Wow, here’s a news flash, it turns out that the National Organization for Women is responsible for the mis-treatment of women in Iran. Why the hell not, feminists are to blame for everything, aren’t they?
According to Chip Hanlon’s logic (okay, that might not be the right word), when a woman gets murdered on the streets […]
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The long-term political impact of the highly visible murder of Neda Agha Soltan is not yet known. I have seen several comparisons of the horrifying video of her death with the 1970 shootings at Kent State and indeed there are some legitimate points of comparison, not the least of which is the eerie similarity between […]
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At Tuesday’s press conference, President Obama referred to the horrific shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan in Iran, a murder that was caught on video and has become a rallying cry in both Iran and the world, saying,
“When a young woman gets shot on the street when she gets out of her car,” Obama said, “the violence […]
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As we watch events in Iran unfold today, consider this essay by Lila Ghobady about the realities of what the events in Iran mean to women and why she did not vote in the election:
Why didn’t I vote in the latest elections for the president of the country of my birth, Iran? Because no matter […]
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From the Working Women Organization via e-mail:
Dear Friends,
As you know how alarmed things are here in Pakistan. For getting absolute control on world resources, American Government has imposed war and internal conflicts in several parts of the world. Pakistan is one of them that is compel to play front line state against alleged “War on […]
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Memo to the Presidents of Pakistan and the U.S., the leaders of the Taliban, their generals and their ministers: Malalay is an 11-year old girl living in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. She speaks with an understanding of truth and justice that I fear you will never have. Please take a few minutes and sit […]
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As the U.S. escalates its campaign in Afghanistan, President Obama has made it clear that he considers the rights of Afghan women to be secondary to perceived U.S. interests. These would be the same women that the U.S. used as part of their justification for declaring war on Afghanistan in the first place […]
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In case you have any doubts that the word ‘liberal’ implies evolved, two recent stories on the Huffington Post dispel that myth. One takes a hard look at which celebrity looks better wet and the other gives you, the reader, a chance to guess which boob job belongs to which celebrity, leaving one to wonder […]
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Via e-mail from Ruta Pacifica:
Ruta Pacifica of Women categorically rejects the threats, the pursuing and the harassment maintained by unknown persons against the indigenous director of the Cauca Aida Quilcue and her family. In December of 2008, her husband Edwin Legarda, was murdered by troops of the National Army attached to the Third Brigade. Now […]
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While we’re on the topic of women and the cost of healthcare, Rachel Walden at Our Bodies Our Blog points to the more than 50% cesarean delivery rate in Miami-Dade County in Florida (at one hospital the rate was over 70%) and a report that says the overall rate in the U.S. is now a […]
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