May 12th, 2008
Read here about the poignant anguish of mothers separated from their children along the Mexico/U.S. border, where “a modest opening here and there, just wide enough to slip a hand or a homemade taco through” allows families their only physical contact.
And kudos to Ellen Bravo for her fabulous op-ed about what mothers really need (hint: […]
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May 7th, 2008
Yes I know, the title to this post is grammatically challenged, merely a nod to W’s “Is our children learning” line. But seriously, whatever happened to teaching reading, writing and ‘rithmatic???
“The first high school dedicated to preparing students for the front lines in the Nation’s homeland security has gone from theory to planning […]
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May 7th, 2008
There is an AP story in my local paper this morning that says this about Mrs. Bush, and I quote:
“She blistered military leaders…as being “very inept” for repressing citizens and decimating an economy.”
Unfortunately she was referring to Mynamar, not the U.S.
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May 5th, 2008
Heart over at Women’s Space has an excellent, comprehensive report on Tracy Barker another Halliburton/KBR employee who experienced hrorendous sexual harassment and assault while working in Iraq. The blog takes a hard look not only at the facts of the case but also why it has received relatively little attention compared to the […]
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May 3rd, 2008
In its annual exercise of misogynist myopia, Time Magazine has decreed that only 25% of the world’s most influential people happen to be women, and at that 8 of those women are in the arts and entertainment field (although 3 of them were listed in the Heroes and Pioneers category).
So, much like the list of […]
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May 3rd, 2008
Note: It bears noting that the BBC devoted 13 paragraphs to this story, the New York Times only felt it merited one paragraph World Briefing. This then from the far more informative BBC report:
“A US serviceman on the Japanese island of Okinawa has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl.
Armando Valdez, a […]
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May 1st, 2008
Press Release from IRIN:
A study published in March by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the mental state of Iraqis in Jordan and Lebanon has pointed to mounting social and economic problems as the cause of increased domestic violence.
[Read this report in Arabic]
“Most families prefer to sweep their problems under the carpet […]
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April 30th, 2008
Don’t you just love it when companies get in touch with their inner misogynist in coming up with ad campaigns. Midol (a product for relieving menstrual cramps) has an ad out that ends with the line,
“Reverse the Curse”
Already plenty of great commentary out there on this one. From See Emily:
“(J)ust what women need: […]
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April 30th, 2008
Wow–I know I sure feel safer knowing that my tax dollars were used to transport prostitutes rather than protect someone on a dangerous mission (albeit that I probably would be quite opposed to whatever the mission was, but that’s another topic):
“Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic […]
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April 29th, 2008
Yesterday on the Feminist Peace Network blog, I posted three stories about military misogyny, one about the murders of a a mother and her children in Gaza, one about the court-martial of a Marine for the rape of a 14 year old Okinawan girl, and one making the connection between the suspicious deaths of female […]
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