On Our Minds: May 2019 – Feminists for Liberty

What’s on our minds this month? Making birth control pills legal over-the-counter, motherhood, the criminalization of “free range parenting,” Florida’s prostitution registry, the great Joan Kennedy Taylor, effecting change without state force, telemedicine and the abortion pill, hijabs, pronouns, toplessness, t-shirts, massage parlor stings, Alabama’s abortion ban, equal pay, the Equality Act, government-issue baby boxes, and more… See links & tweets below.

Top Picks for May

• MUST READ: Kate D’Adamo on the racist, sexist roots of “End Demand”
• MUST LISTEN: We talk to podcaster Jen Monroe about our vision for Feminist for Liberty, sexism within the “liberty movement,” and socialism within the feminist movement. Listen here.
• MUST WATCH: “Conservatives and Progressives”—and one libertarian!— “Debate Feminism, #MeToo, and Donald Trump”: a mini-documentary from Vice that features Feminists for Liberty co-founder Kat Murti

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5 badass libertarian women whose work you should know: (1) Reason TV producer Alexis Garcia (@heylexyg) | (2) Cynthia McGillis (@CynthiaMcGillis), director of revenue operations at Industry Dive |(3) *Reason* magazine Editor-in-Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward (@kmanguward) | (4) Lauren Krisai, senior policy analyst at Justice Action Network (@laurenkrisai) | (5) Liz Wolfe, writer and editor (@lizzywol)

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On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved the 1st birth control pill. Today, nearly 6 decades later, it's past time to make it truly accessible. Women should not be forced to beg for government permission before taking birth control. It's time to allow for OTC birth control. #FreeThePill
— Christina Sandefur (@cmsandefur) May 9, 2019

.@RSI's @courtneyatlas & @StevenGreenhut offer practical ways to remove government regulatory barriers that make it difficult and unnecessarily costly for women to readily purchase birth control products: https://t.co/rQAMTevKHN #FreeThePill
— Christina Sandefur (@cmsandefur) May 9, 2019

On #FreeThePill Day, a reminder that some Congressional Republicans have been trying to do just that… with little support from liberals or their fellow conservatives https://t.co/rA7t6r5cNC
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 9, 2019

"Ban on Toplessness for Women Doesn't Violate the Equal Protection Clause" says federal court https://t.co/aYoFHdVnRa via @reason
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 6, 2019

Snuggling up with some old Joan Kennedy Taylor this Saturday morning 🗽💪 pic.twitter.com/gyBPPoohRm
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 11, 2019

#HappyMotherDay2019! Motherhood should be a choice, not an obligation, and it certainly shouldn’t be dictated by the state. 🖤✌🏼💛 pic.twitter.com/G2gHArbvse
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 13, 2019

People need to start minding their own business and stop making lists https://t.co/ncKnkEK4jr
— Jen Monroe (@thatjenmonroe) May 9, 2019

“There are two vastly different kinds of hijabs: the democratic hijab, the head covering that a woman chooses to wear, and the tyrannical hijab, the one that a woman is forced to wear.” https://t.co/dPoopjgexU pic.twitter.com/F9abMeWHe5
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 9, 2019

"First trimester abortions, which typically require only medication, do not require the onsite presence of a licensed physician" says federal court https://t.co/99R7cjBpIR
— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) May 9, 2019

Happy Birthday, Hayek! @FeministLiberty believes in promoting gender equality through Hayekian cultural change — that is, without the State and without abandoning classically liberal ideas. https://t.co/3ABsbfWFdC
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 8, 2019

El feminismo libertario no adhiere a ningún colectivo. ¿Por qué? ¿Cuál es el objetivo final, en realidad: igualdad de oportunidades o igualdad de resultados? ¿Cuánto debería importar la identidad bajo la ley?https://t.co/VCDRRULInw pic.twitter.com/SXGVHRylHm
— Visión Liberal (@vision_liberal) May 17, 2019

One could make the argument that aggressively refusing to call someone by the name/pronoun they have asked to be used is a call for attention as well.

You can think what you want about it. Misgendering someone deliberately is a political statement you’re choosing to make. https://t.co/srB8H0DvAa
— Kat Murti (@KatMurti) May 10, 2019

So much anti-prostitution policy is based on "a combination of the conservative fetish for going after people for doing sex stuff & the liberal instinct to help a group of people that they can't be bothered to understand" @KaytlinBailey tells @JohnStossel https://t.co/bZcmzYOXxb
— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) May 14, 2019

A near-total abortion ban passed yesterday by Alabama lawmakers is designed "to directly challenge Roe v. Wade," says the state's Lt. Governor https://t.co/d3NMraKGzA
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 15, 2019

Loved doing the @LawAndDisorder podcast w/ Heidi Boghosian, as heard on @WBAI . Wide-ranging look at why we criminalize rational, everyday parenting decisions: https://t.co/jVBaxaqnL8?
(Mine is 2nd half of show, after @LawrenceLessig !)@LetGrowOrg pic.twitter.com/i2DiweZXxu
— Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids) May 13, 2019

"[pay transparency] may have led employers to lower overall salaries rather than lifting women’s salaries to the level of their male co-workers" #GenderPayGap https://t.co/lxlK1Lnv2C pic.twitter.com/JvAe1gzuXN
— vanessa brown calder 🗽🏗 (@vanessabcalder) May 14, 2019

Hey look! Principled people who strongly disagree talking about abortion news without being assholes! https://t.co/zAbuonGv9b
— Katherine Mangu-Ward (@kmanguward) May 14, 2019

Her baby died. No one knows why, including the coroner. But because she was co-sleeping, she was charged with manslaughter and is serving five years in prison. https://t.co/5HG5tipe6U
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) May 28, 2019

What is the 'gig' economy & how does it affect the #genderpaygap? Check out what @CatoInstitute found out when they looked into the experience of @Uber rideshare drivers: https://t.co/9UlTZ2wNJ4 #WeEmpower
— Empower Women (@Empower_Women) May 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/SusanElizabeth/status/1126142575235063808

T-shirt spotted at @fivebelow … and I think we’re into it 👏#TheFutureIsWhatever pic.twitter.com/HlBY9UppL8
— Feminists for Liberty (@FeministLiberty) May 15, 2019

I can't think of a better possible way to suggest to people that your primary concern is controlling women, rather than preserving unborn life, than making this a critical distinction. https://t.co/g0POPSTWsu
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) May 15, 2019

With the Equality Act, Democrats want to redefine 'sex' to include gender identity & sexual orientation

Here's why that's a bad idea—and it has nothing to do w/ God's wrath, women's rights rollbacks, or bathroom predators… https://t.co/sWekjIwAkm
— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) May 16, 2019

“It is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.” – Camille Paglia https://t.co/e4XgKgK5sQ
— Human Progress (@HumanProgress) May 18, 2019

There are a few reasons why this is cringeworthy, but perhaps the biggest one: why would this be "regardless of income"? Why should wealthy families get Cutesy State-Issued Baby Box™ when they don't need it? pic.twitter.com/956rZ0xN5G
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) May 22, 2019

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