A number of years ago, I had a part-time gig at an elementary school where I taught afterschool classes in art and film classics. One warm June day, it was decided that the kids could spend thirty minutes in the playground. As I watched a scene that was a combination of raw energy and mayhem, [...]
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Marcia G. Yerman
Recent blog posts written by Marcia G. Yerman
Responding to Military Sexual Trauma – Still A Long Way to Go
Cross-posted with permission from Marcia G. Yerman. This article is dated May 30, 2010. May 30th is Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day. The issue is starting to get more traction in terms of visibility, Congressional hearings, and acknowledgement from agencies that span a full range of alphabet soup. On Thursday, May 20th, a morning hearing [...]
Lawrence Taylor, The Media, and Human Trafficking
When the story broke, the tabloid headlines screamed that Hall of Fame football star, Lawrence Taylor, had been arrested on Thursday, May 6th, for having sex with a 16-year-old-prostitute. One publication referred to her as a “teen hooker.” As the information started to come in, the public learned that Taylor was being charged with third-degree [...]
Day of Action for Women’s Health 1/13/2010
*Take Action Day occurred Jan. 13, 2010. For a round-up of what happened, please go to the Not Under the Bus website. Women (and men) who believe that women’s health care should be "safe, fair, and covered," have the opportunity to make their voices heard today by joining in a chorus demanding that women’s bodies [...]
The Pink Elephant in the Tent
On January 11th, executive coach Peggy Klaus wrote an article for the New York Times called “A Sisterhood of Workplace Infighting.” In it, she examined how women treat one another at work, and stressed the importance of “learning to value one another so we can all get ahead.” She referred to this issue as the [...]
Fem2.0… Meet Reframe It
I never imagined I’d be calling myself an Evangelist. To me, evangelists were people like Aimee McPherson or Jean Simmons in Elmer Gantry. Long white flowing robes and lots of drama were prerequisites. That was before I learned the 21st Century new media definition of Evangelism. The first time I heard the phrase was at [...]
Lifetime Poll Pinpoints Negative Media Coverage of Clinton & Palin
In their sixth poll since November 2007, Lifetime’s Everywoman Counts campaign assessed what women were thinking, post-election. Their latest survey had partners WomanTrend and Lake Research conducting a nationwide telephone poll of 600 women. The live interviews took place from November 21–24, with sampling controls to ensure proportional demographics reflecting race, age, and region. The [...]
Carolyn Maloney Garners Endorsement for Clinton’s Senate Seat
The conversation on who would replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate was ratcheted up a notch on Thursday (12/4). The National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committee and the Feminist Majority Political Action Committee made a joint announcement endorsing Congresswoman Carolyn D. Maloney to take over Clinton’s seat. In their press release, Maloney’s [...]