Here’s a list of the 31 women-hating Senators in the national Congress of the United States of America (including one WOMAN!), plus the coward who did not vote one way or the other. Remember their names the next time they are up for re-election! I’ve also added their phone numbers so you can contact them […]
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History, His-Story vs. Herstory, Her-Story: Where Are the Women in Our Story?
In response to a reader’s comment on my usage of “his-story” and “herstory” in this post, I wrote this little response. The terms herstory / her-story are used in feminist writings for the precise point of underlining exactly how much women have been left out of the masculine narrative of world events, i.e., history. I […]
REVIEW: Divine Women – When God Was a Girl, BBC Two Television Series
A current series on BBC Two is shaking up the bubble of religious misogyny that the Catholic church and fundamental conservatives don’t want you to know about. Bettany Hughes, anthropologist and author of The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life and Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful […]
NEWS: The War on Women
With the current political climate in the United States, tensions are running higher than ever in the battle for women’s rights. In fact, the GOP’s consistent disregard for a woman’s sovereignty over her own body has been dubbed the “War on Women.” In the world of social networking, the hashtagged terms #waronwomen and #wherearethewomen have […]
Back to Work & Activism for Women’s Rights
So after a 10-day hiatus due to my daughter’s Spring Break, I’m back at work, writing, creating, and generally trying to get my steam back after being so darn lazy. My daughter and I spent every day together swimming in the pool, biking around town, and walking to our favorite shops. All of this was […]
NEWS: No Women on House of Representatives’ Birth Control Panel
by Trish Causey Originally Published February 17, 2012 In yet another egregious action by the neo-cons of the United States’ central government, House Republicans created a panel to discuss birth control insurance coverage, and yet, no women were invited to participate. On the Democratic Congressional Committee website, they have a petition going, “Where Are the […]
NEWS: Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
by Trish Causey originally published February 14, 2012 As people around the world celebrate love on Valentine’s Day, I feel it is important to bring attention to a day that has probably never made the American evening news and will certainly never pop up on trendy blogs. A few days ago, the World Health Organization […]
DailyOJ 11-19-11: PC Muscles, Periods, and Belly Dancing
November 19, 2011 (* In response to a man who said young women should “exercise their PC muscles even if they are still relatively young there are so many benefits,” to which I disagreed and was asked by another man to provide “some instructive reasons” to support my feelings. *) I’m a hu(wo)manist, and activist, […]
OpEd: The Truth About the Hard Fuck, Pulling Out, & Talking Afterward
On another forum, I read a recent series of posts in a particular thread that once again compel me to want to pull my hair out! A man had discovered his multiple orgasm potential and was sharing the experience with his new female partner. He wanted to try slow sex to avoid the rigorous thrusting […]
NEWS: Sex Education in Middle School Still Includes Abstinence-Only Program
After the disgusting male chauvinism displayed by the Republicans in the United States Congress recently, the Puritanical hammer hit home (again) this morning. I received a recorded phone message from my daughter’s middle school, explaining that the new state law requiring sex education in our public schools is going into effect. Parents and educators are […]
