Monthly Archives: October 2009
Quote of the Day
“As a child, I never saw a confident woman; I only saw women being abused. That’s why I am here… I want every girl and woman who walks through this door to know that she is loved, no matter who is telling her she isn’t loved.” – Mary J. Blige, announcing the opening of the [...]
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Today in Feminist History
On October 30, 2005, six days after Rosa Parks’ death, she was transported to the US Capitol and became the first woman to lie in honor (have their body be presented for public recognition) in the Capital Rotunda. This also made her only the second African-American to lie in honor. Rosa Parks’ is best known [...]
What We Missed
Mary Cuddehe Jennie Rothenberg Gritz of The Atlantic writes about the backlash from a Mexico City decision to decriminalize first-trimester abortion within the city. Various parties weigh in on Rhode Island’s unique approach to indoor vs. outdoor prostitution. 17-year-old star Taylor Lautner, star of the new Twilight movie, is posing all over the place with [...]
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Inupiaq woman wins major writing award
Poet Joan Kane, an Inupiaq Eskimo woman, received the prestigious Whiting Writers’ Award. (It comes with $50,000!) “My husband jokes that he’s probably the only start-up lawyer whose practice is being kept afloat by his poet wife,” she said. Some of the money will buy health insurance, she said. She’d also like to take her [...]
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Sarah Jayne: Feminism, Fear and Friendship