I came across an old copy of Womanspirit: A Guide to Women's Wisdom by Hallie Austen Iglehart in Second Story Books at Dupont Circle. Published in 1983, it was one of the early works to integrate feminist spirituality with the feminist movement, after the author had been involved in both spiritual yoga and feminism and felt torn between them-- ( Read more... )

Why is the patriarchal system so anxious to defend some women from rape while the same system also condones and exonerates some rapists? The key issue is whether the rape victim is under the control of the patriarchy.

Jamie Leigh Jones, who was raped by other Americans while serving in Iraq, writes: A sexist male (or female), views of rape ( Read more... )

Mysa: "It's shit like this that makes me wonder how any woman stays sane in this world ( Read more... )

Today is Blog for Fair Pay Day -- Women in the United States are still paid only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.

And for women of color, the numbers are even worse. African-American women earn 63 cents and Latinas earn 52 cents for every dollar paid to white men. Looked at the other way around: For every dollar a while woman earns, a ( Read more... )

On Saturday the 29th I went with invisione to the Visions in Feminism Conference at American University. The conference was pretty amazing, it was SOOOO college student, and by far, *not* your mom's feminism! :) It seemed to be entirely college student conceived, planned, and executed, no trace of old-lady stuff there! The workshops ranged from LGBT Muslims ( Read more... )

Upon my visit to Philadelphia, whither one of my old friends had moved, I took lodging in Germantown in the home of Michael's mother's kinsfolk, and recalled the gentleman there to whom Mrs. Smith had recommended me. So one morning I put on my bonnet and walked until I found Queen Lane, where I made inquiry for a Mr. K-- and was soon knocking on ( Read more... )

Seven human rights groups including Amnesty International have urged Iran to set aside a prison sentence for women's rights activist Delaram Ali. She was sentenced to 39 months in jail and to be flogged with 10 lashes for the "crime" of participation in a peaceful gathering of women’s rights defenders in June 2006, in Hafte Tir Square, which ended ( Read more... )

1) You are the Magical Clue Fairy for a day, with your clue-imparting clue-by-four. What one clue would you want everyone to catch?Can we please have a world without hierarchies that determine who's privileged and who's disparaged by arbitrary/discriminatory sets of standards? A world where everyone feels free to be her true self without getting ( Read more... )

Lennon was the most outspoken male feminist ever. It took some serious balls to sing "Woman Is the Nigger of the World," especially that long ago.

P.S. We all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun

Central Asian women's poetry series #8

Meena (1956-1987), one of my feminist heroes, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in 1977. Her name means 'love' in the Pashto language.


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