No Comment (Not)

Ms. Magazine has long had a page at the end with ads that are blatantly sexist that they call No Comment.  In the same genre, here are 2 ads,  worthy of inclusion, but what the hell, call these folks and comment:
Andi Zeisler posted this on WIMN’s Voices:
Bitch reader Amy Pitts wrote in with a heads […]

Demonstration in Support of Malalai Joya

http://www.malalaijoya.com/index800.htm
Defense Committee for Malalai Joya, May 29, 2007
Hundreds of women protest in Pul-e-Khumri against suspension of Joya
Demonstrators demanded the immediate reinstatement of Joya
Hundreds of women and girls staged protest rally in Pul-e-Khumri city of Baghlan province in north of Afghanistan. They voiced their support to Malalai Joya. Demonstrators demanded the immediate reinstatement of Joya who […]

Vit. D, Calcium, Breast Cancer and the American Medical Assoc.

Call me cynical but…
According to Health Day,
“Premenopausal women who get a lot of vitamin D and calcium may cut their risk of breast cancer by almost a third, Harvard Medical School researchers report.”
Studies in animals have found similar results.  So maybe pre-menopausal women should get more calcium and vitamin D? Not so according to American […]

Who Benefits from Osteoporosis Drugs? (Hint: It isn’t Women)

Should you take drugs to treat osteoporosis?  Maybe, but…
“As you hear about new treatments for osteoporosis, question the sources of the information you receive. They may have ties to corporate interests that stand to gain by increasing women’s fears of illness and disease.”
Judy Norsigian and Heather Stephenson offer a few facts about the available drugs […]

Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine

Press Release:
Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine
Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil
(Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, […]

Urgent Action Alert: Malalai Joya Needs Your Help

The following is a guest blog cross-posted with kind permission from WIMN’s Voices by Sonali Kolhatkar,  host and producer of KPFK Pacifica’s popular morning drive time program Uprising and Co-Director of the Afghan Women’s Mission.
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In a follow-up to my earlier blog posting about Afghan parliamentarian Malalai Joya, here is … *** An Urgent Message […]

Resolution to Honor Rachel Carson Delayed

A Resolution honoring Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth was stopped by Republican Senator Tom Coburn because he feels that Carson used junk science to campaign against the use of pesticides.  Wouldn’t you love to know just how much money this asshole gets from the  chemical industry.

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Iraqi Media Devalues the Lives (and Murders) of Women

A recent Chicago Tribune piece illustrates the horrific extent to which Iraqi women’s lives have been, for lack of a better word, de-valued.  In an article about the horrific stoning murder of Duaa Khalil Aswad we learn that rather than be outraged by this brutal crime, many Iraqis are angry that cell phone videos of […]

Why Male Vets Are Committing Sexual Assault

A recent study by the Department of Justice  found that military veterans are twice as likely to be incarcerated for sexual assault than non-veterans.  When asked about the finding, Margaret E. Noonan, one of the authors of the study, told the Associated Press, “We couldn’t come to any definite conclusion as to why.” The intrinsic […]

Yanar Mohammed Receives Award

Yanar Mohammed Receives Human Rights Award

The Eleanor Roosevelt Global Women’s Rights award was presented to Yanar Mohammed, the president of OWFI in recognition of her endeavors in voicing Iraqi women and protecting their rights in the post-war Iraq.
The award celebration was attended by an audience of 300 including key figures from Los Angeles on May […]