Posted in Academentia, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminist Hullaballoo, Giants, Heroes, In Memorium, Love Between Women, Mourning, Practical Radical Feminism, Prayers, Revolution, Women and Creativity, Women as Writers, Women's Bodies, Women's Culture, Women's Excellence, Women's History on Jan 4th, 2010
Mary Daly speaking at the Feminist Hullaballoo in Santa Fe, NM — June 23, 2007
She was amazing! I remember thinking her wearing of green might have been intentional, consistent with her celebration of the “biophilic” (life loving).
Mary Daly passed away yesterday, Sunday morning, January 3, 2010. Her life deserves to be honored and celebrated and for this, I [...]
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Posted in Women as Writers on Jun 24th, 2009
There is a substantial and important divide, I believe, so far as feminist bloggers/internet personalities go, between those of us who blog and comment under our own real life names and those who blog and comment anonymously, under screen names. Those who write anonymously, under screen names, ultimately have no accountability so far as [...]
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The video above is the best recap I can find of what has happened to Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who has been held in an Iranian jail since January on various trumped-up charges. If you listen to NPR, you’ve heard Saberi’s news reporting. This past week an Iranian court sentenced her to [...]
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From an article by Jennie Ruby of the oob collective in off our backs, Vol. 37, No. 1:
Only 37% of “behind the news” workers in radio, television and print news combined are women.
Only 17% of radio news stories subjects are women
Only 22% of television news stories subjects are women.
14% of Sunday morning television talk show [...]
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From an article in off our backs, Volume 37, No. 1, entitled A Radical Vision for Women’s Media, by Martha Allen:
“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. — Simone [...]
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Call for Submissions!
Deadline: April 18, 2009
About off our backs
off our backs is a news journal by, for, and about women. It has been published since 1970, making it the longest surviving feminist newsjournal in the United States. It is run by a collective where decisions are made by consensus. The mission of off our backs [...]
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Posted in Blogosphere, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Feminist Conferences, Feminist Politics, Feminist Discussion Boards, It's all connected, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, Media, Women as Writers on Feb 21st, 2009
I think feminist blogging, so far as the potential I believe it once had for advancing feminist goals, is history.
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Posted in Deciding to Live, Her, Heroes, Homes, Inspiration, The Mother, Women and Creativity, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture on Feb 19th, 2009
Join Yoruba priestess and ritualist Luisah Teish in celebrating our connections to each other in these very challenging times. A world-renowned storyteller and performance artist, Luisah will lead us in rituals, chants, and movement throughout the day. Luisah’s warmth and humor are a treat not to be missed.
You will learn the myths and stories of [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Deciding to Live, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Giants, Her, Heroes, Love Between Women, Party Politics, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Revolution, Sisterhood, Womanism, Women as Writers, Women in Media, Women's Art on Jan 22nd, 2009
Suppose Hillary Clinton had won the Democratic nomination and went on to win the election last November. Suppose she’d been the one to be inaugurated this week and suppose she was President right now.
If she were, I think there would certainly be an equivalent of The New Agenda, but created by frustrated Obama supporters this [...]
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Posted in Deciding to Live, Feminism, Sisterhood, Women and Creativity, Women and Music, Women as Writers, Women in Media, Women's Art, Women's Bodies, Women's Culture, Women's Poetry on Jan 14th, 2009
Wars are fought over words, art, and the ways in which we represent the world. And peace, equality and social justice, will, in the end, also be made through representing the world authentically anew.
I invite you to join in this remaking. As Arundhati Roy so eloquently puts it, “Another world is not only possible, she [...]
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