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Girlmom.com
Doesn't it seem like teenage pregnancy has been coming up a lot lately? I mean, it has always been a favorite way for the media to proclaim young girls as stupid, wild tramps. But it sort of seems lik...
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The State of Religious Debate In Our Nation
So here's what some fine churches in our nation have been debating lately. Have they been debating the scriptures? No. Our fates after death? Sort of...
Yes, two churches down south are debating whet...
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It's Cute That Conservatives Think Colbert is Serious
According to a study by OSU conservatives don't know that Colbert says ridiculously conservative things as a form of hilarious satire. Yeah, they would think that.
Here are just a few of the reasons ...
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May 03, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
Mother's Day Gift Guide
Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and if you're anything like me you forgot to get your Mom something. I love my Mom to death and I'm all about celebrating her existence and whatnot but I'm pretty forge...
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Angie Zapata Conviction
Some good news emerged last week from the awful murder case of Angie Zapata, a transgendered young woman who was murdered by Allen Andrade in a terrible hate crime. The conviction-- first-degree murde...
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Happy Earth Day
Okay, so I kind of missed this one, seeing how there's only about 1.5 hrs left of Earth Day. But in the spirit of celebrating the planet, check out www.earthday.net.
You can call the Capitol Switchb...
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The Axe Effect (gag me)
And there you have it. Axe is just so enticing, women revert to their animalistic instincts, beating each other off, running miles just to reach this delicious piece of man meat. I'm actually surpri...
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Rita Levi Montalcini: this is how it's done
I don't know how I've never heard about Rita Levi Montalcini. I seriously wish she were my grandma or at least a great aunt.
Rita, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist for discovering mechanisms that reg...
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April 15, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
International,
Violence against women
The 50 Million Missing Campaign
For a few years now, I’ve been tracking the practice of female feticide in rural India. I’ve always been incredibly interested in Indian culture- I even speak a little bit of Hindi (not well) and foll...
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Rihanna and Chris Brown
Let’s talk about dating violence!
No, seriously. I don’t think I have to recap the Rihanna / Chris Brown debacle but just in case, here’s what allegedly happened in 15 seconds or less: There was a tx...
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April 09, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
Happy Passover
In honor of the Jew Crew I give you the Hebrew Mamita....
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Why We Must Still Remember
Beginning in 2006, the Women’s Media Center began a series of articles to alert the public about violence against women involving U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Helen Zia, a WMC board member, explains why we must continue to demand justice.
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March 04, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
How Far We’ve Come- Politics
The actual list of women in global politics is longer, but here are some highlights:
1920- That's the year we (American women) got to vote. 89 years ago.
1966- India - Indira Gandhi is the first Pri...
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March 04, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
How Far We’ve Come- Politics
The actual list of women in global politics is longer, but here are some highlights:
1920- That's the year we (American women) got to vote. 89 years ago.
1966- India - Indira Gandhi is the first Pri...
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February 27, 2009 | Zuleika L |
Feminism
Some thoughts about feminism
What's up? My name is Zuleika Lewis and I am a young woman who is 18 years old. I live in Concord, CA and I am a senior in High School. I was raised in Venezuela [South America] until I was almost 15 ...
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February 27, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
Facebook
Whenever I'm bored, I click on the new photos in my mini-feed on Facebook. A classic pose, first mastered by most as early as seventh grade, is fish face (head tilted, lips pursed, eyes wide). It's ...
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Invisible Woman
Our national conversation is a messy collision of race and gender, with ageism and the questionable state of our media tossed in as collateral damage.
The 2008 presidential race is making us think...
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Sexual Violence as Occupational Hazard—In Iraq and at Home in the U.S.A.
Jamie Leigh Jones was just 20 in 2005 when she took a leap of faith to work in Iraq for her employer, military contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton. She went on a mission she believed in. Shortly after her arrival in Iraq, however, Jones’ ambitions were dashed in an alleged gang rape by co-workers.
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Abeer's Courage
During the long days of the rape and murder court-martial of Sgt. Jesse Spielman at Fort Campbell where I was reporting a story for the Women’s Media Center website—I was struck by the language I was hearing and the apparent meaning of the words.
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Update—Spielman Convicted and Sentenced for the Murder and Rape of Abeer
A third soldier, Private Jesse Spielman, 23, was sentenced Saturday night to 110 years in prison after being convicted Friday of the rape and murder of 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Rasheed Al-Janabi. However, like Sergeant Paul Cortez and Specialist James Barker, who were also convicted in the case, Spielman will, says the Associated Press, be eligible for parole after only 10 years in prison.
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Spielman Court-Martial Underway in Murder and Rape of Abeer
According to testimony at his court-martial, which began Monday at Fort Campbell, Private Jesse Spielman went with Sergeant Paul Cortez, Specialist James Barker and Private Steven Green on March 12, 2006, to the home of the Al-Janabi family in a village south of Baghdad. He watched while they raped 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Rasheed Al-Janabi and murdered her and her family.
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Title IX—35 Years Later
When, 35 years ago this past June, Richard Nixon signed into law the Educational Amendments of 1972, no one paid much attention to a short section on gender equity that has become popularly known as...