It’s a strange thing, being in airports. I imagine them as these micro-versions of the cities where they are based and travelers from other U.S. cities are like foreigners looking to find their own cultural souvenirs, or metaphorical passport stamp. Yes, sometimes these places are home to concentrated evil that we’d all like to forget… [Read more…]
May 11, 2010
To my horror, I received an email this morning with the subject line, “Are You Pretty Enough to Get A Job?” Normally, Excelle sends me advice with empowering information on how to forward my career ambitions with confidence, strategy and feminist savvy. Well, not today. I was thoroughly disappointed to receive such an insulting and… [Read more…]
May 7, 2010
May is National Teen Pregnancy Month and the Candie’s Foundation has several public service announcements and campaigns “educating” youth about teen pregnancy. As the child of teen parents, I feel very strongly about sex education and teen pregnancy awareness, but I completely disagree with the approach the foundation — and many American schools — have… [Read more…]
April 30, 2010
Many love the eclectic mix and match clothes at American Apparel (myself included), but I think a lot of us are officially OVER those demeaning advertisements where women are reduced to sexual objects.
March 11, 2010
The hands of government are opening and welcoming women into power within India's legislation.
March 8, 2010
Happy International Women’s Day! In honor of this special day for women everywhere, Ms. Magazine has launched their new blog! To check out the latest in women’s news across the globe, go to Ms. Blog at MsMagazine.com. And, for an updated look at their special post for today, view: How We’re Doing: International Women’s Day… [Read more…]
September 13, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Over the last couple weeks I read two very interesting books centered on the future of humankind and concerns of population control. Both proposed these extremist views of birth, life and death in the wake of a post-apocalyptic Earth. In the Handmaid’s Tale, by Maragaret Atwood, the United States has become a… [Read more…]
September 7, 2009
Countless articles about the lack of women’s rights in foreign countries beg the question — what are men afraid of? Honestly, the way Afghan women are starved for not performing properly in bed; a journalist is punished for wearing pants in Sudan; and countless women are raped by rebel forces in the Republic of Congo… [Read more…]
January 25, 2009
Image by ~MVI~ via Flickr Though the weather is icy in many parts of the country, less people are feeling the chill of the last eight years of President Bush’s regime as President Barack Obama warms the White House with his new policies, including the closing of Gitmo, his new economic stimulus plan and staying… [Read more…]
January 21, 2009
A Reflection on Inauguration Day Tuesday, January 20, 2009 began as every other day as I awoke this morning. Yet, by the time I stepped down my front stoop and closed my red front door, something was different. Did I forget my keys? Nope. Deodorant? No, remembered that too. As I shoved my keys back… [Read more…]
March 6, 2008
Day 1 – The Global Peace Initiative of Women Making Way for the Feminine The putter of the auto rickshaw engine syncopated with the rhythm of my fidgeting leg as I approached the Clarks Amer Hotel in Jaipur. I quickly tried to brush my wind-knotted hair as the auto squeaked to a halt. I thanked… [Read more…]
December 6, 2007
Women Say The F-Word By Christa Babson-ThomasAn Analysis of Women’s Political Discussions On Blogs — Entry 5Published On: WordPress.com November 15, 2007
December 6, 2007
From Hero To Foe? By Christa Babson-ThomasAn Analysis of Women’s Political Discussion On Blogs — Entry 4Published On: WordPress.com November 8, 2007
December 6, 2007
Media Circus, Celebrity Election By Christa Babson-ThomasAn Analysis of Women’s Political Discussions On Blogs — Entry 3Published On: WordPress.com November 1, 2007
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