Women's Space
2008-2010 Posts
Things Women Share In Common
As an American woman, I have much in common with by far the majority of women throughout the world. If I were to gather with women from the Middle East, from Southeast Asia, from Eastern and Southern Europe, from South America, Central America, were language no barrier, and if we wanted to share our lives, we would find we shared … Continue reading
On Rejecting the Politics of Hate and Personal Attack
Starhawk, in the Washington Post, October 17, 2008: “In the normal course of events, I’m a pro-anger kind of a gal. I came up through the feminist ranks in the seventies, when we were energized by the realization that all our lives, we women had been told to be ‘nice’, sweet, to placate the guys … Continue reading
“Homeland Security” Agents Raid Defense Contractor, Shackle Mothers and Children Together, Bus Them 1,000 Miles, No Due Process, No Attorneys, No Humanity
Via Angela Valenzuela [In early March], more than 500 armed homeland security officers descended upon Michael Blanco Inc. The owner of the factory, and a few of his senior staff, were arrested for hiring undocumented workers and creating false documents. They were out on bail and home with their families that night. Approximately 350 employees, … Continue reading
Books for Children in Africa
In Sokari’s most recent blog post she links to blogger Chatoyance who links to The Individual Voice who recently posted the entire text of Doris Lessing’s acceptance speech after Lessing had won the 2007 Nobel Price for Literature. Lessing writes about the hunger of Zimbabwean children and adults for books and of the crucial and central need for … Continue reading
Chief of Immigration Enforcement Awards Employee for Blackface Costume, References to Krome Detention Center
Published: April 9, 2008 WASHINGTON — The nation’s top immigration enforcement official ordered the destruction of photographs of an office Halloween party that showed a white agency employee dressed as a black detainee, according to a Congressional investigation whose report was released on Tuesday. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image James Estrin/The New … Continue reading
The Farm at Huge Creek, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, The Feminist Hullaballoo
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