April 3rd, 2008
Think that the abortion issue gets too much attention? Well the folks at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found an innovative solution to the problem–block the word from being searchable on their Popline Database. No joke. Rachel at Women’s Health News has the story:
“Today through medical librarian channels, […]
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April 2nd, 2008
Rosa Brooks recent column about the toxicity of Disney princesses is totally righteous. She writes,
“Start with some light feminist analysis. It will not have escaped you, Mothers of America, that Disney princesses — Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the rest — rarely slay dragons, play sports, pilot jets or do open-heart surgery. Instead, […]
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March 27th, 2008
Lillith eZine has a marvelous compendium of feminist links. We guarantee you’ll find something there that you haven’t seen before, check it out!
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March 27th, 2008
My college-age son tells me that one of his professors recently pointed to a segment that Amy Goodman did on the Winter Soldier campaign and how the mainstream media isn’t covering it to talk about how stories get routinely disappeared by the forces of media as it were. I also pointed that out […]
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March 20th, 2008
Many, many thanks to Heart for letting us shamelessly pilfer these photos of the Million Women Rise IWD event in London off of Women’s Space. As she noted on her blog, there has been a shocking absence of news coverage of this event that brought between 3000-5000 women to the center of London. […]
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March 18th, 2008
A BBC report earlier this week on the unrest in Tibet was typical of coverage of the event–no mention of the role that women are playing in the protests. The information isn’t hard to find, you can sit at your desk and find it on Google if your reporters are not so inclined as […]
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March 13th, 2008
Given that International Women’s Day coincided with the catastrophic events in Gaza, please show your solidarity by signing the statement below from the Campaign of Solidarity with Women Resisting U.S. Wars and Occupation. You can send your name, affiliation, and place of residence to: solidaritywomen @ yahoo.com.
–Piya Chatterjee & Sunaina Maira
An Open Letter to All […]
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March 6th, 2008
I just don’t even know what to say about this. A segment on a guy giving away breast implants because Saturday is International Women’s Day?? See “Difference Makers - Free Implants”. Colbert does end it nicely, but WTF. Apparently he hasn’t read any of the gazillions of news reports about just how dangerous […]
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March 6th, 2008
“Reporters Without Borders today urged support for women journalists, activists, bloggers and Internet users speaking out for their rights in the face of “increasing repression” by governments and threats from religious groups.
Reporters Without Borders today urged support for women journalists, activists, […]
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March 6th, 2008
While criminal charges in the case have not been filed, a woman is suing 10 De Anza College (CA) baseball players who she claims assaulted her a year ago.
“The suit seeks more than $25,000 in damages.
John Cahners, an attorney who represented one of the lawsuit defendants during the criminal investigation, said he had not been […]
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