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Abortion Around Roe


By ALICE BUTTRICK



April 14, 2010



Last Tuesday at the Law School, Professor Reva Siegel and famed legal journalist Linda Greenhouse presented on their latest collaboration, a collected history of pre-Roe politics and materials.



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The Dubious Rise of Caesarean Section Rates in the United States


By ANNIE ATURA



April 1, 2010



This past week illuminated yet another instance of the health care system’s unsavory influ­ence on women’s health decisions: on Tuesday, the National Center for Health Statistics released a report detailing the inappropriate increase in Caesarean sections over the past decade, due in no small part to hospital policy.



A Smile Is Not a Smile Is Not a Smile


By PRESCA AHN and ADRIEL SAPORTA



April 2009



Yale Psychology Professor Marianne LaFrance gave a talk on subtle sexual harassment on April 8. Broad Recognition sat in and took notes.



The Pleasures and Perils of “Divacup”


By ALICE BUTTRICK



April 1, 2010



On loveyourvagina.com, the “Moon cup Menstrual Cup”– a British version of the US’s well-known “Divacup”– is encouraging women to share their favorite nicknames for the vagina.



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Why Yale Students Don’t Understand Date Rape


By ADRIEL SAPORTA



December 2009



Many Yale students approach the topic of date rape with a disconcerting blend of hesitancy and cynicism. Nei­ther Yale, nor its students, can be blamed in full for this ambivalence—few issues on American college campuses are as contentious, or as pertinent, as that of date rape.


Tepid Resolutions to Rape: Film Sends Mixed Messages to Freshmen


By CLAIRE GORDON



October 2009



At this fall’s Freshman Orientation, the film Relationships: Untitled replaced the traditional “Sex Signals” program ...


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Choose Life at Yale (CLAY) Makes A Bad Choice


By CHASE OLIVARIUS-MCALLISTER



April 5, 2010



In 2007, the first time Choose Life At Yale (CLAY) applied to be a residence group of the Women’s Center, I was on the Women’s Center’s Board.


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The Nostalgia Shall Be Visited Upon The Freshmen


By BLUEBALLS



October 2009



Around this time of year, BlueBalls gets a little nostalgic. And nostalgia, as always, shall be visited upon the freshmen. Most relationship advice to frosh takes the form of knowing grins about long-distance high school relationships ...


A User’s Guide


By BLUEBALLS



April 2009



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