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    • From a married lady to young, single sisters

      Posted by Shemuses

      It's funny the perspective that time gives. Occasionally I see a young sister made crazy by society's romantic expectations and I want to reach down from my lofty perch of 30+ years of life experience, grab her and say, "It will all work out...truly it will." I think of my early 20-something self, so worried about being paired up with someone. I admit that in some romantic entanglements back then, I forgave when I shouldn't have, overlooked what should have been obvious, gave up things that ought to have been sacred and a few times tried to make Mr. Right out of Mr. Wrong for Me.

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      Interview: Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund for Women

      Posted by Shemuses from World Changing

      "I think there are many different ways in which you define leadership. As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." -Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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      Outrage brews as Ottawa set to honour Morgentaler

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      The divisive debate about abortion rights in Canada is poised to erupt once again as Henry Morgentaler, the country's best-known abortion-rights crusader, is expected to be named to the Order of Canada. Even before the official announcement, Dr. Morgentaler's name attached to the highest honour in the land ignited a firestorm of controversy yesterday, with online blogs, people opposed to abortion and pro-choice supporters wading into the Order of Canada committee's decision.

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      Farewell to My Uterus

      Posted by Shemuses

      A personal account of a relationship between a woman and her reproductive organ. After a four-year battle with uterine fibroids, I am finally surrendering. Last Monday, I checked into N.Y. Presbyterian Hospital and underwent a hysterectomy. I am 34 years old.

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      Calling Michelle Obama An Angry Black Woman Makes Black Women Angry

      Posted by Shemuses

      The historic moment we're experiencing - in which a black man could be the president of the United States of America - has lead to a colossal conundrum: What are we going to do about Michelle Obama? Over on Salon, Erin Aubry Kaplan eloquently explains why some conservatives don't "get" Ms. Obama: "She went to Princeton, excelled, retained her racial conscience but also eventually commanded a six-figure salary. All of this confuses white people mightily, far more than Barack's biracial status.

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      Reporting from the Allied Media Conference

      Posted by Shemuses

      We wanted to create a world for you, a world that looks back a decade and to the beginning, that looks forward a decade and beyond imagination. We wanted to create a world beyond the media of now where a voice speaks at you and you can't respond -- tonight you will hear many voices from all around you, from those not in the room, from those who are never heard. Speak back, revel in the experience of each other tonight, this is the world we will be heard in, the world we will create, the world we must be ready for.

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      Grace For President | Views | TheRoot.com

      Posted by Shemuses

      Disillusioned with the woman candidate, I found my heroine in a children's book. During this heated campaign for the Democratic nomination, I fell in love with a children's book by Kelly DePucchio called Grace for President. The uber-talented illustrator Leuyen Pham has cast Grace as a beautiful brown-skinned elementary school girl with the brains and moxie to run for president of her school.

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    frankson comments on:

    Outrage brews as Ottawa set to honour Morgentaler

    ....... a sad day for Canada.

    why don’t we free Cliff Olson and add him to the list !?

    No difference. 

     

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    7:11 am 7/02/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Calling Michelle Obama An Angry Black Woman Makes Black Women Angry

    Hi A.R.G., do you want to provide some facts e.g. perhaps some sourced quotes from Michelle Obama indicating anger?

    Could you provide a link to a sourced article indicating Michelle Obama’s endorsement of Dr. Cone’s views on this topic?

    Here is a link to Wikipedia for more context on Dr. Cone.

    I rated this inaccurate, it seems to be repeating a right wing talking point – as with a lot of the other emails I’ve received from you.

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    11:30 pm 6/29/08
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    arepulicangirl comments on:

    Calling Michelle Obama An Angry Black Woman Makes Black Women Angry

    Obama’s wife is an angry woman. She was angry way before she became a member of The Trinity United  Church of Christ. Rev. Jeremiah Wright perfected her anger even more with his unspiritual teaching of Black Liberation Theology. She is a black person who suffers with a sin problem called bigotry. 

     Read  Dr.James Cone ’s own words.—-"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community — Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love. Either God is for black people in their fight for liberation and against the white oppressors, or he is not."
     

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    8:32 am 6/29/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Grace For President | Views | TheRoot.com

    Cool. I bet even Grace would know how to exit Gracefully if the time came.

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    12:32 pm 6/04/08
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    emilysalmon comments on:

    America’s Porn Culture -- Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls

     Our whole culture has become sexualized, and the demand is equally on men as well as women.  While this may not be healthy, I don’t think it’s particularly new- think back to the 70s, "free love"- the argument that the sexualization of our culture is a result of the porn industry strikes me as poorly rationalized and uninformed.

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    2:23 pm 6/01/08
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    Jwgardner comments on:

    America’s Porn Culture -- Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls

    Stomping out that so-called "slut culture", in my mind, begins with a thorough investigation of just why so many young women idolize ‘Sex and the City’ or ‘The Hills’. Where does the celebration of vapid sneaziness end and the positive message of female empowerment over sexuality begin? Isn’t the latter just becoming a dangerously attractive way to allow the media to excuse a rapid slide into the former?

    I may just be a Guy Who Doesn’t Get It, though.

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    9:42 pm 5/29/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    What Color is Your Orgasm? Sex-Positive Advice in Black and White

    Google AdSense was afraid to place ad on this page.

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    10:42 pm 5/26/08
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    Shemuses

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    Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.

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    garrettmoon

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    I'm a designer. I like to think about true sustainability and ways we can push towards it. I work designing buildings and other 'green' technology with res communis design. I also make websites for a living.

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    SoxFirst

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    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

    Melbourne