The Woman in Red: Protector of the Uteri, Defender of Vajayjay Rights and Fighter Against the #WarOnWomen
Posted: January 22, 2014 Filed under: abortion rights, birth control, court rulings, Discrimination against women, fetus fetishists, fundamentalist Christians, House of Representatives, legislation, misogyny, morning reads, Planned Parenthood, PLUB Pro-Life-Until-Birth, Religious Conscience, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, Republican politics, the GOP, The Right Wing, U.S. Politics, Vagina, War on Women, Woman in Red protector of the Uteri defender of Vajayjay Rights, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights | Tags: back the fuck up, Roe v. Wade, women's rights supershero 47 CommentsGood Morning…
I suppose you can guess from the title…it is time for another episode of the Woman in Red. Only this time it will be a little more than a few tweets, lets just say this will be a “full” treatment. Yeah…this time you get a real full blown story!
(As for the morning reads, well…I haven’t really been paying attention to the news lately. Think of this as an open thread and post links to news stories down below in the comments.)
Now…meet Peggy Allen ——->
She is smart as hell, and like you, she knows just what the GOP is up to.
That is a shitload of anti-woman legislation.
Peggy has decided to use her special superpowers for something more than volunteering as an escort at her local Planned Parenthood or spending time blogging and protesting against the GOP’s war on women.
She is determined to fight the right-wing bastards, with whatever is necessary….
<——— Peggy Allen is The Woman in Red, protector of the Uteri, defender of Vajayjay Rights and fighter against the war on women.
Just this week alone you can see some examples of the shit women have to deal with, and it isn’t just abortion issues…its poverty, birth control, health care and so many other things:
Kentucky Lawmaker Attempts to Define Abortion as Domestic Violence
Marital Status Doesn’t Cause Poverty—Not Having Money Does
Four Insurance Companies Accused of Widespread Sex Discrimination
House Judiciary Committee Passes Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill
Missouri Representative Introduces Parental Notification Bill
Marlise Munoz’s Husband Sues to Stop Hospital’s ‘Cruel and Obscene’ Treatment
Teens sentenced to weeks in sexual assault case that ended in suicide
Argument recap: Buffer zones? Maybe yes, but how big? : SCOTUSblog
Texas Spends Nearly $650,000 Defending Anti-Choice Laws
House GOP: Let’s Audit Rape Victims for Tax Fraud
Michigan GOP Passes Rape Insurance Law, Because Outreach
GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn’t Be a Crime
House GOP: Tax Abortions to Create Jobs. What?
Can ‘Roe’ Survive the Roberts Court?
First on CNN: GOP urges candidates to stand ground on abortion
The list goes on and on…and if I kept on posting links to this shit I would never get to the strip.
And what do you know, today is the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
Protecting Access to Women’s Health, 41 Years After Roe v. Wade | Sue Dunlap
GOP readies for 2014 with new tactics, familiar messages – CBS News
Thousands of abortion foes set for March for Life in Washington – The Washington Post
Anyway.
The Woman in Red comic is Public Domain, which is fortunate, because that means I can do whatever I want with her. It is lucky too that I found some images and copies of her comics online, otherwise this creative little anti-PLUB comic romp would never have gone further than those few tweets.
As an added bonus, just this morning I found this link to an article by Jessica Valenti: Back The Fuck Up: Protect Women’s Rights by Getting Out of the Way | The Nation
(Original photo: AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Feminists are constantly on the defensive. Whether it’s fighting back against sexist media depictions of women, working to hold ground on reproductive rights or arguing that rape is an actual thing that really happens—feminism’s fights are largely reactionary. In the wake of the Supreme Court fight over buffer zones, it occurs to me that we need something a bit more proactive to protect women and their rights. So I’d like to suggest that we implement a national call—a feminist addendum in the social contract—for people to Back The Fuck Up.
Read Jessica’s piece…I think it goes perfectly with our supershero, The Woman in Red, and I think Jessica’s idea kicks ass!
So without any more waiting or whatever, here is….
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Hope y’all have a wonderful day, and enjoyed the strip! Seriously…I love Jessica Valenti’s idea about the slogan #BackTheFuckUp we all need something to get the idea across, and I think that about says it perfectly.
JJ,
This post is brilliant! The Woman in Red is a true supershero, the perfect face for the war against the #WarOnWomen. Plus, your captions are perfect!
I went and read Jessica Valenti’s piece and thought it was great. Then I read some of the comments. The woman-haterz are right there, even at The Nation. I’m fed up with it. Back The Fuck Up!
