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Choice may be sacred, but it's not always empowering - Opinion - smh.com.au

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

'We are just protecting women's rights to take their clothes off," was the Irish budget airline Ryanair's response when it came under fire this month for a charity calendar that showcased its female employees, bikini babe-style.

5 New Years Resolutions for Wives...

Source: MSN

Okay... am I really that much of a feminist that this article bothered me?? I mean what about the 5 things HUSBANDS should do??

Women's Mideast Peace Movement Marks 20 Long Years

Source:

Women in Black have been publicly mourning Israel's military occupation of the West Bank for 20 years. As members mark the anniversary amid the latest peace talks, they say their message is still timely even if their street protests have dwindled.

The pain behind the princess myth - National - smh.com.au

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

It's down there on the bottom shelf, at just the right height to catch the eye of any passing three-year-old, a My Baby Princess doll, all blue eyes, golden hair and frills, with a sign saying "Press my bow - my rose glows." A snap at $39.99.

Kites and Other Cultural Baggage: What Muslim Immigrants Pack

Source: Pajamas Media

A top Muslim cleric, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said that Muslim women who do not wear the hijab "should die." He went further: "These women and their husbands and their fathers must die." ...

Bush "once you make the sale, move on." (regarding his daughter)

Source: Feministing

As 2007 comes to an end, how poetic that our very own president would give the Sexist Quote of the Year. In People magazine's end-of-the-year review with George Bush, he is asked:

"Once women burned their bras, today they send photos of their breasts to lad mags and call it liberating." Hooray for women's liberation.

Source: BBC News

Twenty years ago when I was in my teens, Page Three girls seemed old fashioned. Surely it was just a matter of time before they disappeared altogether. Not only has Page Three survived, it has been joined by almost every other page of a newspaper, including the front.

Welcome to Oregon: Land of Domestic Abuse Endorsement

Source:

This article is easily portraying the most disturbing series of events I have seen happen to any one person. How injustice can occur at so many corners and in so many flavors to this woman is, quite frankly, unbelievable in 2007.

Swedish military lion castrated after women troops protest

Source: the Mail online

The proud lion of Sweden's Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms has been emasculated because a group of female soldiers lodged a complaint with the European Court of Justice.

Someone is very, very afraid of women

Source: Feministing

This one is the best. Perhaps my favorite hate mail ever, in fact--just because it's so telling. Dear Jessica,

Honor Murders in the West: I Implore Real Feminists to Speak Out

Source: netWMD

She held her daughter down while her husband slaughtered her as if she were an animal—as if she were a woman who had provoked her own murder. Indeed, her parents never showed any remorse. Zein Isa told the police that she "deserved it, that she attacked me." ...

Iran: Dissidents receive email death threats

Source: AKI

Dozens of feminists, human rights activists, student leaders and journalists in Iran have received an email death threat in the last few days.

Coaching boys into men.

Source: FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND

Good advice in a day when so many boys are without male role models living in the home.

Today's girls would rather look sexy than be clever

Source: Guardian Unlimited

This generation is being sexualised before they reach their teens, a trend which threatens their self worth, warns a top US female academic. Women have fought for decades to be treated as men's equals.

Argentina: 'It Will Be Harder for Me Because I'm a Woman,' Says New President

Source: Inter Press Service (IPS)

In an unusual ceremony that anticipates continuity but with nuances, Senator Cristina Fernández took office Monday as the first elected female president of Argentina, succeeding her husband, outgoing President Néstor Kirchner.

Paper Trails: Carrie Chapman Catt

Source: Lapham's Quarterly

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Bonfire of the Disney Princesses

Source: The Nation

Contrary to the rumors I have been trying to spread for some time, Disney Princess products are not contaminated with lead.

Reverse sexism and reverse racism

I am part of another online community - a feminist community - which does not recognise 'reverse discrimination'. Specifically, it does not recognise 'reverse sexism' or 'reverse racism'.

The Feminist Scourge? A Response to "What Feminism Has Rot"

In his article What Feminism Has Rot [sic], author TheSharpenedPen asserts that feminism is killing us, and makes the following argument:Violence among young girls is sharply on the rise.Reported problems dealt with by teachers differ sharply between those reported in 1940 and th …

Today's girls 'would rather look sexy than be clever' | UK News | The Observer

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Women have fought for decades to be treated as men's equals. Yet today's girls are being told that female empowerment simply comes from being 'sexy', according to a new book by the managing editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Basra's murderous militias tell Christian women to cover up or face death

Source: The Times

On her first day at Basra University this year a man came up to Zeena, a 21-year-old Christian woman, and three other Christian girls and ordered them to cover their heads with a hijab, or Islamic headscarf.

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