Tag Archives: Bad-Ass Women
Venus was her name
TweetBy now, you’ve all have seen these stunning images from the rare transit of Venus around the Sun on Tuesday and Wednesday. Again, we will never be privilege to see the lady planet up close ever again in our lifetime. Science geek me loves this. Photographer me is grateful for the technology that allows to [...]
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Rep. Gwen Moore on VAWA, shares experience of sexual assault
Tweet**Trigger warning** The House has been hearing testimony and discussing reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). In perhaps one of the most powerful moments during the floor speeches, on Wednesday, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI.) spoke about her personal story of being sexually assaulted during her childhood and raped as a young woman. Rep [...]
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Adrienne Rich: groundbreaking, author, poet and feminist dies at 82
Tweet It is with a heavy heart I share the news that Adrienne Rich passed away yesterday at her home in Santa Cruz, CA at the age of 82 from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Adrienne Rich changed the way we understand queer existence and feminism. Rich’s essay, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, gave us the language to talk about [...]
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“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron, 1941-2012