Women boycotted the House Contraception Hearing today in DC., to fight against the fact that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) prevented women from testifying in a hearing examining Obama’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to pay for employee contraception coverage. Roy Blunt and other Republicans have introduced legislation that would… [Read more…]
Republican senator Roy Blunt has introduced an amendment that would allow any employer to deny birth control coverage for any reason. It is 2012, and birth control pills are a normal part of modern life. Yet, if this bill passes, women’s freedom to access health-care will be severely limited! Your boss shouldn’t decide what kind of health… [Read more…]
We here at Loose Garments would like to wish everyone a wonderful and happy Valentine’s Day! Regardless of whether you are spending the day alone, with friends, or a significant other – we hope that you treat yourself to a whole lot of love! Will you be our Valentine?
Hypatia of Alexandria Science, engineering and mathematics have always been male dominated fields. Regardless of the many obstacles that women face to enter such fields, mathematical theory owes much to female mathematicians throughout time! Starting with Hypatia in the fifth century AD. Hypatia was one of the first female mathematicians in history, who excelled in… [Read more…]
Whitney Houston’s publicist just announced that Whitney Houston has died, though the circumstances, including Whitney’s location and cause of death, remain unknown. Read more at USA Today Whitney Houston won several Grammy’s, which included album and record of the year. Though Whitney was often overtaken by drug addiction, many women looked up to her. She… [Read more…]
5 Questions with Awesome Women! Angela Gbemisola is a feminist activist, a fashion and graphic designer, and writer. She lives and works in London, UK, and is the founder of a fashion brand called Str(angela)nd. Her desire to be involved in fashion came from a quest for meaning, for answers. Like many women of her generation (she was… [Read more…]
The last few days the news has been flooded with stories about women’s reproductive issues including abortion and contraception. The Republicans would like to see American women knocked up. When women are constantly pregnant, especially poor women, they will also be less likely to graduate high school and attain a college or graduate degree. When… [Read more…]
The Catalyst Census found that, in 2011, only a measly 7.5% of top earners at Fortune 500 companies were women. In addition, the study found that last year women held only 14.1% of Executive Officer positions at the nation’s top corporations, and 27.4% of Fortune 500 companies didn’t even bother hiring a woman for an… [Read more…]
Good friends provide strength during difficult times, and this homage to a true friend is stunning! The artist, Catherine Tourangeau describes the portrait as ”a woman who brought light to a very dark time, and lent me her strength when I was weak.” The expressive yet peaceful ”Strength” is painted with acrylics on canvas. Check out the submitted pieces of art by visiting… [Read more…]
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February 16, 2012
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