http://radicalvixen.com/blog Peace. Porn. Politics. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Advocate: Calif. Senator Ashburn Comes Out “http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/03/08/Roy_Ashburn_Admits_He_is_Gay/ “The California state senator who was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a night at a gay bar announced Monday that he is gay. Roy Ashburn, who has had a decidedly antigay voting record, made the announcement on KERN radio. Ashburn, a Republican from Bakersfield, ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/12/sex-news-update-4/ From the New York Times: Officers Won’t Face Federal Charges in Sean Bell Killing “Citing insufficient evidence, federal authorities said Tuesday that they would not bring a civil rights case against the New York City police officers involved in the killing of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man who was shot by ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/10/sex-news-update-3/ From Feministe: 40 vs. 4000 “On February 17th, anti-choicers started the “40 Days for Life” campaign, where they show up at abortion clinics and harass patients and employees even more than usual. Now there’s a great (and informative) response: 4,000 Years for Choice. The conclusion: Women have, forever, been trying to control ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/08/4000-years-for-choice/ From My San Antonio: Bibles-for-porn stunt draws crowd at UTSA “Tired of that old Bible or Quran? Members of the Atheist Agenda, a student organization at the University of Texas at San Antonio, are encouraging students to trade in religious texts for pornography this week with their “Smut for Smut” campaign. In the view ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/07/sex-news-round-up-23/ “Is there anything that completely obsesses you?” -Fabulous Foot Slut “Yes. Knitting.” -me http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/06/knit-one-purl-two-2/ From Divine Bitches. This picture reminded me of the Fabulous Foot Slut. He often calls me after seeing a woman wearing a sexy pair of heels. http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/05/divine-bitch-heel/ From the Human Rights Campaign: Take Action: Today’s Virtual Lobby Day on Capitol Hill “Today, hundreds of Human Rights Campaign volunteers will be in Washington, DC meeting with their members of Congress to tell them it’s time to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” pass ENDA and take action on a number of ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/04/repeal-dadt-now/ From the Texas Tribune: DNA Deception “When state health officials were sued last year for storing infant blood samples without parental consent, they said it was for medical research into birth defects, childhood cancer and environmental toxins. They never said they were turning over hundreds of dried blood samples to the federal ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/03/creepy-dna-database/ Babeland has graciously given me a couple of prizes for my blog contest. The first one is a Black Onye. This is the older design-the newer version is called Onye Fleur. The box certainly is cool: When I took the vibe out Mr. Radical said “you’re sure you’re not keeping it for ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/03/02/babeland-contest-prizes/ A few years ago a friend of me and Mr. Radical’s died after struggling long with an illness. He was a young man-in his late twenties. His wife was a few years younger and their son was in kindergarden at the time. Our friend was so full of life ... http://radicalvixen.com/blog/2010/02/28/sex-work-and-compassion-compassion-via-distraction/