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April 28, 2013
After Boston Bombing, Rightbloggers Turn on Immigration (Mexican or Whatever)
There's a bill working its way through Congress that would offer a "path to citizenship" to the sort of immigrants currently known in some circles as illegal. Though its application is general, it's obviously aimed at U.S. guests of the Mexican persuasion, and it only has a chance of passing because ... More >>
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March 13, 2013
NYC Anti-Teen Pregnancy Campaign Targets Deadbeat Dads With Text Message Games
The New York City Department of Social Services launched a new campaign last week, filling bus stops and subways across the five boroughs with a torrent of anti-teen pregnancy propaganda. One subway poster reads," I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen." Another ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2012
The 12 Months of Crazy: Rightbloggers' Greatest Hits of 2012
It's been a hell of a year for conservatives, so naturally it's been a flaming, bloody hell of a year for our subjects the rightbloggers. If this is the sort of thing that gladdens your heart, then sit by the fire and let us brighten your holiday season by reviewing, month by month, the rightblogg ... More >>
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December 19, 2012
Meet Mexican Summer's Jess Rotter, Whose Art You've Probably Already Enjoyed
Jess Rotter truly racked up the frequent flyer miles this year. The long-time in-house publicist and marketing wiz for Brooklyn-based indie record label Mexican Summer practically lived in airplanes, repeatedly jetting out west and back to handle her duties repping Best Coast--the label's biggest su ... More >>
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September 13, 2012
Planned Parenthood's Worried About Money Problems (As Explained In $4.6 Million Ad Campaign Bashing Mitt Romney)
Planned Parenthood is worried that a Mitt Romney presidency would leave the group strapped for cash -- and it's explaining the potential predicament by spending more money on political attack ads bashing Romney than it's ever spent before.We'll repeat: Planned Parenthood is concerned about potential ... More >>
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August 16, 2012
Paul Ryan's Workout Routine Is More Important Than Syria
Since Mitt Romney tapped Paul Ryan's Workout Routine as his running mate Aug. 11, details have emerged that the vice presidential candidate has a grueling workout routine. "Fresh from a workout at a hotel gym in Iowa" and wearing "exercise shorts and a University of Wisconsin baseball cap pulled d ... More >>
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August 16, 2012
Oral Sex: How To Stay Safer
Most Americans ages 15-24 -- some 66 percent -- have had oral sex, the Centers for Disease Control reports. But that's actually less than in the past. A reason young people have oral sex is because they don't want a kid, the CDC notes. However, a lot of young people also don't realize that oral sex ... More >>
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August 9, 2012
Susan G. Komen for The Cure Resignations: Do They Matter?
So there has apparently been a big leadership shakeup at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the country's best known breast cancer charity, after its stupid, stupid decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood in January resulted in public outrage. The changes? As per Komen P.R.: "Founder and CEO Nancy ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
Birth Control and Antibiotics: A Baby-Making Mix?
You have probably heard this before: The Pill doesn't work if you're on antibiotics. However, an item we encountered this morning has made us revisit this age-old misnomer.
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Free Contraception For All! Obamacare Gets Rid of Co-Pay For Birth Control, and Unsuprisingly Pisses Off The Catholic Church
Today brings free contraception for all (as long as you're one of the millions insured and you don't work for a Catholic organization), under the Affordable Care Act. Effective today, these provisions cover most major preventive services without a co-pay.According to data provided by Planned Parenth ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2012
Mitt Romney Might Pick a Woman Running Mate. What's His Record With The Ladies?
Team Romney might pick a woman as Mitt's running mate, reports now indicate. As the Atlantic Wire's Elspeth Reeve pointed out, this marks a drastic shift from the campaign's previous "no more Palins" / "boring white guy" approach to potential veeps, which "appeared to rule out not just candidates w ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2012
Good News, Dudes: You Might Not Have Herpes
At the Voice, we're all about staying healthy, especially when it comes to sexytime-area health -- hence our brief expose on the pros and cons of going commando -- which many a lady use as a way of keeping cool in the summer. That got us thinking: What about dudes? Does the season's heat impact t ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2012
Obama's Affordable Care Act: What Does It Mean for Women?
Goddamn, have we got some good news for your ladyparts! As the Voice's inimitable Steven Thrasher reported this morning, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, claiming that the ACA is constitutionally kosher as a tax. Almost immediately after, Planned Pa ... More >>
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June 28, 2012
Wendy Long: What Does NY's GOP Senate Candidate Want To Do With Your Vagina?
