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	<title>The Pursuit of Harpyness</title>
	<link>http://www.harpyness.com</link>
	<description>As narrated by five of the most charming and vicious women on the internet</description>
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		<title>Prom (oting) Homophobia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month in Fulton, Mississippi, two girls wanted to go to prom together, and one of them wanted to wear a tux. When one of the girls&#8212;high school senior Constance McMillen&#8212;challenged the school&#8217;s written policy that prom dates must be of the opposite sex, the school board decided:  NO PROM FOR ANYONE!
So McMillen&#8211;and the ACLU&#8211;are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/11/prom-oting-homophobia/</link>
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		<title>Harpy Seminar:  That&#8217;s So Raven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Welcome to Harpy Seminar, a regular feature we plan to have at regular intervals, unless we get too busy to have it at regular intervals, in which case it shall appear whenever we have time and inclination for it. Each Seminar begins with a question, which we discuss amongst ourselves, and we then edit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/11/harpy-seminar-thats-so-raven/</link>
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		<title>Birth Control Promoted in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a country with the world&#8217;s second highest maternal mortality rate, health professionals are partnering with religious leaders to distribute condoms and promote spacing births. Afghanistan has one of the world&#8217;s highest fertility rates, averaging more than six babies per woman. The maternal death rate in Afghanistan is 1,800 per 100,000 live births; in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/10/birth-control-promoted-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>You like feminism, you like books&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;how could you not like The Feminist Press?
In case you&#8217;re looking for something awesome to do in New York tonight, you might consider heading on out to Joe&#8217;s Pub (part of the Public Theatre) tonight from 6-8pm to celebrate the FP&#8217;s 40th Anniversary.
Advance tickets are sold out, but tickets are available at the door ($40, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/10/you-like-feminism-you-like-books/</link>
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		<title>Thank you abortion providers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 10, 1993, an anti-choice extremist murdered Dr. David Gunn outside of his workplace. In honor of him, Dr. George Tiller, and the others who lost their lives because they performed abortions, we pay tribute to abortion providers today, on the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. The National Abortion Federation is collecting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/10/thank-you-abortion-providers/</link>
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		<title>Hope And Change In India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s largest democracy made history this week when Indian lawmakers approved a historic bill that would set aside one-third of all seats in India&#8217;s parliament for women. Only 59 women were elected to the current 545-member Lok Sabha (Lower House) of Parliament. The new law would raise that total to 181 in the next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/10/hope-and-change-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t hang up that mating towel yet, girls!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the good word from Georgia Gwinnett College researcher Steven Platek, who will shortly be publishing his findings on men&#8217;s preference for women&#8217;s surgically-altered asses.
And thank maude, y&#8217;know?  Just the other day, I was saying &#8220;You know what we really need?  More studies about what kind of disembodied lady-parts dudes like best!&#8221;
Platek&#8217;s study included showing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/09/dont-hang-up-that-mating-towel-yet-girls/</link>
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		<title>I Support You, Gabby.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to say something about Gabourey Sidibe.
The day after Gabby attended the Academy Awards, where she was up for Best Actress, the ever-edgy Howard Stern attacked her on his radio show. He and Robin Quivers only ridicule her because they are concerned for her health, of course. Everyone knows mean-spirited jabs are the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/09/i-support-you-gabby/</link>
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		<title>Spotted Hyena: UR DOIN IT RITE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was doing some on-line research on hyenas&#8212;don&#8217;t ask&#8212;and came across this gem on Wikipedia, which I couldn&#8217;t resist sharing:
The majority of hyena species show little sexual dimorphism, with males being only slightly larger than the females. The Spotted Hyena is an exception to this, with females larger than males. One unusual feature of the Spotted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/08/spotted-hyena-ur-doin-it-rite/</link>
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		<title>Happy International Women&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To our readers&#8211;and all women&#8211;around the globe.
Today marks the 99th such observation, although the roots of International Women&#8217;s Day go back even further, to 1908, when 15,000 New York women marched for their labor rights (and my little socialist heart sings!).
This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities:  Progress for All, and nearly 750 events [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpyness.com/2010/03/08/happy-international-womens-day/</link>
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