Take a Good Look, Turn up the Sound
According to IOL News, six women lost their lives today, April 7, 2011 in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire’s capitol, Abidjan, at the hands of forces loyal to the embattled former President, Laurent Gbagbo. The […]
2011
Hey, Chicago Sun Times! Is This How You Treat Women?
Cecylia Opika lived on this earth for eight decades. On April 1st, she was discovered by police officers in her three-story town home on the far side of Chicago dead. She had been dead for […]
Would You Do This in Front of Your Mom or Dad?
What’s the biggest thing going viral on the web today? Graphic photos of a couple having sex on the roof of Waite Phillips Hall at the University of Southern California. According to the New York […]
TODAY: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Wal-Mart Case Against Women
Why does it always seem that big Goliaths are generally brought down by the “little guy” or girl in this case. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest private employer and grocery chain in the U.S. […]
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Killing of 129 Women by Greed
It’s hard to believe that one business, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, employed 600 people in 1911 to make one item – a shirtwaist – a tailored women’s shirt that was blousey at the top and […]
Egyptian Female Demonstrators Forced to Undergo Virginity Tests
Call me a cynic, but I just don’t believe much good can come when the “Supreme Council of the Armed Forces” is running a country as it now is in Egypt, especially given that they […]
Our GIRLFRIEND of the Week: Crystal Ivory
Sometimes it requires drastic measures in life if you want to be heard. Last Sunday afternoon in Riviera Beach, Florida, police received a call about a sexual assault. When they arrived, the police found the […]
Are All Women Vicious, Evil, Conniving Creatures Intent on Inflicting Pain?
Kelly Valen, author of The Twisted Sisterhood: The Dark Side Of Female Friendship Explored, wrote a stirring essay in 2007 for the New York Times entitled, My Sorority Pledge? I Swore Off Sisterhood. That essay […]
Are Some Women Using Our Struggle to Throw Stones at the Wrong Goliath?
When it comes to women’s rights, you have to take out the party rhetoric. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin are Republicans FIRST, women’s advocates second. It’s one of the biggest reasons we can’t seem to […]
International Women’s Day: “the working women’s day of militancy”
Make no mistake. From its very beginnings of International Working Women’s Day in 1911, March 8th was not meant for candy and flowers or even as a celebration of women. It was a means to […]
Saudi Women Asked to Give Breast Milk to Unrelated Males
“A Saudi cleric finds himself in the hot seat after issuing a decree permitting unrelated women and men mingle so long as the guy drinks the woman’s breast milk.” Did I read that right? I […]
Better Name for UNIONS – Group that Insures Women Equal Pay for Equal Work
Why do the governors of Wisconsin and Ohio hate women and old people? I mean their support of bills to strip government unions of their collective bargaining power is focused squarely on teachers, 80 percent […]
Prostitute Patron vs. Award-Winning Writer/Commentator
My mother always said, “Show me your friends and I’ll tell you what you are.” I’m beginning to see what CNN is. The network that touted 24-hour news seems to have become nothing more than […]
“Worst case is some women may have little beards.”
Just a month after our GIRLFRIENDS’ Post, American Women are Being Poisoned, Should We Care, the governor of Maine issued a dire warning to women regarding the health effects of bisphenol A. “The only thing […]
Jobs for “Ugly” Women
So you want to land an exclusive research position in a highly competitive, male-dominated profession. You’ve employed a resume writing service, a career coach and boned up on all you can about the company and […]