John Lennon's album Imagine was released on September 9, 1971. At the time it was instantly recognized as a classic, it's gone down in people's memory as one of the greatest albums of all time, and its impact on world culture has been extensive. The title song has practically become an international anthem that expresses the world's longing for a ( Read more... )

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By fatima - Mirrored from Feministing
(I am thrilled to see someone speaking out about this, so brilliantly... right on, fatima)

http://community.feministing.com/2009/04/the-truth-about-femmesor-we-fu.html

the truth about femmes...or we ( Read more... )

I'm crying, this is so beautiful. Women of America have just made a significant advance in equal rights.

I'm still pinching myself that we actually have a president of this caliber. I just want to hug him.

We won!

Last night, Lilly and I were there when the U.S. Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - without any harmful amendments. This is exactly what we had hoped for - and what women of this country need!

The vote count was 61 to 36. Check out how your Senators voted.

And watch this video we shot with Lilly right after the vote:


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Do you know how valuable you are?

January 23, 2009

Four years ago, CODEPINK founders spent inauguration night in a miserable jail cell, charged with disorderly conduct for unfurling a "Stop the War" banner during the ceremony. This year, instead of handcuffs, we got front row seats--and hugs and kisses from the crowd as we unfurled peace banners, ( Read more... )

Well, I hope this is a promising portent for the new Congress and new administration...

from FeministingBreaking: Lilly Ledbetter and Paycheck Fairness Acts Pass House ( Read more... )

Women in Islam: Damsels in Distress?
by Soumaya Ghannoushi
from Alternet

( The west should stop using the liberation of Muslim women to justify its strategy of global dominance )

1. I looked into trans feminism and found that some voices associated with it are advocating that feminists ought to be concerned with transgender issues. When I read it just now, this was new to me ( Read more... )