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A few points to spark discussion [ Sunday February 27th,2005@2:07pm] cobain27 [ mood | contemplative ] [ music | BTVS ] X-posted to cobain27 (my main journal), _your_cocaine (my rant journal), feminazis and kissmyass_cosmo I think models are anti-feminist and I have absolutely no respect for them. People keep saying Model X is so smart, if she's smart why is she getting paid to be an unattainable standard put in place to make young women feel bad about themselves? What kind of intelligant self respecting woman would strut down a runway and be all about her looks? I look at the feminist attack on pornography and the like, and I wonder why these people are not against modeling? It has the exact same standard of anti-natural beauty. Modeling is women solely getting known because of the way they look, not their minds, not any accomplishments but because they're pretty and they strut on runways. How is that in any way pro-feminist. Even the heavy models, anyone...ANYONE that stands in front of a camera and gets paid to fit a certain standard of beauty (be they thin or heavy) is blatantly anti-feminist. They're using their looks to get ahead in life rather than their brain. I have no respect for models or porn stars. Note that I'm not saying censor modeling...or even saying to censor porn. Women can make their own choices (that's what feminism is about) and if a woman chooses to let guys screw them for a living, or to strut down a runway so men in "the bizz" think they're hot stuff, that's their deal. But I stand by my stand against models, I have zero respect for them. As people they strike me as shallow and not too intelligent. "Yea I'm going to get rich because I'm pretty, fuck having a brain I have looks". Anorexia is so prominant in this society and people keep asking why, why do you fucking think? Look at the women teenage girls are looking up to, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilaira, Jessica Simpson...girls with little to no musical talent but very thin and attractive. Musicians, actors, everyone fits a standard. Oh sure sometimes shows have the "tolken fat girl" to try and appear sensative, but they emphasize on the fact that the tolken fat chick is...well a fat girl. They do important after-school-special type episodes about loving everyone for who they are INSIIIIDE, and all the pretty people feel so PC because they accepted the fat girl despite her weight. Why even make it an issue, why not just include the girl in the show without mentioning that she's fat and without doing plotlines centered around her weight? Kids notice what the media points out, the majority of people are helpless puppets. /fin

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On-time Weekly Feminazi News [ Thursday January 27th,2005@5:33am] disconscious Connecticut Business - State, National, World News from The Hartford Courant - BUSINESS: "If the first wave of feminism was about burning your bra, the feminism of today is about donating it. Well, sort of. Feminism has stepped off the national stage and right into our everyday lives. That's what Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards learned when they set out to update their book 'Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future.' Today's feminists are donating clothing to help low-income women who need help preparing for the workplace; they're examining their universities' policies regarding sexual assault; they're starting body-image classes at their schools, and more. It's all chronicled in Richards and Baumgardner's new book 'Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $14)." AllHipHop.com : News "The Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago will host what organizers have billed the first national conference on the topic of “Feminism and Hip-Hop,” in April. The conference aims to provide a forum to discuss and analyze the relevance of feminist agendas to the Hip-Hop generation." Young America's Foundation Speaker Christina Sommers, author of "The War Against Boys" and "Who Stole Feminism?" "CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS Christina Hoff Sommers is the W.H. Brady Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She is the author of a book for Simon & Schuster entitled The War Against Boys. For more than a decade, women’s groups have been telling the public that our nation’s girls are being academically "shortchanged," drained of self-esteem by a society that favors boys. Sommers will show that it is boys, not girls, who are on the weak side of the gender gap." Christina Hoff Sommers: "Christina Hoff Sommers Hoff Sommers has written two major books, both subsidized by the conservative movement. Who Stole Feminism? The first, Who Stole Feminism, is a rip on so-called 'Gender Feminists'. A critical review of it in Z Magazine pointed out numerous flaws (see more about this book below): 'Who Stole Feminism? is a deeply flawed book--not because it 'dares' to challenge the feminist 'orthodoxy,' but because it distorts scholarly research and feminist views in order to tear down a straw person called 'gender feminism.'' The War Against Boys In The War Against Boys Hoff Sommers 'accuses feminists...of waging war against American boys.' This book was roundly and soundly debunked by the Washington Post in July of 2000: 'Examined carefully, Sommers's case does not hold up well. She persistently misrepresents scholarly debate, ignores evidence that contradicts her assertions, and directs intense scrutiny at studies she opposes while giving a free critical ride to research she supports..." Stanley Kurtz on Christina Hoff Sommers & Girl Power on National Review Online: "magine that a feminist heroine like Carol Gilligan or Catherine MacKinnon had been silenced by federal officials at a government-sponsored conference, simply for airing her feminist views. Then imagine MacKinnon or Gilligan being put upon by a group of paid government consultants and told by a man to 'shut the f*ck up, bitch' while the rest of the crowd laughed at her derisively. Now imagine our feminist heroine, having been publicly silenced and insulted, finally leaving the conference, while the federal officials running the show did nothing to challenge or chastise the man who had hurled the insult. Of course, none of this happened to Catherine MacKinnon or Carol Gilligan. Just imagine the media firestorm if it did. But this did happen to the famous critic of feminism, Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "

