Slate's Cartoon of the Day

How poignant yes? If you aren't sure what the first cartoon is referencing, see Zuzu and then Jill over at Feministe. Zuzu wrote up a great post on women prisoners who are shackled during childbirth because they are a "flight risk" and a "potential threat to guards." Wouldn't you be if you were squeezing a 6-10lb watermelon out of your body through a relatively small hole? Then Jill followed up with the overall mistreatment of women in prison by the male guards and lack of recourse for rape or sexual assault.

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