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Star Trek Releases Deleted Scene of Benedict Cumberbatch Showering to Counter Claims of Sexism

The men behind Star Trek Into Darkness have thrown us ladies and boner-loving dudes a bone and released a deleted shower scene featuring a sinewy Benedict Cumberbatch in response to the completely justified criticism they’ve been getting over Alice Eve’s gratuitous underwear scene. Here’s a screenshot of Cumberbatch showering (you can find the full clip […]

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Oregon Woman Raped by Ex (but at Least Her Property Taxes Are the Lowest in the State!)

ThinkProgress.org grimly illustrates what happens when state and local municipalities lose revenue and have to slash vital services, like law enforcement, primarily at the expense of vulnerable populations, like women and children. Last August, a woman in Josephine County called 911 and pleaded with dispatchers to send police—“my ex-boyfriend is trying to break into my […]

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Judge Laughs Heartily, Denies Gov’s “Frivolous” Attempt to Block Morning After Pill from Young Women

Holy shit, this is great news, via Reuters: A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to temporarily halt a court order directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over the counter to girls of all ages. … [U.S. District Judge Edward] Korman ordered the FDA on April 5 […]

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Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Bombed

No one was hurt, thankfully, and damage to this Planned Parenthood—which offers emergency contraception and abortion care—was minimal. And as sad as it is to say, the attack isn’t surprising. It was a matter of time before someone took the dehumanizing, violent Republican rhetoric targeting women and their progressive healthcare providers to the next level: […]

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Friday Afternoon Quicky

If you’ve seen the Sherlock Holmes series on BBC (and you should because it’s created by Steven Moffat, which is code for excellent), then you’ll enjoy this music video, which perfectly syncs up shots from Sherlock with a SNL perennial favorite. And if you haven’t seen the series, watch anyway. Seriously, this editing job is […]

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