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Feb.14.2013
International Women's Day is almost upon us. My wife, a long time feminist, engages with planning IWD activities each year. She mostly works with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF - aligning activities with the schools, university and other groups.
Part of...
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Dec.09.2012
I'm feeling good about myself and where I've been. These feelings are like the weather, though, and are subject to change. I'll take today's mood and do what I can with it.
Since I'm feeling so strong, relaxed and positive, my mantra is less about me and more about humanity and the...
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Mar.09.2012
It has been twenty years since that Year of the Woman thing. No one would ever tell who she was. And they announced it in late June, so it wasn’t even a full year.
At only three months into the year, I propose we name this year The Year of the Woman Legislator (YOWL). I nominate...
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Mar.08.2012
I like watching people. In malls, in the street, at cafes. I like watching women and I like watching men.
When I look at the women, there are myriad reactions. They might check out the superficial stuff – clothes, hair, trinkets. They might meet my eyes and stare with confusion – why am I...
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Mar.09.2011
Well, while many women throughout history have inspired me to succeed in life, one stands out. She was well-known in her time, but over the years, her name has sadly faded away. I'm talking about Maria Deraismes. This lady lived in Paris during the mid- to late 1800s and was a feminist writer and...
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Mar.08.2011
Yesterday I looked through my closet for a purple shirt. And much to my surprise, there was not one to be found. Anyone who has known me for the past 25 years would be slightly shocked at this wardrobe malfunction, as purple was once one of my favourite colours. I even owned a pair of purple...
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Mar.08.2011
Every Friday for years on KPFA, someone could hear Duke Ellington's “Theme Afrique.” Then a woman would greet her listeners with this saying: "Uhuru, brothers and sisters. Asalaam alacheim. This is Mama O'Shea and we are shoutin' out and fightin' back, in our common struggle to survive....
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Mar.08.2010
According to Wikipedia Woman, "A woman (irregular plural: women) is a female human."
Please take note: A woman is not a demon, nor is she deficient. She is not ruled by hormones any more or less than a male human. She is not a male human, but she is a partner to the male, since humans do...
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Mar.08.2009
As Red Roomer Karen Tintori and others have reminded me, today is the 98th International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future.
In Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia,...
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Mar.08.2009
Reflections for International Women's Day
The people I'm furious with are the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket. Anita Loos
Nature has...
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