Late Weekly Feminazi News [ Tuesday January 25th,2005@5:56am] disconscious Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/20/2005 | To feminist scholar, stint on 'Big Brother' like prison camp: "To feminist scholar, stint on 'Big Brother' like prison camp Germaine Greer says the show is an Orwellian ordeal of bullying, sensory deprivation and humiliation. By Sarah Lyall Possibly the only thing more surprising than the news that Germaine Greer - the Australian feminist, literary scholar and cultural critic - had joined the cast of the latest Celebrity Big Brother series was what she did when she quit, five days later." Telegraph | News | Feminist fighter determined to end years of fear: "Feminist fighter determined to end years of fear By Jack Fairweather Salama al-Khafaji is a very Iraqi female politician, preaching a very Iraqi strain of feminism while dressed from head to toe in a black veil. In very Iraqi fashion, she also had to witness the murder of her son at the hands of insurgents last summer." Newsday.com - State/Region News: "Writer and feminist Elizabeth Janeway dead at 91 January 18, 2005, 3:08 PM EST RYE, N.Y. (AP) _ Elizabeth Janeway, a writer, critic and early supporter of the women's movement, has died at age 91. Janeway, widow of presidential adviser Eliot Janeway, died Saturday at the Osborn Retirement Community in Rye, her son, Michael Janeway, said Tuesday. Elizabeth Janeway wrote seven novels between the 1940s and the 1960s, including 'The Walsh Girls' (1943) and 'Daisy Kenyon' (1945), which was made into a movie starring Joan Crawford. As a reviewer for The New York Times, she championed Vladimir Nabokov's controversial 'Lolita' (1958) against charges of indecency. In the 1970's, she became a noted supporter of feminism, befriending Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Kate Millett and writing 'Man's World, Woman's Place' (1971), 'Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening' (1974) and 'Improper Behavior' (1987). Because of her husband's eminence in Washington, Janeway's acquaintances included presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson as well as Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices and labor leaders. Besides her son Michael, a professor at Columbia University's journalism school, she is survived by another son William Janeway, a vice president of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, and also by three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter." eBay item 3776874787 (Ends Jan-22-05 20:31:11 PST) - Valerie Solanas SCUM punk outsider art radical feminist (A SCUM T-Shirt. Sold for $45.) The homepage of the best supplier of transvestite and she-male magazines on the net!! (A website that sells magazines for she-males. Hardcore trannie erotica.) Thoughts and Opinions of a Formerly Homeless Girl - Domestic Violence "Escaping Abuse By A Safe Mama It was a sunny day in June the first time he hit me. We were in my car, I had just bailed him out of jail, and I was the (un)lucky person who got to tell him that his parents said he wasn’t allowed to come back home. We went to get something to eat and on the way back to his parents’ house to pick up a few things, he did it. He punched me in the arm. I was shocked, I was mad, I was crying. I pulled over and he got out of my car. I should have shut the door and shut him out of my life right then, but I didn’t. When he got out he told me that it was over and he was leaving me. There I was, 19 with an almost 1 year old, my arm starting to bruise and swell, and all I could do was cry “No baby, don’t leave me, I love you!” The sad part is, I really thought I did. He was great for the next week or so. We went on a family vacation, and when we got back we were moving in together. I knew this would fix everything. We would be the happy little family on TV. That wasn’t the case at all; in fact it was the opposite. He started doing more drugs and doing less around the house and for our child. I wasn’t allowed to work but he didn’t have a job. Money was beyond tight and he made me steal from my parents. He told his mom he had a job and since they thought he was being so responsible, they paid our rent each month. The abuse got worse and worse as the weeks went on. He would have his friends over and they would get high, they would leave and I would receive his anger. I was hit, pushed, cut, punched, had a knife held to me, and was thrown into walls. I would be covered in bruises and scabs and no one would ever say anything to me. This went on from June to December. I must have left him three times between then, but I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t have the support I needed and I didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone the hell I was going through. Finally on December 23, I got enough courage to call my mom and dad and tell them what as going on. They let us move back in with them. If it weren’t for the support my parents gave me that night I called, I’m not sure I would be sitting here typing this right now. I am including a list of questions to ask yourself if you feel like you are being abused or were abused, and a checklist of things to look out for. If you are in this situation there is help out there for you. You can do it even if you feel all alone. There are shelters and resources there for you to use, USE THEM." New York Daily News - City News - Dead baby's mom just 13: "Dead baby's mom just 13 The parents of a newborn boy found dead in a gift bag dropped outside a Bronx church are a 13-year-old mom and a father just two years older, police said yesterday." VS. London Free Press: News Section - Romania woman, 66, becomes oldest mom: "Romania woman, 66, becomes oldest mom BUCHAREST -- Doctors said a 66-year-old Romanian woman gave birth yesterday to a baby girl becoming the world's oldest recorded woman to give birth. The child's twin sister was stillborn, they said. Romanian doctors at the Giulesti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest said Adriana Iliescu, who was artificially inseminated, delivered a daughter by caesarean section early yesterday." I saw those two news at the same time on the same Google news page. That made for an interesting contrast.

