By Jessica • 18 years ago

Another kind of feminist sisterhood

A feminist sorority–you can’t make this shit up.
Salon has a piece today on Zeta Omega Eta, a feminist sorority at Connecticut’s Trinity College. I don’t know much about sororities–I think I was one of a handful of freshman girls who didn’t rush. But any kind of feminist group is cool with me.
But no matter how nontraditional this sorority is, there’s one thing about Zeta Omega Eta that seems all too familiar. Check out the pic that accompanies the article and you’ll see what I mean.

A feminist sorority–you can’t make this shit up.
Salon has a piece today on Zeta Omega Eta, a feminist sorority at Connecticut’s Trinity College. I don’t know much about sororities–I think I was one ...
By Samhita • 18 years ago

I cannot believe it has almost been 1 year

since the tsunami. And according to this Sharia judge the tsunami hit because of women.

MARLUDDIN JALIL, a Sharia judge who has ordered the punishment of women for not wearing headscarves, was uncompromising: “The tsunami was because of the sins of the people of Aceh.”
Thundering into a microphone at a gathering of wives, he made clear where he felt the fault lay: “The Holy Koran says that if women are good, then a country is good.”
A year after the disaster which many see as a divine punishment, emboldened Islamic hardliners are doing their best to eradicate sin — and women are their prime targets.

If we can get away from the hoo haa Muslims are eeeevil language of the ...

since the tsunami. And according to this Sharia judge the tsunami hit because of women.

MARLUDDIN JALIL, a Sharia judge who has ordered the punishment of women for not wearing headscarves, was uncompromising: “The tsunami was because of ...
By Samhita • 18 years ago

$450,000 granted to 9 women for forced sterilization

This is awful. At least they got the settlement.

Nine women with mental disabilities who were sterilized at a psychiatric hospital in British Columbia will share a $450,000 settlement reached with the provincial government.
The women were sterilized while they were patients at the Riverview Psychiatric Hospital in nearby Coquitlam between 1940 and 1968.

The case has been pending since 2001.

The lawsuit in B.C. alleged the sterilizations were done for the convenience of the hospital without any scientific evidence supporting the belief that children of the patients would inherit serious mental disabilities. It also alleged the sterilizations were a violation of each patient’s sexual privacy and was considered an assault.
The public guardian operates under provincial laws to protect the legal rights ...

This is awful. At least they got the settlement.

Nine women with mental disabilities who were sterilized at a psychiatric hospital in British Columbia will share a $450,000 settlement reached with the provincial government.
The women were sterilized ...
By Samhita • 18 years ago

Ex-Penn State B-Ball player sues for discrimination

The lawsuit by former player Jennifer Harris filed in federal district court in Harrisburg accused Portland of discrimination based on race, gender and sexual orientation. The university and athletic director Tim Curley were also named as defendants.
Harris, who is black, said in the filing that Portland repeatedly asked her to change her appearance to look more “feminine.”
“In pursuing her discriminatory policy — known as ‘no drinking, no drugs, no lesbians’ — Ms. Portland has particularly targeted players who are African-American,” Harris’ attorneys wrote in the lawsuit, according to a copy of the filing provided by one of her lawyers, Karen Doering, of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Harris’ attorneys have said that while the player is not ...

The lawsuit by former player Jennifer Harris filed in federal district court in Harrisburg accused Portland of discrimination based on race, gender and sexual orientation. The university and athletic director Tim Curley were also named as defendants.
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Group sues to stop Illinois EC rule

The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, has filed a lawsuit to stop Illinois from requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception.
Grrr.
The rule, imposed by Governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this year, requires that pharmacies “must accept and fill prescriptions for contraceptives without delay.” Blagojevich also created a toll free number where women can report non-compliant pharmacies.
But the right-wing Christian organization is arguing that this violates pharmacists’ rights. (Women? Who are they?)

From the org’s website: Doctors, nurses and pharmacists should not be compelled to violate their conscience and participate in an abortion procedure.
Wow. I had ...

The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, has filed a lawsuit to stop Illinois from requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception.
Grrr.
The rule,

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Men’s life expectancy catching up to women’s

Women still live an average of four years longer than men, but it seems the boys are catching up. Or is that women are becoming more unhealthy?

Medical experts say women are working harder, smoking more and undergoing more stress, which leads to the No. 1 killer — heart disease.
“We are getting equality in ways we may not want,” said Dr. Sharon Brangman, a board member of the American Geriatrics Society.
…over the last 10 years, the average annual rate of improvement for men has been 2 percent; for women, it’s slightly less than 1 percent, the index shows.
For the 22 years covered by the index, the expected average lifetime for men has gone up by ...

Women still live an average of four years longer than men, but it seems the boys are catching up. Or is that women are becoming more unhealthy?

Medical experts say women are working harder, smoking ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Croatian women seize power from male politicians

Don’t blame me; it isn’t my headline: Women seize power from lazy men

Women in a Croatian village have seized power from their lazy menfolk in local elections.
After their success, the women of Lozisca on the island of Brac vowed “to let the men back into our beds, but never back into politics”.
They won all seven seats on the local council after deciding they were sick of seeing the village men doing nothing for the community.
Merica Bogdan, one of the seven women who was elected to serve on the local council, told local media: “The time has come for women to rule.
“We were not satisfied with the work the men did for the community and ...

Don’t blame me; it isn’t my headline: Women seize power from lazy men

Women in a Croatian village have seized power from their lazy menfolk in local elections.
After their success, the women of Lozisca on ...

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