On Our Minds: May 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

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