Weekly Feminazi News [ Thursday January 13th,2005@6:47am] disconscious Feminist Germaine Greer quits Big Brother: "Feminist Germaine Greer quits Big Brother: [Hollywood News]: London, Jan 13 : Feminist icon Germaine Greer has quit the popular British reality TV show, Celebrity Big Brother, saying she was 'a little naive' to appear on the programme. The author of 'The Female Eunuch' walked out after spending five days in the Big Brother house with Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife, model Brigitte Nielsen, and British sports commentator John McCririck, reported Contactmusic.com. Greer had agreed to appear on the show to raise funds to save a large part of an Australian rainforest. Calling the entertainment project 'a fascist prison', Greer, 65, said: 'The rainforest will be fine. I'll save it in other ways.' After leaving the Big Brother house, Greer insisted that reality television could not be described as 'wholesome family entertainment'." Yahoo! News - British feminist Germain Greer walks off reality TV show: "LONDON (AFP) - Germaine Greer, the writer who inspired a generation of feminists, walked off the set of "Celebrity Big Brother" after four days in the spotlight of British reality television. Speaking to fellow housemates while packing to leave, Greer said she was "leaving over specific issues, but (it's) best for everyone if I don't discuss them." "I have a problem with decisions, I make them fast and when I make them, I stick to them." " The Daily Telegraph | Time up for queen of feminism "ONE of her books was called The Madwoman's Underclothes – and after her adventures on reality TV this week Dr Germaine Greer, feminist icon, may have a new chapter to add. Dr Greer suddenly withdrew from the London Celebrity Big Brother house early yesterday just five days into the reality TV show which is fighting to preserve its faltering ratings. She was unsure if her early withdrawal would cost her the fee she negotiated, reported as being between $100,000 and $125,000. Even then, though, what she was up to was unclear. She had listed the charity her fee would help as being Buglife, an operation dedicated to protecting British insects. But in her wordy and rambling justification, she indicated the money was destined for her rainforest conservation project in Australia. During her days in the Big Brother house, Dr Greer had acted as chief cook, done a couple of moderately revolting things, used her customary flowery profanities and called for everyone to take their clothes off." Ah ah ah! She is super. INSIDE JoongAng Daily "Feminist, Confucian deflect hojuje question January 13, 2005 ㅡ Jang Ha-jin, the newly appointed minister of gender equality, discussed improvements in women's rights with Choi Gun-duk, head of the nation's conservative Confucian groups. Ms. Jang and Mr. Choi, head of Sungkyunkwan, or the National Center for Confucianism and Confucian Societies, met yesterday at Sungkyunkwan University. The rare meeting between the top feminist and the chief Confucianist took about 10 minutes" Algeria: Women left unprotected from violence and discrimination - Amnesty International: "Algeria: Women left unprotected from violence and discrimination Amnesty International today highlighted the Algerian government's failure to protect women against rape, beatings and widespread legal and economic discrimination, in a 38-page briefing to the United Nations. The briefing also describes the consequences for women of the government's failure to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for thousands of 'disappearances' during Algeria's brutal internal conflict in the 1990's. " Terre Promise "Terre Promise Réalisateur : Amos Gitaï Synopsis : Une nuit dans le désert du Sinaï, au clair de lune, un groupe d’hommes et de femmes se réchauffe autour d’un feu de camp. Les femmes sont d’Europe de