Women's Space
Pre-2008 Posts
This is What Cruelty and Intolerance Look Like: Patrick Henry College Locked Down, 50 Police Called in to “Guard” Campus Against 40 Nonviolent Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Christian Activists; Two Arrested
This is What Fundamentalism Looks Like: Patrick Henry College Locked Down, 50 Police Called in to “Guard” Campus Against 40 Nonviolent Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Christian Activists; Two Arrested Continue reading
Sobering
Sobering, from the Women’s Earth Alliance: As community caretakers, mothers, and resource stewards, women often feel the impacts of pollution and contamination most directly, retaining contaminants in their breast and body tissue, experiencing endocrine disruption, and bearing children with birth defects. Approximately 70% of the world’s uranium deposits are located on the lands of indigenous … Continue reading
Divorce
I wonder how many of the search engine terms I’m receiving wondering about my divorce, or whether I’ve divorced, are coming from the conservative folks in my old world, and how many are coming from the feminist and progressive folks I’ve encountered in recent years. Ah well. In response, I am divorced. Rick and I … Continue reading
Published Writings
I’ve added a page today listing some of my published writings. I will be adding to it and providing links where articles are available online. I’ll also be posting a list of radio and television appearances and, where possible, links. Heart
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
Coming Back
I’ve decided to return to blogging after a long rest. I hope eventually to restore all of my post-2008 posts as well as the pre-2008 posts I’ve already restored. The death of my 25-year-old daughter in 2010 changed many things for me. For a while I thought I’d let my blogs and internet presence, in … Continue reading
Shoes (Warning, May Trigger)
“These women were shunned by two eras,” Yang says. “When they were young, footbinding was already forbidden, so they bound their feet in secret. When the Communist era came, production methods changed. They had to do farming work, and again they were shunned.” Wang Lifen, above, now 79, was just seven years old when her mother … Continue reading
UPDATE: Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Margaret Witt, Highly Decorated Air Force Nurse, Fired for Being a Lesbian
Margaret Witt Good news for Margaret Witt and her partner and for all lesbians and gay men in the military, good news for all who are committed and dedicated to human and civil rights for all people. The Ninth Circuit has ruled that her case should proceed and has reinstated her in the military. Major … Continue reading
In Memorium: Irena Sendler, 98, Who Saved the Lives of 2,500 Jewish Children During the Nazi Reign
Almost everyone has heard of Oskar Schindler (Schindler’s List) and his heroic rescue of 1,200 Jews during Hitler’s reign . Not so many know about Irena Sendler, above, who as a 29-year-old Polish social worker ultimately rescued 2,500 Jewish children from Nazi occupiers of Warsaw, Poland, who had built a wall and a ghetto for the Jews. … Continue reading
UPDATE: Little Girls as Prey and the Murder of Zina Linnik
UPDATE: Terapon Adhahn, left, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without possibility of parole. He was convicted of the following crimes: • One count each of aggravated first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape in the July 2007 death of 12-year-old Zina Linnik. • Three counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree kidnapping in the … Continue reading
So What Do You Do…
If you’ve amassed a huge crowd to soundly denounce a woman blogger, and she still just won’t get it right (i.e., she won’t agree with you)? I guess you delink and stop reading. Because bloggers have every right to write whatever they want to write, so far at least. If you are a thoughtful person, maybe you consider the … Continue reading
“Iron Ladies of Liberia”
Dear Colleagues & Friends, I am writing to let you know about a timely new collection of documentaries about Women in Leadership & Politics now available from Women Make Movies. The centerpiece of the collection is IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA, which was recently broadcast on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. This new WMM Release … Continue reading
The 13th Carnival of Radical Feminists is UP!
The 13th Carnival of Radical Feminists is UP at Anji’s place! And it is fine, fine, fine, GREAT job, Anji! The following smart thing to include borrowed from the NEW CARNIVAL! And that’s all, folks! Thanks to everyone who submitted posts, and to all the wonderful women who wrote them. The next Carnival will be … Continue reading
In Solidarity: End Genocide in Darfur
The children of Darfur draw their stories of genocide in their country. Shecodes of Black Women Vote, who was part of the amazing Come Together blogcast with me, Tami, Adele Nieves and Karla Mantilla a couple of weeks ago, has a great post up with specific ways to act and respond to the horrifying situation in … Continue reading
Min Moðir/My Mother
(Embedding has sadly been disabled, but if you go to this link, you can watch the video– so worth it.) Eivør Pálsdóttir – Min Moðir (“My Mother”) The music of my womenfolk going back many generation helps to hold me together, body and soul, right now. So much that we have together as a people, as women, … Continue reading
Hear the Come Together Live Discussion
Hear the official live discussion that concludes the Women’s History Month blog carnival, hosted by What Tami Said and Women’s Space by going here and clicking on the link at Tami’s place. WordPress won’t let me embed the link to the blogcast. Tami and I were joined by Karla Mantilla, Adele Nieves and Shecodes for … Continue reading
Integrity
Integrity The quality of being complete; unbroken condition; entirety ~ Webster A wild patience has taken me this far as if I had to bring to shore a boat with a spasmodic outboard motor old sweaters, nets, spray-mottled books tossed in the prow some kind of sun burning my shoulder-blades. Splashing the oarlocks. Burning through. … Continue reading
Celebrate Women Artists! Announcing the First Annual SWAN Day (Today!)
Heart, I enjoy reading womens space as a feminist refuge from a lot of the mainstream progressive blogs. I thought you and your readers might be interested in hearing about the first ever holiday for female artists and the video featuring Sandra Oh, the phenomenal and fearless actress from Grey’s Anatomy, celebrating the talent of … Continue reading
JOIN US! Come Together Live Discussion of the Women’s History Month Blog Carnival is TODAY!
Saturday, March 29, 2008 Join Tami of What Tami Said and me as we conclude our Women’s History Month blog carnival with an hour-long live discussion on Blog Talk Radio, 6 p.m. EDT, Saturday, March 29. We will review our favorite submissions to the blog carnival; discuss issues raised by the carnival, including race and feminism and their … Continue reading
Come Together Blog Carnival, March 28, 2008 — Come Together? Maybe Not
Now, I can hear the protests rising – if we don’t communicate, how do we change things? If we each retreat to our respective corners, how will we ever bridge that divide? And it’s true, it is hard to bridge a divide with a wall between us. Read the rest over at What Tami … Continue reading
The Farm at Huge Creek, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, The Feminist Hullaballoo
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