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Occupy Oakland: The Assault on Patriarchy Continues At the GA on Sunday, 1/27, approximately 90% of those in attendance
expressed an interest in continuing a discussion on the harmful practices
of patriarchy at the GA next Sunday, 2/3. I take this to mean that we
don’t want these problems to be neglected any longer. Several agenda items
have been suggested for this work, and we hope others will critique this
list and contribute items of their own. Here are some agenda offerings:...
Posted: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 10:31am PST
A Call to End Femicide and Drug Cartels in Juarez The increase of violence and little to no action by the Mexican government to end the problems create deaths of innocent people. Women and girls are being murdered and nothing is done. By bringing awareness to the issue there are different activists working to solve the issue and end the violence....
Posted: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 10:10pm PST
Women in the Election This op-ed has to do with women's issues in the election. When this o-ed was written the election was going on and greatly influenced my writing...
Posted: Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:38pm PST
Taking Away an Substantial Right Woman deserve to do whatever they want to their bodies and there is no one that is justifiable to judge them....
Posted: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:06pm PST
Women Fighting For Their Lives In Egypt Women activists in Egypt are more than concerned about threats to rights, about threats to their lives, and they are taking to the streets in Cairo to say so. They are upset about the blind eye the State turns toward violence against women, and they are worried about the new constitution which may pretty much subject them to oppression under Sharia law, as interpreted by the top men of Egypt....
Posted: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 3:51pm PDT
Yeah But Did Jesus Masturbate? So, a Dr. King agrees to look over an ancient piece of papyrus of a certain tested date and qualifies what seems to be a reference to a wife that Jesus might have had....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 2:57pm PDT
Join forces with Stop Patriarchy Bay Area! Check out the flier and video (7:11) to see what we're up to, and how you can get involved!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 5:21pm PDT
Pussy Riot Makes Video Thanking Supporters: "Our Country Is Dominated By Evil Men" Pussy Riot members made a video thanking their supporters, and burned a picture of Vladimar Putin. The video is a little over one and a half minutes long....
Posted: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 4:05am PDT
A heroine lives among us: abortion rights activist and political cartoonist Pat Maginnis When asked how many leaflets she thought she had distributed in her lifetime, octogonerian Pat Maginnis responded that she had stopped counting after a million....
Posted: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 1:52am PDT
Why The GOP Can't Defeat The Vagina! For one, there's a brain attached to it,...
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2012 10:04am PDT
Pakistan: Gang-Rape, Murder of a Pakistani Christian Girl I have been informed by BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos and Pakistan Christian Post that Muqadas Kainat , a 12 years old Christian girl was attacked in Sahiwal city, in the country's east-central Punjab province, on August 14 when people celebrated Pakistan's annual Independence Day, confirmed the Pakistan Christian Congress (PCC) party Monday, August 27....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 1:13pm PDT
Good Riddance "Hooters" A Hooters restaurant is now gone from San Francisco. This chain of restaurants named after women's breasts had been in the Fisherman's Wharf area of the city for several years and has vanished into thin air!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 11:45pm PDT
Domestic Violence Victims Left to Die by California Bar Association Attorneys Police, district attorneys refuse to help domestic violence victims and recommend civil actions. In civil actions the abusers are represented but no attorney in California will help victims in personal injury cases and victims are left to die or beg their batterers for mercy...
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 10:41pm PDT
US Forest Service: First They Raped Her, Then They Fired Comanche Woman Firefighter Native American whistleblower who was raped and beaten on the job fired from US Forest Service...
Posted: Thu, May 31, 2012 7:00pm PDT
Some Thoughts on Patriarchy This is just a little essay covering familiar ground on the issue of patriarchy but pushing the idea further into considering the ways patriarchy infects our social relationships with each other....
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2012 9:04am PDT
Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant: Naked Facts about Women and Equality The first step towards true equality is realizing where the power is and “showing up” to grab it. Females must burst into the public sphere, frequenting political meetings, community events and legal forums....
Posted: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 8:17pm PDT
Free Belly Dance Classes ~East Bay Free Skool Beginning Belly Dance Classes, in Berkeley
Sundays, from 10:00-11:30.
RSVP for directions...
Posted: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 4:02pm PDT
Okupan cuartel militar por el Dia de la mujer en Chiapas Mujeres Abejas de Chiapas Okupan cuartel militar por el Dia de la mujer en Chiapas
Mujeres Abejas de Chiapas, despues de una peregrinacion, ocupan el cuartel militar de Majomut, para el Dia Internacional de La Mujer,
el 8 de marzo...
Posted: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 1:53pm PST
Emergency Call-Out to All #Occupiers in Michigan and Surrounding Areas OCCUPY SAGINAW NEEDS YOUR HELP! Occupy Saginaw is organizing an International Women's Day march and rally this Thursday, March 8, focusing on the issues of rape and rape culture. At the same time, a pair of disgruntled ex-participants in OS have been calling the media, unions and even other #Occupy members, with the intent of sabotaging this event....
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 7:12pm PST
Two women escape from Blaine Street Jail Two women escaped from Blaine Street Women's Jail sometime Monday and are believed to have left the immediate area, according to the Sheriff's Office....
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 1:57pm PST
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