Reading Materials The new book, "RIPE, From Around Here" by Jae Steele gives us the chance to think about the importance of taking time to enjoy our food and to notice our food with all of our senses. Learn how to cook and feel the pleasure through the process (more info at Elevate Difference). DC’ers, [...]
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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 [...]
Carly Fiorina: “Because It’s Good for Us”
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, [...]
what about this weekend
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 [...]
what about this weekend
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, [...]
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 [...]
What Price Beauty? New Legislation Seeks Safety Regulations
Cross-posted with permission from Marcia G. Yerman Most Americans would be astonished to learn that of the approximately 12,500 individual chemical ingredients in personal care products, the overwhelming majority has never been reviewed for safety by any governmental or “publicly accountable body.” It is estimated by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics that Americans generally use ten [...]