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Mar.16.2012 "Unorthodox," a memoir by Deborah Feldman An examination of an insular world is best described by an insider--especially one who's never felt she belonged in this world, yet was pinned to its dogmas and unbending religious fanaticism. Deborah Feldman's difficult upbringing was clouded and severely compromised by the absence of her...	Mar.10.2012 Skinned I’ll peel off my clothes protest with you cup my breasts let the collar bone stand out defy defy defy (This is a response to 'My body, my choice': Exiled Iranian women pose nude for video in protest against sexual oppression in their native country. The video hopes to boost sales of...
Mar.09.2012 Women Taking Lots of Hits: A Select Group Are Fighting Back Women’s abilities are always being called into question. Take Rick Santorum's poke at women being too emotion for duty at the front lines of combat situations. A select corps of women is fighting back. Read the story of one American and two Afghani teenagers who are trying to make history and...	Mar.08.2012 The Female Gaze 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...
Mar.08.2012 Women's Jazz Festival at the Schomburg The Women's Jazz Festival at the Schomburg is billed as "A gathering of some of New York's Best come together to give praise to those who lead the way". Click here for my blog on the Women's Jazz Festival at the Schomburg.	Mar.05.2012 Who is pimping for America? That Barack Obama invoked Gandhi’s name reveals delicious irony as it posits morality with “unlimited sex”, in Rush Limbaugh’s immortal words. I’d like to draw your attention not to the moral versus the amoral, but to the two moral paradigms here. While Limbaugh can be taken to the laundry...
Mar.04.2012 “What is safe?” Words and Music by Metta Sáma EXCERPTS: “King’s book is not quiet; hers is an aesthetics of sound fractured, fragmented, compounded, mixed, remixed, sampled, jointed, yes, even anointed. (Check out the cover of this book, it’s sparseness of image, this blaringly red background, these...	Mar.04.2012 Slamming It! Wow, This seems to be my favourite word of late, but seriously wow and wow once more! Last Friday's Reading Slam to raise money for Sexual Advice Association was absolutely awesome; I'm still buzzing from it now. Read all about it my latest blog. http://www.megphilipauthor.com/index.php/my-blog/...
Mar.03.2012 Very bad quality Very bad quality I waited in my room on first nightHe was at the door in full mood as Mr. RightI lowered the eyes to wait for some more closenessTo raise my veil and look at the face Nothing of that sort happened as he dropped He was fully drunk and on my feet stoppedHe murmured some thing...	Mar.02.2012 Rush Limbaugh and His Prurient Interest in Sex Videos Mr. Limbaugh has long called any woman who disagrees with him a feminazi. This logic impaired spokesman for the ridiculous right recently said: “So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal, if we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay...

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