Nina Totenberg thinks Eleanor McCullen of Operation Rescue looks like a “typical cheery grandmother?” Really? Back the fuck up, Nina! McCullin’s first amendment rights are violated if she’s not allowed to get in a scared young woman’s face and lecture her about dead fetuses?
BACK THE FUCK UP!
Totenberg knows they won’t be yelling at her. Still chickenshit.
So glad you like it BB…and perfect timing, I didn’t realize today was the Roe v Wade anniversary. I hope more people catch on to that catch phrase…it had just the right amount of anger and attitude. I love it.
And again, thanks for liking my manipulation of these old comics, it is something I think is funny to do. But seriously, that character of Peggy Allen was more of a feminist detective role model than a lot of the shit out these days…(meaning the woman victims in crime dramas)
Why are crime dramas like The Killing so hooked on rape?
Glad to read The Bridge second series isn’t so full of violence against women, though lots of males seem to die. It’s a good drama but it would be just as good without some of the violence, which just seems gratuitive to me.
I didn’t realize today was Roe v. Wade anniversary either.
Pro-lifers are holding some kind conference today. They’re talking about it on Twitter but I can’t find the live feed. Do you know about it JJ?
I found it.
http://frc.org/prolifecon
Back the Fuck Up! I like it. Past time for women to be proactive. Men have nothing to fear from strong women and I don’t know why that seems hard for some to understand.
Cause you are one in a million Ralph!
I blame my mother. She was fantastic and strong as they come.
Ditto on Ralph JJ
Hip Hip Hooray!!!
and #BackTheFuckUp
I posted on last night’s thread that attacking Wendy Davis with cheap sexism was gonna hurt Greg Abbott with the voters he was most likely to lose. I believe this makes my point.
tpm: Republican Ally Says Wendy Davis’ Bio Wouldn’t Be An Issue If She Were A Man
Excellent!
Yep. I think those attacks are going to backfire big time. He’s going to be seen as the insecure bully he is.
Little known fact; the literal translation of BENGHAZI! in Arabic is “Hey! Look over there!” 😉
Imani ABL @AngryBlackLady 35m
Oh, you’re worried the government is tapping your phone, dudebros? I’m worried that the GOP is trying to set up shop in my nether regions.
GOP asshat of the day:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/22/gop-rep-force-women-to-have-babies-because-abortion-robs-men-of-fatherhood-rights/
GOP rep.: Force women to have babies because abortion ‘robs men’ of fatherhood rights
There’s no shortage of contenders on a daily basis!!
GOP Rep.: Wife Should ‘Voluntarily Submit’ To Her Husband
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-wife-voluntarily-submit-husband
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/22/chicago-gop-hopeful-autism-and-dementia-are-gods-punishments-for-lgbt-rights/
These people are just outright batshit crazy and letting their freak flag fly. If voters don’t get rid of them, we’re fucking doomed.
So what’s stopping those men from adopting? Taking a job in daycare? Volunteering at a kids’ charity? Plenty of ways to do fatherhood nurturing without making an incubator-slave out of a woman.
Funny how in real life most fatherhood rights seem to not include changing diapers.
Yeah, and become another Family Values Man of the Century……..like Senator Bill Young who abandoned his 3 kids, 5 grands, 4 great grands…………….and got another woman pregnant out of wedlock. John Boehner says he was a great family man. Yeah, right.
It’s a woman’s right to choose abortion, and I am proud to have been a part in the early movement of Roe vs. Wade. I wish I had all the letters I wrote, and all the petitions that we passed around California. I wrote US Senator John V. Tunney, visited US Senator Alan Cranston, and had lunch with Bizz Johnson. We talked to friends, relatives, and informed everybody of the amendments and all the proposals. We demanded our rights, and it wasn’t just for the rich and powerful, it was for all women, poor women, of all colors and walks of life.
10 May 1974
Dear Friend
Thank you for expressing your views on the subject of abortion. At present, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling is the “law of the land.” It permits an abortion, with certain limitation. Until some change is made in this decision through the legislative or judicial process, abortion is permissible.
Congressman Hogan of Maryland has introduced a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing the “right to life” to the unborn. He also has filed a petition to “discharge” the Committee from further consideration of his bill and bring it to an immediate floor vote.
I have not signed the petition because I believe this a very serious matter, one which deserves the benefit of the full legislative process. The importance of a Constitutional amendment is demonstrated by the fact that it must be passed by both the House and the Senate by a two-thirds vote. Furthermore, three-fourths of the states must ratify the action of the Congress. A matter of such significance deserves full public hearings and debate.
The legislative process has begun. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments is holding hearings on an abortion amendment. Thus we must allow the process to follow it’s proper course.
