Archive for September 2010
Feminist Friday: More Daughters, More Divorce
Posted by: madamab on: September 10, 2010
- In: Feminism | Media Tripe | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Propaganda | Snark | Women
- 17 Comments
Today I am going to talk about one of my “favorite” kinds of misogyny: when the media writes about some type of statistic which “proves” that women are inferior, evil, or to blame for something bad that happens around them. This week’s example: an article entitled “More Daughters, More Divorce,” which was published in Tuesday’s [...]
MW: Rahm Speed
Posted by: chatblu on: September 9, 2010
Mayor Dailey of Chicago has announced that he will not seek re-election. Rahm Emanuel has been known to state that being Mayor of the Windy City is his dream job. Dare we hope? Rahm goes way back in Democratic circles. He was politically active in college, and worked on a number of campaigns thereafter. He [...]
MW: To Sarah, With Love
Posted by: chatblu on: September 7, 2010
- In: Class Warfare | Feminism | Hillary Clinton | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Sarah Fundie Palin Gelical | Sexism | Women | You Tube
- 34 Comments
Anna Holmes wrote a zinger of an op-ed for the New York Times, entitled “A Palin of Our Own”. Here is her conclusion: “If Sarah Palin and her acolytes successfully redefine what it means to be a groundbreaking political woman, it will be because progressives let it happen — and in doing so, ensured that when [...]
Morning Widdershins: Laboring Under Misconceptions
Posted by: madamab on: September 6, 2010
Happy Labor Day, Widdershins! I hope you will take a moment to thank your unions today, in thought if not in deed, for their historical contributions to the existence of the American middle class. Before we got together and forced our bosses to treat us better, the work week was longer, lunch breaks were few [...]
Lazy Sunday: Disaster Flicks
Posted by: chatblu on: September 5, 2010
- In: movies | Open Thread | You Tube
- 25 Comments
It’s Sunday again, and time for some serious diversion in which all can participate. I know that most of you were bored insensible with yesterday’s football post, and I thank all for indulging me in that. So today we are back to the movies, and we will enjoy sharing our very favorite disaster flicks. Many [...]
MW: Are You Ready For Some Football???
Posted by: chatblu on: September 4, 2010
I am soooooooo ready for some football. This summer, during “The Dark Times”, I have had to content myself with watching reruns of The Replacements and Remember The Titans. I have watched the pre-season pro games, for what they’re worth. But now it’s time for NCAA football, my very favorite. I watched the South Carolina [...]
Feminist Friday: Menacin’ Men-i-cine
Posted by: madamab on: September 3, 2010
- In: Feminism | Healthcare | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Propaganda | Sexism | Snark | Women
- 51 Comments
A couple of days ago, I was on my way to temple in a taxi. The driver had the radio turned to NPR, and the news roundup was on. One story I heard was nothing less than horrifying. In ecstatic tones normally reserved for the utterances of the Pope or Brad Pitt, the announcer stated that a [...]
MW: Can It Be???
Posted by: chatblu on: September 2, 2010
- In: Current Events | Economy | Feminism | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Women
- 41 Comments
Time.com ran a zinger of an article temptingly titled “Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top.” Granted, there has been a lot written lately about women in the workplace. However, this is really BIG news. Sort of. Author Belinda Lipscomb writes: The fact that the average American working woman earns only about 8o% of what the [...]
Activist Wednesday: One Nation for Peace and Justice
Posted by: madamab on: September 1, 2010
- In: Economy | Human Rights | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | War
- 54 Comments
As more and more lefties understand that change will not come unless we demand it, old alliances are breaking up and new ones forming. A promising new group has combined United for Peace and Justice, After Downing Street and a number of others like them into one large organization called One Nation for Peace and [...]
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