Posted in Biracial Families, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Heroes, Inspiration, Male Terrorism, Racism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Women and Creativity, Women and Music on Dec 27th, 2008
Eartha Kitt died on Christmas day at the age of 81 of colon cancer. She was an amazing woman. She came into the world as the result of rape. A white South Carolina plantation owner raped her Cherokee/black mother who picked cotton on his plantation. Her mother’s rapist immediately disavowed her. Desperately poor, her [...]
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“Why so much hate?”
Some of you may recall Suki Falconberg’s post here on Women’s Space, The Padlocked Vagina, about rape and sexual assault as weapons of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tuesday 5,000 Congolese women took to the streets to demand justice.
KINSHASA - Several thousand Congolese women took to the streets of Kinshasa [...]
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Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Heroes, Immigrants, Indigenous Women's Rights, Love Between Women, Male Terrorism, Prostitution, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, Sustainability, War, War on Women, World March of Women on Nov 7th, 2008
I received the following Call to Action in my e-mail a few days ago. I’ve been part of the World March of Women since its beginning 10 years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long! In 1999 I participated via telephone in NOW’s organizing meetings as the group in charge of U.S. women’s involvement. I [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Being Poor, Capitalism, Colonialism, Earth, Feminist Politics, Her, Indigenous Women's Rights, It's all connected, Peak Oil, Practical Radical Feminism, Sustainability, The Skies, Working Class People on Aug 25th, 2008
At a May hearing of Congress, oil industry piously called the chaos a natural and even healthy display of market forces — the law of “supply and demand” at work. Their solution: “stay the course” and drill for more oil in environmentally sensitive areas. This might make a small dent in prices in 2030! But it [...]
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