"activism" Articles & Blogs:
California marriage equality groups risk rights for petty rivalry
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A rivalry between California's two largest marriage equality organizations to publicly define the timeline of repealing Proposition 8 has become a bitter spat that threatens to cripple the effort.
On August 12, Equality California (EQCA) announced their ...[Read on] |
LunaFest Kicks Off Tonight in SF
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Scene from Courtney Cox's Film, Monday Before Thanksgiving
LunaFest is a traveling film festival comprised of shorts by, for and about women. 100 percent of all the proceeds go to charities. It is sponsored by Luna Bars.
They kick off the festival t...[Read on] |
Rockin’ With the Boys: The Women of Punk
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Whoever said women can’t rock and roll never heard of these musical punk rock sirens. Armed with guitars and a “we’re not gonna take it” attitude, these women took on the musical world and earned their places as punk rock goddesses.
PJ Harvey
PJ...[Read on] |
300 Women March for Rights in Afghanistan
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I’m sure that you’ve already seen this elsewhere, but it’s certainly worth posting again.
Yesterday, 300 women in Afghanistan marched in the streets to protest a new law which affects the Shia minority of the population. It says tha...[Read on] |
The 10 Toughest Ladies of Film
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For years women have been kicking butt and taking names but very few of them ever get the recognition they deserve. One place this isn’t true is on film. Although the following 10 ladies may not all be real they are all fine examples of powerful, toug...[Read on] |
The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change
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Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports
I’ve been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport – mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week,...[Read on] |
Phones, Text, and Music: Distractions For Teen Drivers
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While drinking and driving is a dangerous behavior unto itself, many teens are introducing other distractions into the mix when they are behind the wheel. More than one-in-three teens say they often change songs on their MP3 players, speed or text; while...[Read on] |
Media Gone Wild: The Continuing Sexualization of Girls and Multiple Strategies to Stop It
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Back in 2007, we reported on the release of a devastating report from the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Its findings about the impact of sexualized images on young women weren’t necessarily reve...[Read on] |
Ask Patty BlogHer10 New York Mystical Magical M.O.M. Tour
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I and 2400 other women converged on New York City last weekend to celebrate BlogHer10 and our womanhood in style.This was my 5th BlogHer Conference and Capital WOW have we grown, over 1000 more BlogHer's
in attendance this year. There were a ton of majo...[Read on] |
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