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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Julie Bindel continues to knock it out of the ball park:
In the 1970s and 80s, lesbians were left to our own devices, and mainly organised and socialised separately from gay men. Then, in the late 1980s, along came Section 28, homophobic legislation which forbade schools to “promote homosexuality”. HIV/Aids was affecting increasing numbers of gay [...]
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Posted in Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Heroes, Lesbian Community, Love Between Women, Sisterhood, War on Women, Woman Hating on Nov 10th, 2008
Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. …I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen.
..there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million [...]
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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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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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I’m a mess right now, and Jeyoani knows I am and, amazing friend and daughter that she is, she told me to go read Dorothy Allison, whose writing I so dearly love and more and more every year, I swear, and I did go read, and here is some of what I read, and I think [...]
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Posted in Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Feminism, Love Between Women, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Sisterhood, Woman-Only Space, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture on Oct 19th, 2008
The kids and I went to the local fabric store yesterday. I am making my youngest, Maggie, a Halloween costume this year. She’s going to be the character Gir from the cartoon series “Invader Zim.” So, I am making her this costume. Although off and on throughout my life, fabric stores have been almost a second home for me, It’s been some [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Internalized Misogyny, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, The Left, Woman Hating on Oct 18th, 2008
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This is a pretty hilarious and bright idea. Bristol, daughter of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is as you probably already know getting married to the father of her unborn son. What better way to celebrate the miracle of life (and possibly the loss of choice) than with a baby shower? Swing state Cleveland, OH [...]
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