Quick Hit: What a Feminist Cabinet Looks Like

Spain now has a cabinet that is made up of a majority of women.  Prime Minister Zapatero has also added a position for a Minister of Equality, legalized gay marriage in his first term, calls himself a feminist, and, without apology, was not afraid to appoint a woman who is seven months pregnant to be [...]

Isabel Allende, one awesome person :)

My new favorite website is TED.com.  It’s described as a place to see “inspired talks by the worlds greatest thinkers and doers.”  Basically, it’s youtube for intellectuals, and I love it.  The talks featured are all around 15-20 minutes–longer than your typical youtube vid, but definitely more worth your time.  I stumbled upon the site [...]

Fiengold calls for congress to do more to defend human rights

As my friend Hillary once stated, “women’s rights are human rights.”  And you know, if human rights are human rights, I don’t think the defense of them should be a partisan issue.  With a little Wisconsin pride bursting forth, I am glad to say that at least one congressperson understands this.  From The Nation:
Feingold is [...]

Send Queen Rania Your Stereotypes

This seems like a great project to get youths involved in a discussion about Arab cultures and life in the Arab region.  Queen Rania of Jordan, a powerful leader and women’s rights advocate,  is hoping to launch a youtube project in which people send in questions/stereotypes they have about her part of the world.  She [...]

Speaking of Ireland . . .

According to those helpful newsbriefs MU sends out (but that everyone deletes), former Irish president Mary Robinson is coming to campus next Tuesday!  This is a very exciting opportunity to hear a talk from a successful, powerful, and active female political leader.  Robinson has worked consistently to make lives better for women, families, homosexuals, and [...]

Depressing Irish Statistics

Thanks to feministing.com for this link from The Irish Examiner exploring why it is that Ireland has the lowest rape conviction rate in Europe and why only a fraction of rape victims decide to pursue legal action.
According to this article,
* More than 30% think a victim is some way responsible if she flirts [...]

A Special YouTube Special

This video, made by Wajeha Al-Huwaider, demonstrates to Saudi Arabia that women can in fact be competent drivers.  Currently, women are restricted from driving in cities and, even if they do have licenses, can only drive in rural districts.
The video is in Arabic (you should watch it anyway), but here is an excerpt from the [...]

Happy International Women’s Day!

*because of some server issues, a great deal of this post got deleted–I tried to rewrite it this morning, but I might have missed some things–sorry!*

Today is the 97th annual International Women’s Day. Please take some time this weekend to think about women who have inspired or empowered you, and to consider what the [...]

Dear Patriarchy, I Want My Stuff Back

Check out how awesome our feminist neighbors to the north are.  Here is a video made by  Jenna Owsianik, a Canadian feminist and creator of the Miss G Project, currently working on getting courses in Gender Studies into the Ontario school curriculum.  Pretty sweet, eh?
This video almost makes me excited for Midterm Week!!!  (Not really–but [...]

My Dream . . .

I had a dream last night in which everyone was yelling at me for not posting enough to this blog! So, here is another post for your Sunday viewing pleasure.One of my roommates sent me this link about a museum exhibit designed to education children about sex. (A much more fun and less [...]