January 2010
45 posts
As is the case wich everything you do, there’s a healthy dose of sincerity mixed in with the hi-jinks on The Cho Show. You speak candidly about all sorts of thorny issues. Beyond sheer entertainment value, what are you hoping to acomplish with The Cho Show? Are there any communities you want to reach in particular? Who do you most hope will watch it, and why? I hope everyone watches it. I...
Hillary Clinton's speech on the 15th anniversary... →
girlosaurus:
A highlight: Now, as those of us gathered in the Ben Franklin Room on the eight floor of the State Department know very well, the topic of reproductive health is subject to a great deal of debate. But I think we should all agree that these numbers are not only grim, but after 15 years, they are intolerable. For if we believe that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights...
boys and girls →
ebompraquemgosta:
- grouped by gender.
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FYI: I am one of those "humorless" feminists who...
sexismandthecity:
katoleary:
The thing about people who can joke about this shit, or even make insensitive comments about it and then turn around and say things like, “You need to pick your battles” when called out on said insensitive comments, is that they can only see these issues in the abstract. For basically every single hurtful, offensive thing someone says, I can think of a specific...
Positive Feminism
EmmaRose asks: Who would you consider a modern day society example of positive feminism?
Phyllis Chesler: Her name is legion. It is every woman who leaves a dead marriage or a violent boyfriend. It is every woman who speaks out about incest, it is every woman, and man, who fights for women's equal rights and right to abortion. It is every battered woman who fights back, tragically then being punished for saving her own life, by being put away in jail for life. It is every man and woman who dares to be kind to a woman in need or in crisis, despite the bad names they may be called for caring about others.
