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Stop #Dorries' abstinence for girls sex education bill
Nadine Dorries, Conservative MP, who has voted against equal gay rights in the past, has just successfully proposed a bill to teach GIRLS (specifically) the ‘benefits’ of abstinence from ‘sexual... The Truth About Power
I was reading ‘O magazine’ the other night and found a great article on ‘Power People’ that I found interesting and wanted to share with you. Selected Power People were asked to finish sentences and here are a few examples. Try to finish them for yourselves... Paternity Leave Hugely Extended in UK: Mother-Father Equality?
A paternity leave law is being passed in the UK - mothers will be able to chose to go back to work during the last six month's on their baby's first year. During this time, fathers are allowed a 6-month paternity leave with 3-months paid. Fathers currently get 2 weeks... Alic Walker, Born February 9, 1944
Today marks the 65th birthday of the great American writer, Alice Walker. This Pulitzer Prize winner is best known for her landmark novel The Color Purple. She has specialized in making the public more...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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109 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Is Obama a feminist?
Kathy Spillar: Will Obama live up to his feminist designation on the cover of MS Magazine?Is Obama a feminist? Pt2
Kathy Spillar: Economic stimulus will benefit womenHow to make Hillary popular
"She appeals to exactly the kind of women who adore Oprah: frigid, bitter, infertile old closet-alcoholics and the young women who will grow up to be one of them one day." Do Women Still Cook?
One of my favourite Vancouver writers looks at the genderedness of cooking. Is it arty if men do it, but regressive for women?"In short, men come across as evolved, sexy and creative when they mix things up...
created by Rob Peters | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1333 views | 25 recommendations | 4 comments
Author Norman Mailer dies at 84
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer has died of renal failure aged 84, his literary executor has said. Mailer won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Armies of the Night in 1968 and The...Sticks and Stones, Hillary, Sticks and Stones
Hillary Clinton, the rabid guard dog of her husband’s administration, is being portrayed as this battered woman. Nothing is more laughable to me because during the nineties she was in charge of destroying...Feminists are Hot
It turns out that strong womyn are babes:"Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as ugly lesbians, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships. The study, published online this week in the journal Sex... Daring to utter the F-word
She is Jewish. She likens the Bush regime to Nazism - a brave woman indeed. I have to agree with her observations that the land of the free is much less free than we like to think.Photo of Naomi Wolf by Marco del... Alanis' Lovely Lady Lumps
Alanis' Morissette's piano ballad parody of the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" has already seen 2.5 million YouTube viewers. The video was released to the Canadian singer's website with no fanfare, only a simple... Gender Parity
" Today is not only Robbie Burns day but it is also the birthday of British author and feminist Virginia Wolfe who was born in 1882. And she gets forgotten because of all the brouhaha around Burns Day. Ironic that, if it wasn't another example of unconscious systemic...Nazanin Fateh Update
"As reported here earlier last year the fate of Nazanin Fateh, who was to be hung in Iran for defending herself from rape, became a one woman cause for Canada's Miss World, who also shared Nazanin's first name. Nazanin Fateh got a new trial and while she is not going...NowPublic on Facebook
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