By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 5, 2011 in Abortion, Abuse, Current Affairs, Forced Prostitution, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Misogyny, Sexism, Women, Women and Children, World | View Comments
Debra Saunders had a disturbing piece up at the San Francisco Chronicle recently. In the midst of all of the haggling, blaming, and name calling going on at the Hill, this may not seem like an exciting, gotcha kind of story, but it is an important one, and highlights a situation that will have a [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 31, 2011 in Abuse, California, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Egypt, Forced Prostitution, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Iran, Linda Anselmi, Misogyny, Pakistan, Sexism, Texas, Women and Children, Women's History Month | View Comments
I freely admit, I did not see this one coming. My friend and fellow NQ writer, Linda Anselmi, shared the following article with me, most appropos for bringing to an end Women’s History Month. And that would be this Bloomberg article, Saudi Women Inspired by Fall of Mubarak Step Up Equality Demand. Wow, right? Honestly, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 9, 2011 in Abuse, Current Affairs, Forced Prostitution, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Iraq, Misogyny, Women and Children | View Comments
I wrote this two years ago after International Women’s Day (which was Tuesday, the 100th such celebration). I have written about women in Afghanistan recently, and this one also looks at women there, and other countries, as well. We are all connected, each and every one of us. As long as women and girls are [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 14, 2010 in Current Affairs, Forced Prostitution, Foreign Affairs, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, United Nations, Women and Children | View Comments
(March 11, 2010 – Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images North America) I had planned on doing something else today, but when I was alerted that this video (and text) of Secretary of State Clinton was available, I postponed my other piece. It should be no surprise to anyone that anything like this from Hillary Clinton [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 8, 2010 in Current Affairs, Forced Prostitution, Foreign Affairs, Gender Bias, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, United Nations, Women, Women and Children, Women's Suffrage | View Comments
Today, March 8th, is the 99th celebration of International Women’s Day. The history of how this day came to be is interesting: International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900′s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. [...]