ENGLAND: The Church of England has appointed Dr Jeffrey John, an openly gay clergymember, as Bishop of Southwark. Supporters maintain that John is the right man to lead the liberal diocese, […]
Author: Anna Kelner
Newsflash: New York Passes Nation’s First Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
On Thursday, the New York State Senate passed a landmark bill granting overtime pay, paid vacation days, a day off each week, and protections against sexual harassment to domestic workers. […]
Newsflash: Australia Elects Its First Woman Prime Minister
Australia just beat America (and Hillary Clinton) to the punch: yesterday, Julia Gillard was sworn in as its first woman prime minister after a surprising Labor Party leadership vote. Gillard […]
Global Beat: Egypt, Ireland, England, North Korea, The Maldives
EGYPT: Only one woman won a seat in Egypt’s mid-term Upper Parliament elections this month, and the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights is not happy about it. The Center blames […]
No Comment: Baby Gaga
For those of us already upset by the media’s hypersexualization of women, the sexualization of little girls can really throw us into a tizzy. So you can imagine how feminists […]
No Comment: Craigslist Edition
One reality “TV SHOW” is looking for some “FRAZZLED & DISHEVELLED FEMALES” to transform into beauteous–even “BEAUTTEOUS”–Brides-To-Be. In their Craigslist quest to find “REAL WOMEN” in need of a makeover, the […]
Global Beat: Pesticides Cause Suicides in China?
CHINA: A deadly pesticide could be contributing to high suicide rates among China’s rural women, reports Ms. Blogger Megan Shank in The Daily Beast. Chinese women are 25 percent more likely […]
No Comment: Interactive Ad Edition
Where do environmentalism, shaving and penis jokes intersect? Philips Norelco has found the magic answer with a new ad campaign, which encourages the would-be shaver to create a virtual self complete […]