Congressional Reform Act of 2011

by | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Business

These reforms are being sent around online.  If Egyptians youth can begin an uprising using Facebook and Twitter under Mubarak, we should be able to make these changes under Obama. 1. Term Limits.
 12 years only, one of the possible options below..
 A. Two...

Reclaiming Our Land

by | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Business, Sexism

Can someone please explain why breast-feeding moms are being sold special covers and tents to save others from viewing this perfectly natural act? This marketing goes on in a world where breast implants are the most popular elective cosmetic surgery in the U.S.....

Sex/Sexism & “Skins”

by | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog

by Mia Fontaine MTV, you’ve come a long way baby. In six short years you’ve gone from pimpin’ rides to pimpin’ girls, starting with the recent premiere of Skins, a remake of the hit British program by the same name. Immediately labeled “the most dangerous...

A World Lost in Screens

by | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog

We realize this was posted awhile ago–but I am a sucker for Hedges’ nudge toward consciousness. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/retribution_for_a_world_lost_in_screens_20100927/ By Chris Hedges Nemesis was the Greek goddess of retribution. She exacted...

Wakeup Call

by | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog, Racism, Sexism

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right By Arun Gupta, AlterNet
Posted on January 12, 2011, Printed on January 16, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/149500/ Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is...

Major Magazines Reject Female Writers

by | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog, Stereotypes

Of course, the New Yorker is not the only publication on earth that falls consistently short of reaching gender parity in its pages. In a Jezebel post about Hays’ letter Jenna Sauers did a count of female writers in other current event and literary...