BLOGGING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Feminism on Sep 12th, 2008
UPDATE from Julie’s Mom, September 12, 2008: Hi, I just wanted to update on how Julie and her daughter are doing in [their new home]. Julie passed her placement test, she had to take one because she doesn’t have a GED yet, for [a community college]. She is going to try [...]
Posted in Feminism on Aug 2nd, 2008
I received an e-mail recently from Bean, a radfem I’ve known online since 2000 or so, who works for a nonprofit organization that tries to help American women who live in foreign countries and who are attempting to leave battering partners who are citizens of those countries.
She described a very urgent situation to me and asked for my [...]
Posted in Feminism on Jul 4th, 2008
The video above shows Ingrid Betancourt, founder of the Colombian Green Party, one-time Colombian legislator and candidate for president, confronting a member of FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and saying to him in Spanish, “No more kidnappings No more kidnappings.” Shortly after this video was made, Betancourt was kidnapped.
FARC
FARC began in the 60s [...]
Posted in Feminism on May 14th, 2008
I read an interesting article last night written by a newspaper reporter in Oregon. He had interviewed an old friend of Hillary Clinton, Jean Houston, following Clinton’s campaign appearance in Eugene. Clinton had sought out Houston along with Mary Catherine Bateson for support and counsel during crises around Bill Clinton’s presidency, the failure of her own health [...]
Posted in Feminism on May 4th, 2008
Sabrina Rasmussen, 19, above, was 11 years old when she was kidnapped by Terapon Adhahn, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole last Friday for the rape and murder of Zina Linnik, who was 12. Rasmussen’s family’s car had been stolen days earlier. Normally she would have been driven to school, but on this day she [...]
Posted in Feminism on Apr 25th, 2008
In the past, I have sometimes taken issue with things Amanda Marcotte has written or done. If you do a search on this blog, you will come up with some things. I took issue with the proposed cover of her book, the one everyone is up in arms about, months ago, in this comments thread on Pandagon. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2008
Gathering the Goddess 2008 — Sept. 5-7, 2008, Santa Cruz, California
“Here we are Sisters in Goddess, coming together to celebrate the birth of the Goddess Movement in our times, through sacred ritual and divine style. We are coming together … old and young … women who stood with me in the beginning and women who [...]
Posted in Feminism on Apr 9th, 2008
Heather Corinna in the “I Was Raped” T-Shirt, used with permission
When the t-shirts got here, and I put one on to take a quick photo, checking in the mirror to make sure that despite the fact that I was two days late on washing my hair, I wasn’t too disheveled, it was an interesting experience. It [...]
Posted in Feminism on Feb 28th, 2008
Only TWO More Days! Get your entries in, women!
A Women’s History Month Blog Carnival
Come Together: Healing Tensions among Women Working for Equality
What Tami Said and Women’s Space are partnering to host a blog carnival to encourage a dialogue between all women committed to gender equality.
Dates: March 1 through March 31
Theme: Come Together–Healing Tensions Among Women
Working for [...]
Posted in Feminism on Feb 22nd, 2008
Bitch and Ferron at Acoustic Stage at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
Bitch starts Short Story Records, will release B+Tec and Folk-Legend Ferron this Spring, Announcing Bitch + The Exciting Conclusion National Tour
FEBRUARY 21, 2008 (New York, NY) - Bitch and The Exciting Conclusion are getting ready to take their show on the road. This spring, [...]
