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ALL of US! Watch new video fromCPVAW: Working to prevent sexual assault
https://youtu.be/_7a7AF2MDZU This is the first of 4 PSAs from The Commission For Prevention of Violence Against Women or CPVAW, working to end sexual assault. Help CELEBRATE 40 years as a City Commission by sharing this video. Let us know what you think. Produced by...
Finnish People With Things On Their Heads
Almost a year ago I discovered this photo series at Kiasma – The Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki, Finland. Photographers, Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen came up with something truly peculiar and special, in their photo series Eyes As Big As Plates. Their subjects...
WALMART: Employees Fight Back
From Harper's Weekly Review On Black Friday, thousands of Walmart employees and union supporters staged protests to demand annual wages of at least $25,000 for the 825,000 workers who make less than that amount and supplement their incomes with an average of $1,000...
‘Perilous’ Cleanup at Fukushima’s Reactor 4
Regulators with Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the final OK Wednesday for the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to begin to remove the 1300 spent fuel rods from the badly damaged Unit 4 pool, thus initiating a decommissioning...
How Not To Raise A Rapist
By Van Badham The Guardian.com We know the kind of circumstances that create a rapist – so let's set about eradicating them instead of blaming rape victims for drinking There's been a lot of talk about raped women in the Australian media recently. Mia Freedman kicked...
On the Fence About Syria? Read This!
A quick reader on why military intervention in Syria is a big mistake–and what we should be advocating instead. Since Syria has not attacked the United States and the UN Security Council hasn’t authorized any international military action, a U.S. strike on Syria would...
Explicit Lyric Warning: Feminist Law Students Clarify The Lines
The Law Revue girls would like to define those supposedly "blurred lines." Enjoy our parody of Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke. Sing Along. How many of us were disturbed by Robin Thicke's thin disguise of self-loathing? Big Dick? Really? Join in with much better...
California Hunger Strikers Enter 3rd Week
"We are starting to look death in the face with these indeterminate SHU terms," wrote Lorenzo Benton on July 8, 2013. "Looking death in the face, isolated from family and friends and with no meaningful contact with others is a lonely experience that serves no one...
Will Miss Iceland Melt?
Miss Iceland Gets a Chilly Reception From Feminists People of All Ages, Including a Few Men, Enter Contest as a Protest By ELLEN EMMERENTZE JERVELL...
Outrageous Verdict
What would JUSTICE look like for Trayvon? A jury in Sanford, Florida has found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin. SIGN THE DOJ PETITION NOW I know I am not alone in my outrage, anger, and heartbreak over this decision. When a teenager's life is...
Tonto’s Portrayal
DEPP’S “TONTO” COSTUME BASED ON A NON-NATIVE ARTIST’S WILD IMAGINATION by Lisa Wade, PhD, From Sociological Images Johnny Depp is playing the character of “Tonto” in the movie re-make of The Lone Ranger. Critics of the original series have observed that Tonto, the...
A Personal Account of the 6/25 Texas Filibuster
Yesterday, June 25th, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered against Senate Bill 5: The ambulatory regulation bill (which also would have made it illegal to have an abortion after 20 weeks, among other regulations). And I was there. Growing up in a family who...