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 [...]
Women Perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity
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 [...]
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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 [...]
After the Miners
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 [...]
Gloria Feldt–NO EXCUSES
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, [...]
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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 [...]
The Motherhood Wage and Management Gap: The Policies That Work
Cross-posted with permission from Michelle J. Budig The persistent gender gap in earnings–among workers with equivalent qualifications and in similar jobs– is attributable to parenthood. Or more specifically, the gap is due to the systematically lower earnings of mothers and higher earnings of fathers, among comparable workers. Public policies that target the difficulties families [...]
TechCrunch, disrupted: the third wave and the agenda of awesome
Cross-posted with permission from Jon Pincus. Click here to read part 2: Changing the Ratio. The third wave embraces contradictions and conflict, and accommodates diversity and change. – Rosemarie Tong, Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction The web site for the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco this week credits venture capitalist John Doerr with coining [...]
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Reading Materials: This book by Susan G. Komen, “Promise Me: How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global Movement," couldn’t express in a better way the love between two sisters. By the time her sister Susan Goodman Komen died of breast cancer in 1980, at age 36 , she had started the public fight against the breast [...]
The Absolute Sovereignty of Women to Control Their Lives
Cross-posted with permission from Madama Ambi I liked Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s take on Sharron Angle’s "let God take care of it" position re no abortion for rape/incest victims as she stated it last night on The Rachel Maddow Show. Harris-Lacewell said: I’m a person of faith & I like the idea that god can help, but [...]