Reading Materials: The new novel “Juliet” by Ann Fortier combines the characteristics of a historical fiction, a romance, an adventure, or a mystery book. They author asks the question, “were Romeo and Juliet real?” and she begins her own journey to discover the truth (more info at Elevate Difference). Could you spend a “Week at [...]

Cross-posted with permission from Marcia G. Yerman In March of 2008—Women’s History Month—I attended a press conference given by a women’s NGO promoting the premise that the skills of leadership can be mentored and passed on to women, in order to effect change in their communities. This was over a year before the Kristoff-WuDunn book, [...]

Cross posted with permission from Marcia G. Yerman With charitable organizations struggling for donors in the current economic climate, a just released October report from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute highlights a giving sector that may be getting short shrift. The new study, Women Give 2010, is the first of its kind to compare philanthropic giving [...]

Reading Materials: The new novel “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss is a beautifully written book. According to this epic NY Times review, it will open your eyes and make you feel and understand what a deep journey into the human heart can feel like (more info at The New York Times). Susan Straight’s new [...]

Cross posted with permission from Marcia G. Yerman  Dr. Mae C. Jemison is a dynamo with a great sense of humor and a long list of creds, including first African-American female astronaut to travel in space. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Jemison entered Stanford University at the age of 16. She has [...]

Cross-posted with permission from Women Make News A judge in the United Kingdom recently denied refugee status to a Zimbabwean woman, known as SK. According to a report by David Gardner in the South African Mail Online, SK had admitted taking part in violent attacks on white farmers and their workers. She admitted beating up [...]

Reading Materials: The writer and musician Sara Marcus gives us, in her new book "Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution," all the details about Riot Grrrl, the fiercely uncompromising feminist movement of the 1990s (more info at the LA Times). The book “Dear Sandy, Hello: Letters from Ted to [...]

Cross-posted with permission from patriarchalDISORDER If you are getting the rush of "heartwarming" and high-fiving and celebration of human spirit, determination and ingenuity pouring out 24/7 on mainstream media around the rescue of the miners in Chile, don’t read this post.  You’ve been warned. There are many important political and economic factors to be discussed [...]

Cross-posted with permission from Interview4Obama Gloria Feldt and I are feminists from the second wave of women’s movement when the DIS-Parities (yes, shades of Mary Daly in my writing; cain’t hep maself…) between opportunities for men and women pushed into the full flowering of public discourse.  Women organized, women protested, women gathered in consciousness-raising groups, [...]

Reading Materials: M. Cristina Alcalde introduces us her new book “The Woman in the Violence: Gender, Poverty, and Resistance in Peru." Learn from Alcade’s research in Lima, Peru, about gender-based violence against poor, rural women and the various kinds of resistance they resort to in their everyday lives (Feminist Peace Network). The new book “Girls [...]