I am writing this while attending the 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas, Tx. On the shuttle ride from the airport, the first sign I saw said, and I quote, “President George Bush Expressway/Exit Only.” My thanks to the great state of Texas for that wonderful greeting. Arriving at the hotel I […]
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Janie Rezner’s guest on Women’s Voices will be Lucinda Marshall, feminist artist, writer and activist, Monday, July 16, 7 pm. on KZYX.
Lucinda is the founder of the Feminist Peace Network and will have just returned from and will be talking about the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta and the 3rd International […]
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Michael Parenti and Lucia Munoz have an excellent article out that gives the background and a good analysis of the causes femicide epidemic in Guatemala. They write,
“This killing was more than just a passing aberration. Nightmarish crimes against women have been occurring with horrifying frequency in Guatemala. In the last seven years, over 3,200 […]
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Yesterday I received a response to the letter that I wrote to Brave New Films last week protesting their torture porn impeachment ad (see also http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/07/06/robert-greenwalds-bad-ad-day/. Apology accepted, but I think it is worth sharing the wording of the form letter (a colleague received the exact same letter) because it makes so painfully clear the […]
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We hate to be repetitive, but we will be, as many times as necessary. When women are raped, gang-raped or sexually assaulted in any way, it is wrong and grossly inappropriate to refer to it as “having sex”. Thanks once again to Jenn Pozner of Women in Media and News for catching this […]
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Let’s start off the week with something to make us cheer and smile. No it is not the inspirational words of a woman, it is the fabulous you tell ‘em words of Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Enjoy!
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Literally while I was blogging about this a few minutes ago, the offending graphic was removed leaving just an appropriate pic of Cheney snarling. Thanks to all that made this happen, wasn’t really planning to work this late on a Friday, but it was worth it!
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This alert comes from Amie Newman at RH Reality Check:
“Operation Save America is planning to swarm the New Woman, All Women Clinic in Alabama in protest from July 14-22. The clinic is the same one that Eric Rudolph bombed in 1998 - killing one man (a security guard) and forever maiming - almost killing - […]
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Earlier this afternoon Jenn Hogg, a member of the Feminist Peace Network, brought to our attention a particularly grotesquely misogynist ad promo being run in conjunction with a Robert Greenwald film to promote the impeachment of Dick Cheney. Now we’re all for that, and the film is pretty good, but we neither understand the relevance […]
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Memo to the media: Non-consensual sex (ie. when the woman is passed out at a party) is called rape, not “having sex”. As Jenn Pozner points out on WIMN’s Voices, this isn’t something we should have to say more than once. But the point is still apparently lost on the Lafayette, IN Journal & Courier […]
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