GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage...
Motherhood Revisited
GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage capitalism. Claire Kilroy perfectly captures the despair and precarious state of infant mothers [...]
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Women Who Rocked 2018!
As we approach the end of 2018 it’s tempting to sink into despair over the political and social catastrophes generated by the Orange Monster. Trump steals the headlines with his crazed tweets, obscuring a growing body of female leaders and innovators. I garner hope from all the badass women who rocked 2018, putting heart and soul into [...]
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The War on Women
The gloves are off. The war on women is official. The system has discounted women. After tireless weeks of women protesting legal abortion opponent Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to be a Supreme Court justice, he was confirmed. Women poured their hearts out, flooding Senators’ offices in D.C. and in their home states with phone calls [...]
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Women’s Rage is A Game Changer
I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore –Helen Reddy (1972) These classic words in Helen Reddy’s popular song were the battle cry for Second Wave Feminists of my generation whose rage fueled our protests for abortion rights, equal pay, justice for rape victims, equitable divorce laws and much more. During the [...]
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Dr. Blasey-Ford, Signs of Fall, Fahrenheit 11/9 & More!
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford—Shero! What a horrible, nightmarish week for women! The misogynist Judiciary Committee is trying to railroad Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to be the next Supreme Court Justice. They’re making it very difficult for Dr. Ford who has charged Kavanaugh with sexually attacking her when both were teens. To think [...]
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