Posts Tagged ‘feminism’

International Women’s Day in Nepal

10, Mar 2010

Friend, comrade and Glenn Beck’s favorite bald communist Jed Brandt forwarded the following images of an International Women’s Day celebration in Nepal. More photos soon:

Louisana Group Needs Support

1, Mar 2010

Women With A Vision, which promotes wellness and disease prevention for women and their families living at or below the poverty line, is now taking on an important anti-criminalization campaign and needs support and volunteers.
WWAV’s No Justice Project will combat the sentencing of women who are sex workers. Under the current law, women who are [...]

Revisiting Feminism & Ally Work Anew

20, Dec 2009

R. L’Heureux Lewis, who writes as dumi on Uptown Notes, recently penned a wonderful article on feminist ally work and his explorations on these issues, as a Black man with privilege in some areas. One passage he shared is especially thoughtful, and covers accountability on a personal level.
While espousing the merits of the Million Man [...]

Domestic Violence Documentary Airs

16, Dec 2009

Wendy Maldonado’s story of domestic abuse is terrifying and real. Over a 19-year marriage, she endured numerous violent acts detailed in a new documentary, which captures her last days of freedom before beginning a 10-year prison sentence.
In 2005, Maldonado and her 16-year-old son murdered her husband, Aaron, with a hammer and a hatchet. The lives [...]

Minorities as Animals: Birther Edition

3, Dec 2009

Racism in the form of the birthers neared its head with a new anti-Obama advertising campaign featuring primates.
Think Progress points out the print birther ad features chimps representing Congress, courts and the media. While those claiming Barack Obama cannot be president because he isn’t a citizen and can’t produce a birth certificate have never been [...]

Sarah Palin & the Debate for Adequacy

1, Dec 2009

Lisa Belkin of the New York Times set off a mini-firestorm in the blogosphere over her remarks last week about Sarah Palin. Her critique of women who dislike Sarah Palin has touched a nerve in some circles.
Belkin has defended Palin in the past, but her recent remarks give people much to discuss about women, life-work [...]

On George Tiller’s Assassination

1, Jun 2009

Dr. George Tiller was assassinated Sunday morning, May 31, 2009, in Reformation Lutheran Church, where he had been serving as an usher. Scott P. Roeder, 51, of Merriam, Kan. Has been charged with the killing.
George Tiller’s assassination is the latest in a string of violent incidents in the United States by the anti-abortion movement, which [...]


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