Sorry, ladies: even though today is a great day to have a vagina in America, there are still politicians out there who want to control our girlparts -- even in New York. One of those pols, recently nominated Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long, will face off against U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand in November ... More >>
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June 26, 2012
Going Commando: Is It Healthier?
Here at the Voice, we're very concerned with sexual health -- from answering age-old questions about seasonal screwing to queries on drug-resistant pubic lice. With the onset of summer, we decided to look into a method used by many women to keep cool -- going commando. What we wanted to know: Is t ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2012
Mutant Crabs: Yes, There Are Drug Resistant Pubic Lice, Too
Yesterday, the Voice reported on something both terrifying and gross: drug resistant head lice. Turns out, some strains of these bugs have gotten so used to common treatments over the years that their exoskeletons have grown thicker and as a result, they're hardier and can survive all but the harshe ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2012
In Arizona and Texas, A Planned Parenthood Free-for-All
"Family planning:" The wholly innocent term infuriates the pro-life community. To them, it connotes Big Government abortions, the movie Juno and everything that is "morally wrong" with women's reproductive health (apparently, there is a lot). Since the female health service organization Planned ... More >>
News
March 21, 2012
The Nonprofit 1 Percent
Even the do-gooders can seem blind to their own excess
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Mitt Romney Thinks He Can Just "Get Rid" Of Planned Parenthood (Which He Can't) -- And New York Dems Are Pissed!
Former Massachusetts governor/wannabe GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's currently catching some heat from the left over comments he made about his desire to "get rid" of Planned Parenthood -- something he has no authority to do, even if he is elected president.One of those worked up over R ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Angelo Carusone, Tweeter Behind @StopRush and @StopBeck, On Rush Limbaugh's Implosion
Angelo Carusone is the Director of Online Strategy for Media Matters for America. Even prior to that gig, he's been known in the Twitterverse during the past couple of years as @StopBeck, an online campaign to let Glenn Beck's advertisers know where their advertising dollars were going. The Voice sp ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
Rightbloggers Ride Rush Limbaugh's Slut Wagon Into a Ditch
Remember the Clarence Thomas hearings, and how David Brock (then a right- rather than a left-wing operative -- yes that's how long ago it was!) called Anita Hill "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty"? Remember how decent people were outraged by this appalling breach of decorum? Boy, those we ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Sex Mad: Why the Rightblogger Obsession With Ladyparts Never Ends
With all the recent women's health controversies -- Komen/Planned Parenthood, contraception in Catholic hospitals, and Virginia's plan to wand women who want abortions -- and their potential to steer women's votes away from Republicans, you'd think conservatives would prefer to get back to talking a ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Ron Paul Calls Rick Santorum a 'Fake' Fiscal Conservative in New Ad
Ron Paul wants to know: "Is this dude serious?" And by "this dude," he means Rick Santorum, ostensibly the front-runner in the GOP presidential field. Featuring a voiceover best described as male valley-girl-meets-political-smear, Paul's latest campaign commercial challenges Santorum's fiscal-con ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Karen Handel Quits Over Planned Parenthood Polemic
Looks like there's more trouble in store for Susan G. Komen, the embattled breast cancer advocacy group. The Associated Press reports that Karen Handel, Komen's VP for public policy, just quit because the nonprofit decided to keep helping poor women get diagnostic care.
Blogs
February 4, 2012
Uproar Over Bronx Teen's Death By Police Officer; Bloomberg Supports Komen's Reversal; Occupy D.C. Raided
Bronx residents rallied last night to protest the death of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed 18-year-old that was shot and killed by a police officer Thursday in the bathroom of his own apartment. According to the New York Times, the officer that killed Graham has been "stripped of his gun and badg ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2012
Planned Parenthood Gets Over $3 Million in Three Days
The good news for Planned Parenthood didn't end with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision to continuing funding screenings at the organization. In fact, the $680,000 that Komen was going to cut looks paltry compared to the amount of money Planned Parenthood raised in the wake of Kom ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Guns are OK, Planned Parenthood Is Not
More unsettling developments in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure shitshow. The breast cancer advocacy group cut $680,000 in screening grants to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, saying that the organization could not give money to groups that are under congressional investigation. ( ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
BREAKING: Susan G. Komen for the Cure to Stop Cuts to Planned Parenthood
NBC News just tweeted that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has decided to keep funding screenings at Planned Parenthoods nationwide, and "apologizes for recent decisions." Many other media outlets are reporting on this reversal, apparently made public on the group's website. Earlier t ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Get Your Resumes Ready, Pro-Life Ladies: Susan G. Komen for the Cure Is Hiring!
