Reading Materials: Particularly relevant to the times: Eliza Griswold brings us "The Tenth Parallel," a book that describes “where Muslims and Christians drew lines in the sand" (via NY Time). "The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter" is a true story by Holly Robinson — one she didn’t always want to share. She emphasizes in the best way [...]

Reading Materials: A book full of feminine energy! "Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the heart" The book is a collection of essays edited by Nina Simons with Anneke Campbell (via Feminist Review). How we can bridge the gap between two different worlds: Western students and Eastern teachers? Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan approaches [...]

June through August, HBO has presented a line up of documentaries, which serves as an alternative to the lightweight fare prevalent during the summer months.  Out of seven films, five take on socially relevant themes including the hazards of domestic natural gas ("Gasland"), the story of Iranian symbol Neda Agha-Soltan ("For Neda"), the evolution of [...]

Patty Sherman says that she "escaped" her abusive marriage in 2000.  In June of this year, 2010, she passed the ninth anniversary of her freedom, healing process and the recovery of her self.  Patty speaks out to educate the public because she knows that it’s hard, if not impossible, to understand how it happens and [...]

Reading Materials: Remember those high school summer reading lists? SKM over at  Shakesville gives us her own list for this summer. Some great recommendations, and check out the comments for even more. Melissa Arjona introduces us to the new book "Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry" by Tiffany M. Gill [...]

Stay cool this weekend and spend your time with good friends and family: What about us? We are heading to the beach. Reading Materials: Charlotte Chandler‘s lated, I Know Where I’m Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography. At the opening of the first chapter, she says: ‘Onliness is my word for what I call my [...]

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, [...]

by Fran Luck; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine. Political feminism barely exists in corporate mainstream media. Shows like “Oprah” and “Tyra” – boasting female audiences in the tens of millions – owe their existence to space opened up by the feminist movement, but rarely, if ever, acknowledge that such a movement has [...]

by Megan Carpentier; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine. When my parents instilled in me the belief that I could do anything a boy could do, I’m not sure they really knew what they were going to get. They probably pictured me playing baseball (I turned to ballet) and taking calculus (I chose [...]

Here we are again with our recommendations. Enjoy your weekend! Reading Materials A lovely book by Lisa J. Shannon: A thousand Sisters, my journey of hope into the worst place on earth to be a woman. Lisa at 29 years old she started running and raising money for women in Congo. Enjoy her journey in [...]