcoming opportunities in Brookings and Sioux Falls to help defeat the abortion ban.  Please attend one or all! Thurs, OCT 9: “Visibility + Phonebanking!” - Brookings  WHEN: 6p.m. - 9p.m.  (Any/all) Where: 6th and Medary Rally with posters and energy, followed by a calling voters to inform them about IM 11and [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2008, 8:38pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Even former supporters are jumping the Palin ship

    …which is probably smart, as it seems to be sinking fast.  While she stirred the base at the Republican Convention, Palin’s series of problematic interviews have given everyone reason to (re)consider her apptitude.  As a former supporter suggests, Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 4:41pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • SuccesseS!

    Last weekend, Sierra Club’s Back to School Bashed let us do two of our favorite things:  Celebrate the environment and register voters!  The music and weather were fantastic, and we had a great time Rocking the Vote! This weekend, representatives from Campus Women’s Coalition joined Campaign for Healthy Families for Live Action Camp, [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 9:26pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Sarah Palin

    Number of comments: 1
    John McCain is 72 years old. If elected, he will be the oldest US President in history. Considering the extreme stresses of the presidency, the fact that the average lifespan of US males is only 75, and that McCain has had four episodes of skin cancer, it is likely that [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2008, 3:15pm EDT
    by ecjeppesen

  • Quick Fire

    So, some updates and news since the hiatus… CWC participated in Cycle to Stop the Cycle, a fundraiser for the local domestic abuse shelter. Pakistan’s government (finally) began investigations on recent honor killings of 6 women, who committed the social crime of wanting a voice in their destiny. South Dakotan’s speak out against [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2008, 10:45pm EDT
    by cjg131

  • Oh the contradictions!

    Amanda Robb recently published an article in More magazine (scroll down a little after clicking) about Leslee Unruh, one of the most vehement proponents of not only the abortion ban, but what Jezebel calls the “chastity movement.” Robb’s open minded take on one of the most controversial women in SD is [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 10:01am EDT
    by cjg131
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