Germaine Greer’s analysis of “Menopause the Musical” as yet another commodification of women’s lives is spot on. She concludes,
“I’m all for wearing a lapel badge that says “Beware mood swings”, but that’s about it. Menopause the Musical is a version of Springtime for Hitler, the show that shouldn’t have been a hit. I’m thinking of […]
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No surprise here, I’m sure everyone who reads this blog is savvy enough to understand that the real cause of the Virginia Tech killings was the proverbial F word. Yes, that’s right, it all happened because of feminism. Kudos to Andi Zeisler for her fine analysis of The Times Online’s revoltingly misogynist commentary […]
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Nassau County, NY Republicans sent out a mailing with a phone number to call to report sex predators. Only one little itsy bitsy problem, it was the number for a sex chat line…
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I’m sure there is a good reason why the candidate that NOW is backing accepted $800,000 from a fundraiser hosted by Timbaland, a rapper whose lyrics are both racist and misogynist…
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The latest issue of Ms. Magazine has an unfortunate article (which unfortunately is not online) about the HPV vaccine. The gist of it is that the vaccine is good for women and anyone who opposes it (and they only acknowledge opposition that is based on fears that it will promote promiscuity) is anti-woman. Nowhere is […]
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Many thanks to my dear friend Janie Rezner for passing along this wonderful idea for a meaningful Mother’s Day!
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Robin Morgan has posted a very cogent piece about the marginalizing of sexism in the analysis of the Imus story (okay, so I guess we’re not done posting on this topic) on the Women’s Media Center website. Here is an excerpt:
“The same is even truer of sexism—where denial and collaboration are epidemic. Racism is […]
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Some days you just can’t wade through the misogyny fast enough. Yahoo just posted this disgustingly oxymoronic story:
“BBC, Geldof join forces to draw up a map of mankind
Live Aid founder Bob Geldof and the BBC announced Tuesday they had joined forces on an ambitious multi-media project to produce a Dictionary of Man that will […]
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FOR RELEASE APRIL 16, 2007:
BESTSELLING AUTHOR RIANE EISLER INTRODUCES THE REAL WEALTH OF NATIONS: CREATING A CARING ECONOMICS
Los Angeles–April 16, 2007– Dr. Riane Eisler first captured world attention with her bestselling book, The Chalice and the Blade. With her new book, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; ISBN-13: 9781576753880, $24.95, […]
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I love mornings when the first thing I encounter in my Inbox is a beautiful, life affirming womanifesto. Here is the first para. To read the rest of this beautiful document, visit the African Women’s Development Fund.
“NAMING OURSELVES AS FEMINISTS
We define and name ourselves publicly as Feminists because we celebrate our feminist identities and politics. […]
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