Planned Parenthood: Embrace your inner slut.

Just in case you were wondering whether Planned Parenthood supports sexual promiscuity, they’ve elucidated their position: “slut” is a positive word. Their Facebook page for teenagers carries a video from MTV Voices with Francisco Ramirez, subtly titled “Sextra Credit 2.” In it, Ramirez, a gay activist, says, “A lot of people define slut as someone who has too much sex or too many partners – but according to who? The slut fairy?” Ramirez wasn’t done yet: “Did you know that some people use slut in a positive way? They use it to define a woman who is confident in her sexuality and being the sexual being that she is. I personally think there’s a little bit of slut in all of us. So embrace it!” ---- The Komen Foundation really screwed up and donations are WAY down. The sacrificial lamb they put forward to atone for their sins was not enough. President Liz Thompson announced plans to leave Komen in September. The same insider said Thompson was leaving the organization out of frustration, worried about the role that Brinker would still play at the beleaguered organization. Komen spokeswoman Andrea Rader said Thompson “had been considering leaving for several months. She had accomplished what she wanted to do and it was time to move on.” Rader said Brinker would move out of the day-to-day management but “clearly, she’s going to continue to have a role.” Two Komen board members, Brenda Lauderback and Linda Law, announced they would leave the organization at the same time. Thompson said Wednesday that the organization was “on an excellent path to recovery,” adding that “no other breast cancer organization does as much to help women and men through this disease.” Both Brinker and Thompson came under heavy criticism in January, when the Komen Foundation revised its grant criteria in a way that would exclude Planned Parenthood from participating. Online petitions circulated demanding that Brinker step down from her leadership position. After a public outcry over the decision — and protests alongside pushback from its own affiliates — the Komen foundation reversed the decision. It has so far continued to provide funding for the women’s health organization’s preventive services. The leadership shake-up follows the February resignation of Karen Handel, Komen’s vice president for public policy. Several former Komen employees have said that Handel was a driving force behind the decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood. Multiple state officials also stepped down from their roles in March, citing a disagreement over the initial decision to cut off Planned Parenthood’s funds. Since the controversy, some Komen affiliates have reported lackluster fundraising with Race for the Cure, the organization’s signature fundraising event. Brinker told the Wall Street Journal that the reorganization had nothing to do with the Planned Parenthood maelstrom.