Getting around the web this week, we found a lot of talk about stimulation, or rather, the stimulus package meant to stimulate our economy.

Everyone had something to say about the affect of the stimulus package on different communities. Nancy Folbre schooled politicians about the economic benefits of sound contraception policy in the New York Times. While Racewire took a look at how Latinos and African Americans could benefit from the stimulus funds and Feministing analyzed the gendered implications of funding certain sectors of our economy.   

RH Reality Check even offered an idea for appeasing fiscal conservatives concerned about wasteful spending; their solution, cut funding for failed abstinence only education programs.

But it wasn’t only the talk of money that got us going, the world of pop-culture and entertainment were rife with controversy…

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Maybe it’s because it’s women’s history month or maybe it’s because they wanted to spite the lobbyist in DC for National Abstinence Lobbyist Day this week, but the new administration and newly elected Democrat controlled Congress made tremendous strides this week enacting legislation that will substantially improve women’s health (and everyone’s sexual health for that matter).

The omnibus spending bill that the Senate passed this week not only increased Title X funding and decreased funding for abstinence-only programs but it also put more money into international HIV prevention than ever before. And feminists throughout the US should celebrate because the omnibus bill also includes provisions for reducing the cost of birth control.

Not to be out done by the Senate, President Obama announced the White House Council on Women and Girls. Autumn...

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Do Something! Politics and Advocacy

• The New York Times reports that New York may not pass gay marriage legislation as quickly as advocates might hope.
• Owen West gives the new Obama administration advice on how to effectively market a change to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy toward gays and lesbians in the military.
• Feministing reports on conservatives’ attempts to use states’ budget crises to shut down gender and sexuality studies programs in state universities in Florida and Georgia.
• Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith argues in Newseek that faith-based organizations that receive public funding should comply with equality opportunity employment policies and be held accountable for discrimination based on sexual orientation.
• RH Reality Check wants us to pay attention to lawmakers’ attempts to make