By Jessica • 19 years ago

Afghan women protest gender-based violence

Hundreds of Afghan women rallied today in Kabul to bring attention to violence against women.
The women demonstrators prepared a 12-article resolution addressing, among other issues, the elimination of violence against women, gender-based discrimination, and the creation of programs to prevent and combat violence against women.
Wulanga Saafi, a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Education who was participating in the rally, said that “women do have the understanding to voice their concerns and ask for their rights, but they are self-censored given violence both at home and outside their homes.”
And don’t forget…tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Hundreds of Afghan women rallied today in Kabul to bring attention to violence against women.
The women demonstrators prepared a 12-article resolution addressing, among other issues, the elimination of violence against women, gender-based discrimination, and ...
By Vanessa • 19 years ago

FEMINISMS WITHOUT BORDERS: DECOLONIZING THEORY, PRACTICING SOLIDARITY
by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
(Duke University Press, January 2003)
Chandra Talpade Mohanty’s “Feminisms Without Borders” is an exceptional analysis of various critical issues that exist within contemporary feminism. Of these, she uses three main themes to confront these issues: the decolonization of feminism, an anti-capitalist analysis, and the ultimate goal of solidarity. She discusses the conflict of globalization, reclaiming language, crossing boundaries between “third-world” and “first-world” women, and feminist mobilizing by using key concepts that helps the reader better understand the complexity of these issues. By the end of the book, Mohanty achieves in forming a very comprehensive and very possible solution to these conflicts that arise within feminist theories.
I highly recommend ...

FEMINISMS WITHOUT BORDERS: DECOLONIZING THEORY, PRACTICING SOLIDARITY
by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
(Duke University Press, January 2003)
Chandra Talpade Mohanty’s “Feminisms Without Borders” is an exceptional analysis of various critical issues that exist within contemporary feminism. Of these, ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Falwell calls NOW, “National Order of Witches;” Feministing ridicules his inability to create a decent acronym-inspired insult

Media Matters reports that in a November 21 television appearance, Reverend Jerry Falwell—chairman of the Faith and Values Coalition and founder of The Moral Majority—called the National Organization for Women (NOW) the “National Order of Witches.” Yeah, I bet all the ladies over at NOW were huddled around their cauldrons just fuming over that one. Please.
I find it really interesting that Falwell chose the word “witches” to describe feminists. During my undergraduate English lit days, I developed a slight research obsession over the persecution of “witches” during the Middle Ages and how it related to fear of women’s power. (All the literary references to witches stealing men’s penises were all I ...

Media Matters reports that in a November 21 television appearance, Reverend Jerry Falwell—chairman of the Faith and Values Coalition and founder of The Moral Majority—called the National Organization for Women (NOW) the “National ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Princess power?


In our attempts to raise our kids progressively, are we keeping them from what they really want?
Check out Salon’s A Nation of Little Princesses for a father’s point of view on his daughter’s growing obsession with all things “princess,” and how parents can reconcile their politics with their kids’ Disney-induced interests.
Best author observation on the princess craze: “It’s like crack for five year-olds.”

In our attempts to raise our kids progressively, are we keeping them from what they really want?
Check out Salon’s A Nation of Little Princesses for a father’s point of view on his ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Cause band-aids shouldn’t discriminate


Check out this cool new product, Bandshades—for those of us (which would be most) who don’t have a nasty pasty shade of peach for skin color.
Bandshades come in five different shades and do a hell of a better job at looking discrete than your typical band-aid. (Unless you’re still sporting your Hello Kitty or fluorescent band-aids, which I admit doing on occasion…)


Check out this cool new product, Bandshades—for those of us (which would be most) who don’t have a nasty pasty shade of peach for skin color.
Bandshades come in five different shades and ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Louisiana abstinence website promotes BS

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The ACLU is threatening a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Governor’s Program on Abstinence because of references to God on its website. Upon looking at the site, the religious stuff is definitely a problem, but what kills me is the false and potentially dangerous health information on the website.
On the “Medical Info” page, all you see is a big old header:
MYTH: “Be responsible and safe. Protect yourself. Use a condom.”
What’s worse is that there is no explanation attached, just links to other articles that talk about things as varied as reclaiming your virginity to cancer-causing agents in condoms. Great.
And where do they get their info? From such bastions ...

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The ACLU is threatening a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Governor’s Program on Abstinence because of references to God on its website. Upon looking at the site, the religious stuff is ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Groping on Tokyo trains routine for young women

According to a recent survey, almost 64 percent of Japanese women in their 20s and 30s have been groped on Tokyo trains, subways or at transit stations. Eww.
Women being “groped” (which I’m wondering why they’re not calling it “assault”) has been a problem for some time in Tokyo. In fact, recently women-only train cars were established for the month of December, when drunk men coming from office parties seem to get more rowdy than usual.
Having grown up in NYC, I’ve been taking the subway here since I was 12 years old; nasty-ass men trying to grab you or expose themselves has definitely been a part of my life, and I would imagine many young ...

According to a recent survey, almost 64 percent of Japanese women in their 20s and 30s have been groped on Tokyo trains, subways or at transit stations. Eww.
Women being “groped” (which I’m wondering ...

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