Then there’s this guy.
His name is Roger Sweet and he is 60. He worked for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit for 30 years, just an everyday guy, probably went out for lunch and beer with coworkers, contributed to United Way, who knows. In all likelihood there was nothing remarkable about him.
There was [...]
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On Monday a French court struck down a ruling that allowed a Muslim man to annul his marriage because his wife was not a virgin, Benedicte Manier reports today.The case continues the legal battle over freedom of religion and women’s secular legal rights.
PARIS (WOMENSENEWS)–In a case that has sparked a national controversy here, [...]
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by Rebecca Mott
The answer to the question about whether being white and privileged prevents women from being forced to live with extreme male violence is written on my body.
That question has silenced me. That question has placed me in great danger, many times life threatening.
Being white and privileged did not prevent my stepdad raping [...]
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Posted in Being Poor, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Heroes, Male Terrorism, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women's Bodies on Nov 12th, 2008
Julie Bindel has a post up today about Sheila Jeffreys’ new book, The Industrial Vagina:
Jeffreys has also discovered just who is making money out of this market. It is, of course, a huge earner for pimps, traffickers and brothel owners, but many others are profiting too: hoteliers make extra revenue by supplying prostitutes to businessmen; [...]
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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, 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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I am looking at a report from the City Controller, Laura N. Chick (above) – thank the goddess, Los Angeles has a woman City Controller! — printed on City of Los Angeles letterhead. The letter is dated October 20, 2008 and is addressed to the Honorable Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles and one of four national co-chairmen [...]
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