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Archive for February 6th, 2009


So this woman has received death threats for doing *exactly* what we’ve been told we’re supposed to do–i.e. have lots of babies and don’t ever ever abort never ever because then you would be a murderer and not a real supporter of life and femininity.

I’ve wondered for a while if this woman was a woman of color or queer or something because unlike other women who’ve had tons of children, she’s been getting flack from the beginning. Now we know that at the very least she is a single mother (horrors of horrors), and still has to go through school. Is that what has got everybody all in a tizzy? That she’s a single mother? Well, let’s see:

So that’s…woman, living with parents, no husband, no job. If she has all those things, would she be allowed to have kids with no rich white male media makers calling for her to have her children taken away from her? I wonder, could it be possible that this woman could be a good mother even if she *is* a woman that lives with her parents and has no husband or a job?

Choosing to abort a fetus means you are a bad woman, choosing to have a child means you are a bad mother. Either way, it’s the woman that gets screwed. What tests will men have to pass before they’re allowed to have kids without being threatened on national television?

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3219452352_896224185b_m.jpgHilda Solis was one Latina Obama cabinet nomination that has many people excited because of her progressive record on labor and immigration. So why the hell are GOP Senators preventing the Labor Secretary nominee from becoming the Labor Secretary? Seems that Solis’s husband suddenly has a tax problem. Not Solis herself, but her husband.

Apparently , Sam H. Sayyad, who owns an auto supply shop, Sam’s Foreign and Domestic Auto Center, had some tax liens. Never mind that this is Solis’s marido, not Solis herself, who has nada to do with the negocio. It was reason enough for the GOP to delay the confirmation of a pro-labor, pro-immigrant cabinet choice who is likely to bring some changes to the big business bailouts so many GOP senators have made their living off of.

I hope Solis doesn’t back down.

Via / Latina Lista, LA Times

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300_152521.jpgI’m always feeling up my tetas and not just because I’m mala. Breast cancer runs in my familia and I’ve already lost two tias to the disease and have one who is still fighting it.

A recently released study says that Latinas often delay seeking treatment for cancer del seno, making treatment more difficult. The reasons include lack of health insurance, fear, and just cosas de la vida that sometimes make a doctor’s visit less of a priority than say working.

I would also add a lack of cultural competency on the part of doctors working in Latino communities.

“(Latinas are) not getting more breast cancer than other women, but they’re less likely to survive as long,” said Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, a member of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s National Health Advisory Council and chairwoman of the Komen Foundation National Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council. “The reason is they’re diagnosed at a later stage of the cancer.”

Via / The Latin Americanist

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Yet Another FARC Hostage is Liberated

8:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|Justice|Latin America|society · Comments Off

6 Feb 2009

After being held for 7 years, former lawmaker Sigifrido López was released by the FARC yesterday evening, making him the 6th hostage set free by the the guerrilla group in less than one week.

López was, like the others, released in to jungle where he awaited rescue by helicopter, this time one from the Brazilian Armed Forces. And, like Alan Jara, López emerged from captivity calmly and looking like he’s in great health.

Mercopress has López’s testimony upon release (in English) here.

Via / YouTube

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