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Other links for Wednesday [2010-04-07]
**US News** * [Clash of Cultures? Turns Out Religious Ideology Isn't Always Good For Business](http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/04/07/clash-cultures-turns-religious-ideology-isnt-always-good-business) "It turns out that religious ideology doesn't always jibe with the profit motive, so to speak. Last month according to the Washington Times, DMC, a Chantilly, Va.-based "pro-life Catholic pharmacy that opened with much fanfare" in 2008 closed because of lack of funds." * [WA Man who Threatened Members of Congress Arrested](http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12336) "A Washington state man was arrested yesterday for repeated violent voicemail threats to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) because of the way the congresswoman voted on the the health care reform bill. The FBI charged Charles Alan Wilson of Selah, WA with threatening a federal official, which is punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, reported the Christian Science Monitor." **World News** * [Family Violence Bill Co-Drafted by Lebanese Grantee Kafa Voted in Parliament](http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/media-center/current-grantee-news/) And is now law. * [New Leeds Rape Crisis helpline launches](http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2010/04/new_leeds_rape) "Support After Rape & Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) supports women and girls who have been affected by sexual violence at any time in their lives, promoting their needs and working towards the elimination of sexual violence. For the past year the SARSVL Steering Group has been developing a completely new support service for Leeds, and, as the first stage, a telephone helpline has now been launched." * [Telephone ?wife? sours Indian celebrity wedding](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/790827--telephone-wife-sours-indian-celebrity-wedding?bn=1) "The celebrity wedding that many hoped might bring India and Pakistan closer together has been thrown into doubt by accusations of bigamy, a bizarre case of mistaken identity and now a fatwa issued by a noted cleric." * [UN-backed survey finds alarming malnutrition rates in DR Congo](http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34297&Cr=&Cr1=) " A United Nations-supported survey has revealed alarming acute malnutrition rates among some 530,000 children under five and more than one million pregnant women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." **Media/Other** * [Wordless Wednesday: Dead last](http://www.fertilefeminism.com/partnership-co-parenting/wordless-wednesday-dead-last/) As in, the US is dead last for maternal leave. * [Can?t Black Women Do Better Than Tyler Perry?](http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/04/07/cant-black-women-do-better-than-tyler-perry/) "It?s a slippery slope. Tyler Perry?s films don?t shift away from the cultural ideal of men as providers. Their more insidious message is that when women get greedy or choose men who can provide much more than they need, they deserve what they get." * [Then + Now: Dewar?s Man and Dewar?s Woman](http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/04/07/then-now-dewars/) "This 2008 Dewar?s ad (right) is a timeless example of how ad campaigns market to men using sexist gender stereotypes. Because we all know that men do the proposing and are deathly afraid of in-laws! There?s also the troubling suggestion that instead of experiencing real emotion, men should numb themselves with this bottle of Dewar?s scotch." * [What?s In A Rape Kit?](http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/04/07/whats-in-a-rape-kit/) With pictures. * [April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month](http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/april_is_sexual_assault_awareness_month) April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Considering that every 2 minutes someone in the United States is sexually assaulted, you can see why President Obama referred to sexual violence as "an affront to our national conscience, one which we cannot ignore." * [The Young and The Feckless: Cash vs. Cachet: The Potential Intern's Quandary](http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-young-and-the-feckless-cash-vs-cachet-the-potential-interns-quandary) "One thing you'll notice if you spend any time following youth issues in the media is that coverage comes in waves. The Pew releases a report, new employment stats for the quarter come out, etc. and all of the mainstream outlets take a turn at reinventing the wheel via their own spins on the story du jour. In the last few days, the illegal and, in some quarters, unethical nature of unpaid internships has been on the front burner." * [Advocate or Hypocrite? Bristol Palin's New PSA](http://bitchmagazine.org/post/bristol-palin) "Bristol Palin is basically saying that because she's privileged, it's fine for her to have an unplanned pregnancy. Poorer, unluckier folks? Not so much. Because she's got a Young Republicans suit on and a swank apartment, we can support her decision to have a baby as a teenager (or at least feel OK about it). But those scary underprivileged teens better grab some condoms ? stat!" * [Gender Based Violence: An Expanded Definition and a Pessimistic Assessment](http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/reader-diaries/2010/03/30/gender-based-violence-expanded-definition-pessimistic-assessment) "Whether there is an epidemic of gender based violence now, which seems to be the prevailing view among knowledgeable people committed to its curtailment, or whether it has always been just as prevalent but without the communications technology to holler it to the world is debatable. I suppose it really doesn?t matter. What matters is how broadly we define it now, and depending on that definition how we deal with it." * [Incarcerating Pregnant Women Who Are Struggling With Addiction Makes for Bad Law and Even Worse Public Policy](http://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights-reproductive-freedom-womens-rights/incarcerating-pregnant-women-who-are-strugg) Via the ACLU. * [Fucking - er, dating - while feminist](http://www.feministing.com/archives/020596.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Feministing+%28Feministing%29&utm_content=LiveJournal) A Feministing editorial on the piece. * [Love Me: Photos of Bodies Altered to Fit a Globalized, Standardized Image of Beauty](http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/love_me_photos_of_bodies_altered_to_fit_a_globalized_standardized_image_of_beauty) "In an interview with The New York Times, photographer Zed Nelson declares that "the worldwide pursuit of body improvement has become like a new religion." more