SOCIAL ISSUES
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PETA Graphically Propagates Violence Against Women
Originally found on Buzzfeed
Everyone knows PETA hates women, using them as pawns to get money and pretend they care about treating "animals" ethically. Women aren't worthy of the same respect and ethical treatment however, and that is why they have no pr...more
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Margaret Cho drops a bomb
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Here’s a doozy. Leave it to Jessica Wakeman via the frisky to get some juicy news. This time in a conversation she had with Margaret Cho, Margaret started talking about women comedians and how straight women are less succe...more
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Skirting The Issues: Erase Gray Areas Surrounding Rape Cases
What do you think of when you think of rape? Walking down a dark city street alone late at night, a strange man assaulting a young girl? A drug slipped in a cocktail and a girl waking up a few hours later unsure of why her clothes have been pulled off?
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Help Pass IVAWA and Help to End Violence Against Women
From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...more
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Domestic Violence Week in Memory of Yeardley Love
Yeardley Love’s life was filled with promise. At 22 years old and just weeks away from graduation at the University of Virgina, she seemed to have everything going for her– a bright future with goals of becoming a lawyer, having her own family one day...more
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Reese stands up for women
Reese Witherspoon was in DC yesterday talking about the need to stop violence against women. She represents Avon which came to town to give a $500,000 grant to the State Department’s Fund for Global leadership.
One of her quotes:
I think when you ha...more
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Take the stairs – the piano stairs
It’s great when viral videos do more than just make us laugh.
Recently, we learned about a great video created by the Nike Foundation called the Girl Effect (definitely worth checking out)
We came across another video today from TheFunTheory.com. The...more
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Emma Thompson on The View talking about sexual slavery
Emma went on The View yesterday to talk about Journey which is opening in NY today. Kudos to the View for discussing the topic and really letting her talk about it in lots of details. I was kind of surprised at how little Barbara Walters seemed to kno...more
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Roman Polanski: The silence is deafening
It seems that I am now officially obsessed with the Roman Polanski insanity. As I’ve gone further down this rabbit hole I find my compatriots on the internet to be with me in force but others who I expected to hear from are just silent.
The silence i...more
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See Alanis Run; See Alanis Run for NEDA
On October 11th, in Susanville, CA, award-winning singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette (Flavors Of Entanglement) is going to run the Biz Johnson Trail Marathon to raise money for the National Eating Disorders Association.
If you haven’t seen Alanis late...more
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What's the deal with Women Drinking and Driving?
Is binge drinking for women out of control? How much is too much and when do you know if you have a problem? In light of last month's tragedy about Long Island mom Diane Schuler, whose wrong-way drunk driving on a New York highway took the lives of eig...more
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Army Wives deals with girls and body image issues
I’ve always been a fan of Army Wives. I know, it’s a bit sappy. But I like it. One reason why is because on ocassion they handle an issue really well.
That happened this past Sunday with a subplot about a young girl and body issues. The overv...more
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