Category Archives: Women’s Rights

Celebrating Women: Looking To the Future

photo © 2010 Julie Jordan Scott | more info (via: Wylio)   Where do we go from here?   As women, as mothers, as daughters, as sisters… how do we move toward a better future for women? As this Women’s … Continue reading

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Women Writing Well

    Today’s post is my first vlog attempt. Please be kind! I mentioned several books that you may want to add to your collection. So, here are the necessary links to Amazon so you can purchase copies for yourself. … Continue reading

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Feminism: Through My Life

photo © 2006 Quinn Dombrowski | more info (via: Wylio)     No one definition embraces its full scope. No one woman embodies its full vision. No set of words capture it—no matter how raw, graceful, or elegant. It does … Continue reading

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A Celebration of the Fairer Sex

We know February is Black History month, and we may be aware there is a Hispanic history month. But how many of you know whose history month comes in March??? photo © 2009 Markus | more info (via: Wylio) That’s … Continue reading

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The Waiting Room pt 2

This is Part 2 of a short story that I have written. If you missed Part 1, here you go! Clara started suddenly from her bittersweet reverie. She had been waiting for about an hour when she dosed off on … Continue reading

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Another Small Ripple…One Large Tidal Wave

Memory is a fickle device but oh, so glorious. I love how certain random events—riding on the back of a motorcycle, smelling a warm apple pie—conjure up a vast array of snapshots of my past, pleasant or not. Memory over … Continue reading

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Do YOU Know What YOU Are Selling? Part 2

After posting on modesty and its patriarchal influences in Part 1, I realized that this would not be a one post, the “I’m done” type of topic. I have too much to say, and I couldn’t get the this question … Continue reading

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Mondays in Monkey Town

Christians have all the answers…or at least, they believe their answers sufficient for any crisis—marriage, loss of employment, natural disasters, and perhaps, even the current gulf oil spill(this usually leads to the game of blame shifting toward the executive branch … Continue reading

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How do you DEFINE the grand “ism”s of our culture?

With the health care reform bill, we have heard many people calling it “socialism.” Since the first wave feminists began campaigning for women’s suffrage or the second wave feminists began demanding equality, we have heard many people speak out against … Continue reading

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Would You Be my Friend if….I were a Feminist?(pt 2)

Earlier on my blog, I posed a series of “what if” questions(see here for the post). Today, I begin with “would you be my friend if I were a Feminist?” Already, many of you have raised the alarm, sirens harangue … Continue reading

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