The merry month of May has been disastrous for women’s rights to body autonomy and self-determination, but the worst is not over….
Georgia, Alabama, Missouri Set the Stage to Overturn Roe v. Wade
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‘INTACT: Men As They Were Born to Be’ Book Sample Is Ready!
My name is Trish Causey, and I have been an activist since I was 13 years old. I have championed many causes over the years, and intactivism is one of the most important to me because it seeks to end genital mutilation of children. I am writing a book based on conversations with adult men […]
ArousedWoman Blog Has Moved to TrishCausey.com
Hello, everybody! You may have noticed that ArousedWoman Blog has been a bit sparse lately. I have been at a fork in the road for a while and needed to go in one direction. I really didn’t want to leave AW behind — or delete all the work I’ve done for 5 years … or […]
NEWS: Supreme Court Obliterates Texas’ Hate Law Against Women’s Right to Abortion
Copyright 2016 by Trish Causey. The Supreme Court of the United States has finally knocked the Puritanical Texas state lawmakers for a loop with their judgment in the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt case. Texas is one of nearly 30 states that forces unconstitutional restrictions on women’s right to have a safe, legal abortion by […]
Obama Seeks to End Abstinence-Only Sex Education Federal Grants
President Obama is finally getting around to items on his (and our) progressive liberal bucket-list in this, his final year as President of the United States. This week, Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2017, and in it, he got to tick the sex-education box on his honey-do list. If Obama’s budget is […]
ArousedWoman Celebrates 4th Anniversary
Hard to believe, but ArousedWoman (as well as this blog!) turns 4 today. After four years of pressing the buttons of narrow-minded misogynists while extolling the virtues of women’s rights and women’s sexuality, ArousedWoman has even more to share, teach, and accomplish in an effort to help create a society that values women, our basic […]
OpEd: Slut & Whore? Leave Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis’ Sexual History Out of the Conversation
The past 48 hours have been a whirlwind for activists and fake Christians around America as Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has defied federal law by not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in her district. An elected official, Davis told prospective couples she would not issue any marriage licenses to LGBT couples because it went […]
NEWS: Planned Parenthood Defeats Ted Cruz & Other Misogynists in Congress
In yet another bout of politics-of-the-absurd by the leaders of the Congressional OB-GYN (Obnoxious Biblical Gynoticians), Ted Cruz and 18 other GOP Congressional fascists had threatened to shut down the federal government if Planned Parenthood were not defunded. The main reason for attacking Planned Parenthood — and simultaneously, the entire federal government, is because Planned […]
ArousedWoman Celebrates the 300th Blog Post!
Wow! Has it really been 300 blog posts — already?! I still can’t believe I just passed 3 years of doing ArousedWoman. And to think I’ve now written 300 articles, posts, reviews, and rants about women’s sexuality and activism is just amazing. That’s 300 posts over 3 years, which equals 100 per year, or about […]
BREAKING NEWS: Gays Can Marry and the Earth Hasn’t Fallen Out of Its Orbit
With the landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States legalizing gay marriage last Friday, June 26, 2015, one would think only celebrating and rejoicing would be heard throughout these 50 states, which are founded upon the principles of “liberty and justice for all”. However, one does not have to look far to […]
NEWS: Morning After Pill Officially Approved for Girls Under 16 in the UK
Great Britain has good news and bad news for teenage girls who might desperately need the morning-after pill. GOOD NEWS: Girls under 16 can get the morning-after pill in the UK. BAD NEWS: The girl will first be interrogated by the pharmacist before being able to purchase it. The pharmacist gets to choose whether or […]
NEWS: Jeanine Tesori & Lisa Kron Make History (and Herstory) at 2015 Tony Awards
In case you missed the Tony Awards on Sunday, history was made as Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron became the first female writing team to win both the Best Score and Best Book for a musical in a Broadway season. To put it into perspective, the Tonys have been around since 1947, and it’s 2015. […]
OpEd: #SavingChase Court Case Comes to a Bad End as the Mother Signs Consent to Forced Circumcision
The topic of non-consensual circumcision has routinely made the nightly news as the fate of a four-year-old boy and his intact penis have been the center of attention of news coverage in America and beyond. As you know, I am a staunch body integrity activist, and in the situation of circumcision, we activists who fight […]
OpEd: Woman’s photo of menstrual blood removed from Instagram. Twice.
Rupi Kaur has taken on social media and won. Photos from her series focusing on the natural process of being on her period were removed from Instagram, even though there was no nudity or pornographic aspect to the pictures. It was, in fact, the menstrual blood itself that led to the photos being removed by […]
NEWS: Florida Boy Will Be Circumcised Against Mother’s Wishes as Court Refuses Appeal
A Florida court won’t allow the state’s Supreme Court to hear Chase Ryan Nebus-Hironimus’ case in which the father wants the 4-year-old boy circumcised, while the mother has fought valiantly against the unnecessary mutilation of her son. The mother has been put on a gag order, which is a violation of her First Amendment rights as […]
