Kudos to Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff of Women’s Space/The Margins for throwing her hat into the presidential race as a candidate for the Free Soil Party. Here is the announcement of her candidacy which she made on July 4th:
“When in the course of living our lives, as women, we recognize that once again, as has […]
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The Center for Media and Democracy has posted the first 3 of 4 parts of Judith Siers-Poisson’s excellent series, The Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer. This series thoughtfully and thoroughly addresses many of the issues that I raised in an article last winter. The subject has also been discussed several times on this blog, […]
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The Independent (UK) has an interesting analysis of the Clinton candidacy. However, the reason I am posting about this is a quote from Jane Fonda that is included,
“Women sometimes bend the wrong way just to prove themselves to men,� remarked Fonda. “But when we learn to listen to ourselves, that will be revolutionary.�
Are you listening, […]
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One of the best things about the International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas last week was the opportunity to learn about all of the wonderful work that women are doing all over the world. Over the next week or so, along with other posts, I will be sharing some of what I learned.
On the first […]
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According to the Associated Press, the woman who was barred by Judge Jeffre Cheuvront from using the words “victim,” “sexual assault,” “assailant” and “rape” in the trial of the man accused of (oh hell we’re going to say it) raping her has asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to review the ban.Â
There is absolutely no doubt […]
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The following is from the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran (WFAFI):
UK Daily Mail - June 20, 2007 A man and woman have been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran but the judiciary has ordered a stay of execution, Iranian news agencies reported today. A report in the Etemad-e Melli daily and […]
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FPN Founder Lucinda Marshall will be Janie Rezner’s guest tonight on Women’s Voices, which airs at 7pm PDT. You can hear the program in streaming audio here. This is a call-in show, so be sure to call in your questions!
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I’m not in a real good mood this morning, courtesy of the Dallas Morning News who misquoted me this morning. I happened to run into their reporter at the Women’s international Peace Conference yesterday while he was going around breathlessly asking if we were scandalized by Betty Williams’ remarks about President Bush the night before […]
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Rigoberta Menchu Tum, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Guatemala, was the speaker last night at the International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas. During her speech, posters were handed out asking for support for her candidacy for President in the Guatemalan elections on September 9th, 2007. Her website is in Spanish, but a […]
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Ok, I know, they don’t call them the terrible twos for nothing, but what is the deal with TSA and the airlines being terrified of toddlers?? A few weeks ago, it was the Mom with the sippy cup and now we have a stewardess kicking a Mom and her 19 year old off a plane […]
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