l’Est, les hommes sont des bédouins. Demain, ils passeront la frontière en secret et les femmes seront vendues aux enchères. Elles passeront de main en main, victimes d’un réseau international de traite des blanches. Une nuit, dans un club, Diana rencontre Rose. Elle la supplie de l’aider. Leur rencontre est un signe d’espoir dans la descente aux enfers de ces femmes." With pictures. Le Monde.fr : "Terre promise" : Amos Gitaï filme la traite des corps en Israël: "Dans le nouveau long métrage d'Amos Gitaï, de jeunes Estoniennes sont acheminées par des mafieux, vendues à la criée, transférées dans un bordel. La prostitution est l'un des sujets brûlants de ce pays. Film franco-israélien d'Amos Gitaï avec Anne Parillaud, Hanna Schygulla, Diana Bespechni, Rosamund Pike. (1 h 30.)" From Le Monde. Promised Land - ARTE With a trailer. Amos Gitai - Promised Land: "A FILM BY AMOS GITAI Promised Land Synopsis: It is night in the Sinai desert. A group of men and women keep warm around a campfire under the moonlight. The women speak Russian, they come from the East. The men are Bedouins, who normally tend their herds in the vicinity. Tomorrow, if everything goes well, they will secretly cross the border. Tomorrow, Diana, Katia, Kristina and the others will be beaten, raped, and auctioned off. They will be passed from one hand to another, victims of an international network of trafficking in women. One night, in a club, Diana meets Rose. She asks for her help. Help, to save her from this network, which is run by Anne, Hanna, Yussuf and Hezi. PROMISED LAND is the story of their encounter and of some sign of hope in these women's descent into hell." In English. Programmation spéciale "Ni putes ni soumises" sur Canal pour les 2 ans du mouvement - Yahoo! Actualité: "Programmation spéciale 'Ni putes ni soumises' sur Canal pour les 2 ans du mouvement PARIS (AFP) - Le mouvement "Ni putes ni soumises", présidé par Fadela Amara, fête ses deux ans d'existence en partenariat avec Canal+ qui annonce une programmation spéciale du 5 janvier au 1er février sous le signe des valeurs de laïcité, d'égalité et de mixité. Tous les jours en clair, du mercredi 5 janvier jusqu'au 1er février, Canal+ diffuse à 12H35 "Blessures de femmes", vingt clips de témoignages de maltraitance (18 femmes et deux hommes) filmés par la photographe et réalisatrice Catherine Cabrol. Certains témoignages sont à visage découvert, d'autres non, mais tous sont poignants qu'ils parlent d'agressions sexuelles, d'excision ou de violences conjugales. Ce programme a été fait en collaboration avec "Ni putes ni soumises", SOS Femmes accueil, l'Association internationale des victimes de l'inceste, Inceste.org, Regards de femmes, le GAMS (Groupe des femmes pour les abolitions des mutilations sexuelles)." "Ni putes ni soumises" is a movement by women from the suburbs (most notably from Maghreb) against the specific sexism and machism in those areas. Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Women of the year: "Women of the year Condoleezza Rice Being the most powerful woman in the world is easily reason enough to leapfrog Condi into the list (Wu Yi, vice-premier of China, comes second in Forbes' power list). We might have misgivings over her hawkishness, but her move in November from US national security adviser to secretary of state saw her become the first black woman to fill the role, and her close working relationship with Bush means she will be a major influence on, well, the whole world for the next four years. Love her or loathe her - and being slap-bang in the heart of the worryingly anti-abortion Bush administration does make her one of those people for whom a waiver of the normal rules of sisterhood can apply - she's had an extraordinary year and completely skittled the hoary old notion that female politicians only do the soft jobs." Plus many other names.

