Blog update

As you might have noted, I haven’t posted anything here in awhile.  It’s not for lack of sheroes, just lack of time.  What I’ve decided to do, at least for now, is focus on the Feminist Peace Network blog.  I will continue to post about sheroes there, so I hope you’ll check that out.  Hopefully [...]

A Catholic Nun speaks out about those pesky Monologues

Sr. Mary Eve has written a beautiful defense of the Vagina Monologues because as she eloquently says, they celebrate “the beauty of the vagina, in direct contrast to the message that women have often had to internalize – that it is dirty and not to be touched.”
Her essay contains a wonderful quote from Eve Ensler, [...]

Why keeping the vagina in Valentine’s Day is important

Now that I’ve got your attention…Jessica Valenti and Ann Friedman have put together some outstanding commentary about the far right’s efforts to trash V-Day. Check out Jessica’s video and Ann’s written critique.

Jocelynne Scutt on exclusion of women in group investigating coup in Fiji

Human rights lawyer Jocelynne Scutt has a wonderful opinion piece out about the importance of including women in the Eminent Persons Group that has been tasked with investigating the recent coup in Fiji. Prior to the coup, women were a very important part of the effort to stop the government takeover. It is quite ironic [...]

Sheroes of the free press

Last week I attended the 3rd National Conference on Media Reform.  The number of women speakers and panelists as well as the recognition of gender as a media reform issue was significantly better than the last conference where gender issues were invisibilized and women’s representation among presenters was token at best.  This conference started off [...]

Lynn Woolsey’s Plan for withdrawal from Iraq

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) has come up with a comprehensive proposal to withdraw our troops from Iraq. Her plan includes the following points:

Withdraw all U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq within six months from the date of enactment.
Accelerate, during the six-month transition, training of a permanent Iraqi police force.
Prohibit [...]

Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf brings positive change during first year of her presidency

Here in the U.S. we have this ongoing idiotic debate about whether this country is ready for a female president.  Yet with far less resources at her disposal, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s first year as president of Liberia makes clear that the real question is what are we waiting for?  After years of war and terror under [...]

Peace on earth begins at home

I have a confession to make. I have become an Alice Walker junkie. Just can’t get enough of the lady and her words. At the moment I am devouring “Living By the Word” and in it I found a wonderful description of what is truly at the heart of what is necessary [...]

“The Dinner Party”: Homeless no more

2007 is shaping up to be a watershed year for feminist art. The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum will open this spring with Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” as its centerpiece. The Museum will also host a show called “Global Feminisms” which will run March 23 – [...]

Our Bodies Our Blog: Fabulous resource about women’s health

The wonderful women at Our Bodies Our Selves not only write excellent, comprehensive books about women’s health, they also have a terrific blog that has daily coverage of women’s health issues in the news. This is a fabulous resource, be sure to check it out!