Hey girls, guess what? If you stay home and do housework, you can cut your risk of breast cancer! According to a study by Cancer Research UK, a mere 16 or 17 hours of housework a week cuts the risk by 30% among pre-menopausal women and 20% if you are post-menopausal. According […]
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It had been my intention to write a brief note before leaving for the holidays everyone a week of grace and peace, whatever their traditions and beliefs may be, but a story caught my eye today that made me realize that the grace and peace thing is wishful thinking and that most especially for women […]
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Molly McGinty has 2 excellent pieces on Women’s ENews talking about the impact of synthetic chemicals on both human and animal females, highly recommended reading.
Female Troubles for Wildlife Raise Human Worries
Hereditary Toxins Spur Scientific Concerns
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Many thanks to feminist activist Ben Atherton-Zemon for this excellent call to action regarding K-Mart’s sale of girls’ t-shirts that glorify violence against women as acceptable human behavior. Please feel free to pas this along. Let’s make sure K-mart hears us loud and clear on this one! Contact information is at the […]
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This piece was originally published on Buzzflash.
Thank You Alice: A Meditation for the Winter Solstice
by Lucinda Marshall
In the dark days of approaching winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, Alice Walker’s new book, “We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light In A Time Of Darkness”, offers an inspiring path […]
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Many thanks to Jennifer Drew for allowing us to post her excellent commentary about the recent murders of women in the U.K.
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The media’s search for ever more sensational ‘news’ remains unabated
here in the UK. These women who were so brutally murdered by a man/men
continue to be referred to as ‘prositutes, tarts, working girls etc.’
www.truthaboutrape.co.uk has […]
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Many thanks to Jennifer Drew for passing along this heinous idiocy. I would comment further but I cannot think of anything that can be remotely expressed in civilized language:
The BBC once known as a respected and objective organisation has sunk to
a new low in its battle for ratings. A programme entitled ‘The Verdict’
is due […]
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The following is from E-Zan volume 31 from the Women’s forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran:
State-run News Agency ISNA - November 21, 2006 Ayatollah Safi-Gholpaygani in an interview with the news agency said: “It is truly shameful to see women participate in sports such as mountain hiking. Instead they must participate in competitions to promote the […]
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Family Violence Prevention Fund — Legal Momentum — National Alliance to End Sexual Violence — National Coalition Against Domestic Violence — National Network to End Domestic Violence — National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault
News Release […]
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The women of Fiji are an inspiration!
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Subject: [pacwin] Friday 14 December 2006
Friday 14 December 2006
Suva, Fiji Islands
They gathered in silence. Close to 40 women and young women at the Holy
Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Suva, symbolizing a collective commitment to
non violence:
“I need to reiterate that non-violence does not mean passivity, but as
women¹s peace groups around the […]
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