Spam and harassment [ Wednesday January 12th,2005@2:07pm] disconscious The user urananalorifice was suspended from LJ. Report such spamming and harassment directly to lj_abuse in the future. Well, that is, if it bothers you. I personally don't care but I like writing to lj_abuse because they are so cute. Plus, when the user is suspended, all its posts and comments are deleted automatically, so this saves a lot of work. Remember: Smoking kills. My icon is in a no way an endorsement of that bad bad bad habit. Eww.

yoko ono - feminist icon [ Sunday January 9th,2005@9:44pm] autodidactic [ mood | bitchy ] The next time anyone around you (usually a man) says something derogatory about Yoko Ono, ask them quite sincerely why they hate her. Nine times out of ten it will be because of something having to do with the "emasculation" of one of the big male rock icons of last century. Or because of some perceived "lack of talent". Or because of some perceived responsibility for the breakup of a boy's club of rockstars. In other words, most of the common reasons for "hating" Yoko Ono usually come from sexism, plain and simple. The least sexist of all the allegations would be her perceived lack of talent, yet no one's going around hating Kerouac or DeKooning for being overhyped or any perceived lack of talent. Besides, even though it is usually credited under John Lennon's name, Ono was certainly responsible for these lyrics: Woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is...think about it Woman is the nigger of the world Think about it...do something about it We make her paint her face and dance If she won’t be slave, we say that she don’t love us If she’s real, we say she’s trying to be a man While putting her down we pretend that she is above us Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don’t belive me take a look to the one you’re with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Ah yeah...better screem about it We make her bear and raise our children And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother then We tell her home is the only place she would be Then we complain that she’s too unworldly to be our friend Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don’t belive me take a look to the one you’re with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Yeah (think about it) We insult her everyday on TV And wonder why she has no guts or confidence When she’s young we kill her will to be free While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is If you don’t belive me take a look to the one you’re with Woman is the slaves of the slaves Yes she is...if you belive me, you better screem about it. We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance

[ Friday January 7th,2005@12:22am] cobain27 Have a miscarriage, go to jail" by Maura in VA Thu Jan 6th, 2005 at 16:44:34 PST Imagine the following scenario. You are at home alone at 8:00 on a Friday night. You are 8 weeks pregnant. All of a sudden, you begin to experience heavy cramping and bleeding. You realize with shock and sadness that you are probably experiencing a miscarriage. You are overwhelmed with grief and surprised by the intensity of physical pain involved. When your partner comes home, you break the sad news to him. Over the next few hours, you suffer pain, cramping, and intermittent bleeding. Exhausted, you finally fall asleep in your partner's arms around 4 AM. You sleep until noon. Guess what? You just earned yourself up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. Why? Because you failed to call the cops and report your miscarriage within 12 hours. True? Not yet. But if Delegate John Cosgrove (R-78) has his way, HB1677 will become law in a few short months, and this scenario will be reality for many women in Virginia. Incredulous? Outraged? Read on below the jump for more information on this odious bill......... (read the article for the rest)