As this and other legislation comes before the Congress relating to abortion, please be assured that I will give your comments my serious and careful consideration. I appreciate your concern, and promise to take that action which would best benefit our nation.
Harold T. Bizz Johnson
Member of Congress
Thank you for all of your work, Fannie. You helped make things better for all of us.
Yes, Fannie. I really admire you for writing and calling politicians. I wish I had your gumption.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana have filed a federal lawsuit against a public school in Sabine Parish that harassed a non-Christian student and has a long history of proselytizing students and promoting religion. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two parents, Scott and Sharon Lane, and their five children, including their son, C.C., who is a Buddhist of Thai heritage.
According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, C.C enrolled in Negreet High School, which serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, earlier this year as a sixth-grader and quickly became the target of harassment by school staff. His science teacher, Rita Roark, repeatedly taught students that the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago, that evolution is “impossible,” and that the Bible is “100 percent true.”
Roark also regularly features religious questions on her tests such as “ISN’T IT AMAZING WHAT THE _____________ HAS MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” When C.C. did not write in Roark’s expected answer, “LORD,” she belittled him in front of the rest of the class. While studying other religions, Roark has told students that Buddhism is “stupid.”
When Plaintiffs objected, Sabine Parish Superintendent, Sara Ebarb, told them that “this is the Bible belt.” She suggested that C.C. should “change” his faith or transfer to another district school 25 miles away where, in her words, “there are more Asians.” Ultimately, C.L.’s parents did transfer him to another school to protect him, but school officials at that school also unconstitutionally promote religion.
Beyond Roark’s classroom, the school also regularly incorporates official Christian prayer into class and school events. School officials display religious iconography through hallways and classrooms, including a large portrait of Jesus Christ, and an electronic marquee in front of the school scrolls Bible verses as students enter the building.
The lawsuit asks the court to issue an order prohibiting the school district from continuing to promote religion or disparage Plaintiffs’ faith and to require the district to reimburse the Lanes for the cost of transporting C.C. to another school
https://www.aclu.org/religion-belief/lane-v-sabine-parish-school-board
I don’t see how they’ll lose that suit.
Yeah … horrifying isn’t it?
Completely hosed and frankly un-American!
Dear Friend:
Thank you for taking the time to write me about your support for the January 22, 1973, Supreme Court Decision on abortion, in which the Court invalidated under the Constitution all state laws that prohibit or restrict a women in obtaining an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy.
I am deeply concerned by an action that seems to so many people to constitute governmental sanction of the destruction of human life. I am particularly concerned by the Social and Ethical implications of any such action now, given the general atmosphere of violence and callousness toward life in our society and in our world.
At the same time, I recognize the inconsistencies and inequities involved in many state laws which permitted abortions for “therapeutic” reason. They often had the effect of depriving low in-come persons of equal access to medical procedures readily available to the more affluent. Such laws often resulted in utter tragedy for women, who, unable to afford travel to another state or abroad to obtain an abortion, turned in desperation to illegal abortions and suffered butchery that often destroyed both the fetus and the other.
In the case of Roe, et, al, V. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et. al., the Supreme Court based it’s decision on the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. Consequently, the decision cannot be altered or revoked by statute.
In response to the high Court decision, several members of Congress have prosed resolutions calling the a constitutional amendment. I am not at present inclined to support such measures.
I believe we must approach amendments to the Constitution with the greatest caution and not proceed in the heat of response to a specific unpopular decision of the Court– even though that decision may be one which results in strong controversy and deeply felt emotional and personal objections
Alan Cranston US Senate
May 10, 1974
Wow. I never knew Alan Cranston was anti-choice. Was that latter sent to you, Fannie?
Yup, and I wish I had a recording of my visit to his office…………….the best part of that DC trip was hanging out with Shirley Chisholm. Had lunch with Bizz, and joined in the Indian Protest there too.
“Hanging out with Shirley Chisholm”
Very cool!
Is anyone following the riots in Ukraine? It’s armaggedon over there right now. Photos:
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/photos/61906.html
Putting the former Soviet states back together is like rebuilding Humpty-Dumpty. It’s not gonna be an easy fit. Ukrainians seem to really want to turn toward the EU but can’t get there with Putin and their own government in the way. That’s what it was like a few weeks ago anyway, may have done a 180 by now.
Chilling. A view of Mordor.
Yeah it is horrible.
TBogg’s piece is a hoot.
Those people have had their brains vacuumed out…..
JJ, I love your Woman in Red comix! Hilarious.
We are way overdue for Back the Fuck Up. Now.
Oh that is good, I was afraid it did not go over very well.
And we should believe them because?