Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Internalized Misogyny, Love Between Women, Sisterhood, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 21st, 2008
I have been intending to write a post about the way so many feminists, leftists, liberals and progressives consummately misunderstand conservative Christianity and conservative Christian women in particular. I keep feeling overwhelmed by this writing project and so deciding against it. But given the across-the-board anger among women over the misogyny of the [...]
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There’s an interesting article on the Daily Beast today about a poll it commissioned Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (PSB) to conduct. Demographics of the 1,000 persons polled were as follows:
• Males [N=461]
• Females [N=542]
• Democrats [N=361]
• Republicans [N=301]
• Independents [N=341]
Highlights of the poll results:
• 85 percent of women feel strongly [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election on Nov 11th, 2008
Nov. 5, 2008
Dear Brother Obama,
You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied our history. But seeing you deliver the torch so many others before you carried, year after [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Biracial Families, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, From Practice to Theory, Heroes, It's all connected, Male Terrorism, Racism and Feminism on Nov 6th, 2008
I came across the following exchange in a comments thread elsewhere on the blogosphere, and I responded to it there, but it’s an important enough issue, I believe, that I wanted to devote a blog post to it. I am conflicted about linking to it because I don’t want to put the commenters on the spot in [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election on Nov 5th, 2008
…What [did people get to] vote about after this two year long campaign? Did you get to vote on whether the U.S. should occupy Iraq? Or whether the CIA, the private contractors, or the military should use torture and secret detentions?
And what is there to celebrate in an Obama presidency? Making us feel good about [...]
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I’ve been pleasantly surprised to hear how many of you have written my name in on your ballot at the polls! THANK YOU! And more of you still can, in my area we have until 8 p.m. this evening. I vow to live up to my supporters’ votes of confidence in the years to come.
You can [...]
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In my e-mail from Amee Chew:
Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction.
The women of color running for President & Vice President
By Amee Chew
October 2008
The Green Party Presidential ticket of Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente brings something special and unprecedented to U.S. politics. Not only are they the first all women-of-color ticket in recent memory [...]
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These photos and this post are for and dedicated to my children, my grandchildren, my ex-husband of 19 years, my late first husband, to Mother Dear and Aunt Pat of New Orleans, Ninth Ward, when they were alive, to Aunt Sophie and Uncle Charlie of Baltimore, Maryland, when they were alive, to all of our scattered [...]
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