Weekly Feminazi News [ Thursday January 6th,2005@5:59am] disconscious :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::: "Centennial of the Feminist Movement in the Philippines at the Manila Hotel WOMEN play a vital role in nation-building. In their bosoms lie the seeds of the future. Our history shows that our women have ably performed their tasks. In many instances, they were the vanguard in the growth and development of our nation." Navel Gazing - Why even feminists are obsessed with fat. By Laura Kipnis: "America's obsession with fat is increasingly colonizing the cultural imagination, and not just on sadistic reality-TV diet shows like The Biggest Loser. There's also been a lot of fat on the New York stage lately. Neil LaBute's devastating new play, Fat Pig, offers thwarted love between a fat woman and a thin man with really mean friends; in The Good Body, Eve Ensler's one-woman show, the audience is treated to the self-loathing feminist equivalent of a money shot: Ensler yanks her blouse up and waistband down, and there in all its naked shame is her dirty little secret, a small pot belly. Ensler and LaBute couldn't be more different in sensibility, except that for both, fat spells abjection. For anyone in quest of another angle, a new collection of essays, Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession, edited by Don Kulick and Anne Meneley, takes on the same terrain from a cross-cultural perspective, providing a welcome departure from both fat-as-sideshow or Ensler-style navel gazing." ILW.COM - immigration news: Feminist Argument For H-4B Work Visas: "Feminist Argument For H-4B Work Visas by Rob Sanchez 'Immigrants bring with them the values and beliefs of their home country and are unlikely to assimilate into American culture' - Peter Brimelow - Alien Nation A new study was published from Boston University that makes a feminist argument for allowing the spouses of H-1Bs to obtain work visas." Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage: "SD: Abortion Ban Bill, if Introduced, Would be Signed by Governor South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds (R) said that if a bill banning abortion in the state was introduced in the next session of the legislature, he would sign the measure into law. "

[ Friday December 24th,2004@7:25pm] mr_gender_lesz [ music | The Who ] i am a feminist. but i don't hate men, and i don't see the point of it. Feminism fights for equality between the genders and it fights against gender rules that are put upon humans only to alienate and exploit us. Finding men as the problem in this society, i believe is wrong, because men are victims to the oppressive gender templates, and not all men/boys are sexist, even though the majority of men are sexist or don't recognise women's rights. My dad is a man, and he's a feminist, and i mean it. he IS feminist. Hating men isn't anything to do with feminism. And also, i'm a little confused. how come some of the women in this community are straight or sexually attracted to males? You can't hate males if you are sexually attracted to them. i think you oughta kick them out because they don't know what the hell they are doing. they are just plain stupid. stupid because they think they hate males when they are infact falling inlove with them and developing relationships with them. plus, i am not a member, but the community is pretty much open. if you didn't want me posting in the first place, you shouldn't have made it open. what can't just hate misoginests, machismo and sexist men? Why do you have to be against all men?? I can recognise that this is possibly a radical feminist community, but isn't it illogical to be prejudice towards a large majority? you are simply generalising here. I am a radical/socialist feminist, but i don't have to hate men.

Simone Veil and the legalization of abortion in France. [ Sunday December 19th,2004@6:15pm] saravana A series of radio broadcasts by Radio France, 30 years after the law allowing abortion in France was passed. The law is called "Loi Veil", from the name of the deputy who passed it through the French parliament, Simone Veil, pictured left. Listen: Radio programs. Read: Press kit. For those who don't speak or read French: Is abortion a right? France reforms the Veil Act: Current developments and remaining restrictions on abortion in France + An overview of abortion legislation in Europe.

Weekly Feminazi News [ Thursday December 16th,2004@5:36am] disconscious Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action - Alliance canadienne féministe pour l'action internationale (FAFIA / AFAI) Being Jane Launches Explosive Online Community; www.beingjane.com Aims to Redefine Feminism, One Perception at a Time: "Being Jane Launches Explosive Online Community; www.beingjane.com Aims to Redefine Feminism, One Perception at a Time Being Jane Inc., is an explosive online community dedicated to shattering the preconceived notions of women in society and the evolving roles they are forced to play. Being Jane provides access to advice, mentoring, support and a compendium of women-related information that leverages the experiences of women who have achieved non-traditionally female goals. Visit online at http://www.beingjane.com." Bush’s New Cabinet Would Include Four Women "President Bush's new Cabinet will include at least four women, if his nominees are approved by the US Senate. This includes a move for Condoleeza Rice from National Security Advisor to Secretary of State, replacing Colin Powell. Rice would be only the second woman to hold the post, following Madeline Albright, who was appointed by former President Clinton." Feminists may form a new party in Sweden: "Group could divide mainstream votes STOCKHOLM Feminists in Sweden may form a political party to lobby for women's rights in elections in 2006, potentially taking votes away from mainstream parties."

[ Wednesday December 15th,2004@1:43pm] when_i_am_done Does anyone have any good links about how a lot of money is spent on men’s health and sexual dysfunctions (like Viagra) while women’s health is under-funded? thanks

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