Ever dream of working for an embattled public health organization -- the kind of non-profit that just bleeds supporters for bowing to anti-abortion political demands? Then look no further than the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, which appears to be hiring! Sure, the group issued a ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Mike Bloomberg to Donate $250,000 to Planned Parenthood After Susan G. Komen Cuts
This just in: Mike Bloomberg will match up to $250,000 in donations to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America so the group can continue breast screenings for poor women, according to an official mayoral tweet. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation slashed $680,000 in ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Planned Parenthood NYC: Breast Cancer Screenings Will Continue in the City
The battle has finally been won against...breast cancer screenings? Yes, you read that right and yes, it's OK to get really pissed off, ladies. Amid sustained pressure from right-to-life groups (and the congressmen they support), Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- the nation's main breast can ... More >>
News
November 30, 2011
America’s Top Heathen
Odin himself might have had a hard time predicting Dan Halloran’s strange career on New York’s City Council
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Q&A: Amy Klein On The Blue Star Band, Talking Back On Tumblr, And Patti Smith's Message To The Kids
The last time we checked in with Amy Klein, the Titus Andronicus guitarist/violinist told us about the genesis of the Brooklyn-based activist group Permanent Wave, which has since put on protests, panel discussions, and concerts. Between organizing benefit concerts and playing with both Titus ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Lizz Winstead Tells Us Why She Wants to Make Planned Parenthood Like LensCrafters
Photo by Mindy TuckerLizz Winstead is a wee bit tired. She's been traveling since June 14 with her "Planned Parenthood, I'm Here For You!" Comedy Tour, which has spanned 12 cities and 10 states. Plus she's been working on her upcoming book, out in June of 2012. All this activity "does energiz ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Lady Bunny's In A Lather Over Her New Show
Billy ErbThe drag star has new cabaret show, That Ain't No Lady!, at La Escuelita (301 W. 39th Street), 8 PM every Tuesday starting October 4, and more celebs are lining up to give it thumbs up than begged to be in "We Are The World." In fact, Bunny just provided me with this really inspirin ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
'Take Back Our Streets' Rally in Park Slope Attracts Hundreds
Last night, Park Slope and the surrounding areas responded to the recent string of sexual attacks with a good old-fashioned rally. Newly-formed local group Safe Slope organized the march, which in our estimate attracted about 300-400 people -- definitely more than the "Rape Cops" protest earl ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
Who Are the Boys of Mission Corps, the Abercrombie-Like Protesters Outside of Planned Parenthood?
A group of relatively attractive young male protesters stood around reading Bible verses outside of the Planned Parenthood at Mott and Bleecker earlier today. (Our Robert Sietsema got a few photos.) Most of them are khaki-clad and youthful, a few held rosaries; many wore loafers or sneakers. ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Janet Reitman: An Interview with the Author of Inside Scientology
Janet ReitmanOn Tuesday, we sat down with Janet Reitman, author of the terrific new book Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, which is just hitting bookstores and will be released officially in July. Inside Scientology is a masterful telling of the Scientology ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Q&A: Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino On Planned Parenthood, Her First "Sex Talk," And Being A Role Model
Yesterday morning a vote by North Carolina's legislature overrode Governor Bev Perdue's veto of the state's budget, and as one of the consequences North Carolina became the third state in recent weeks to cut all public funding to Planned Parenthood programs. Proponents of the measure relied ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Ginger Lee, Weinergate Twitter Stripper, Hosts Publicity Stunt: 'I Did Not Sext Anthony Weiner'
Ginger Lee, a Twitter user and stripper who communicated with New York congressman Anthony Weiner via the internet, waited until much of the Weinergate white noise died down to chomp at her piece of the publicity pie, hosting a press conference with the ubiquitous attorney Gloria Allred on We ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty Invents Charming Portmanteau; Filipino 18-Year-Old is World's Shortest Man
Crazy person and Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty has come up with a totally inventive term for our current health care laws: "Obamneycare." Get it? Like Obama Romney. It's supposed to recall how Mitt Romney shamefully tried to help uninsured people with health problems as the gover ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Mitch Daniels Out of 2012 Race; Herman Cain is the Next President of the United States
Despite the speculation of Fox News ("he has a proven record of managing the kinds of fiscal problems that beset our nation"), the Washington Post ("a Daniels candidacy probably would be taken as a sign that the games are over for the Republican Party, that it is time to buckle down and organize to ... More >>

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