Archive | Gender Issues RSS feed for this archive

The HIV Murders Club

07/03/2012

3 Comments

Cadaver, Photo by Tracy Adams

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 18:11 PM EDT,  7 March 2012 MASVINGO PROVINCE, Zimbabwe – Shocking news hit the internet six days ago when a 17-year-old HIV positive maid from Mupandawana, Gutu, was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for trying to infect her employer’s four-year-old child with the HIV virus. People deliberately infecting other [...]

Continue reading...

"One A Day" Black History Month ~ Ms. Kamala Devi Harris.

21/02/2012

2 Comments

Kamala Harris, Attorney General Photo

Reblogged from The ObamaCrat.Com™: By Jueseppi B. I knew about Ms. Kamala Devi Harris & her brilliant career, and now I will introduce those of you who didn’t know about her, to Ms. Kamala Devi Harris. Twenty-first in The “One A Day” Black History Month Series:  Ms. Kamala Devi Harris. Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is [...]

Continue reading...

Mexico female presidential candidate Vazquez Mota embraces role

21/02/2012

3 Comments

Josephina Vazquez Mota

Reblogged from Northern Barbarians's Blog: Josefina Vazquez Mota, candidate of the ruling PAN, doesn’t hesitate to play the so-called gender card at chosen times. She trails the leader by a wide margin. By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Mexico City – ”I will be the first woman president of Mexico.” Thus declared Josefina Vazquez Mota on [...]

Continue reading...

Queen’s Pawn

20/02/2012

1 Comment

Queen Chess Piece

“Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.” ~ Italian Proverb

Obvious ways breed obvious opposition. Noisy preparation is the armament of the hubristic man.
To defeat an opponent thus self-inflated, a wise combatant, sublimates all hint of power beneath the veneer of the demeaned.

Continue reading...

Just A Snip. Now Overreact.

16/02/2012

4 Comments

Female Circumcision Photo

Reblogged from The Case Against Intactivism: I have two blog posts planned for the night.  I think I’ll go ahead and start on one of the most ridiculous claims put forth by intactivists.  One that’s roundly mocked by pretty much anyone with two braincells to rub together. There’s an oft-posted blog about  a baby girl [...]

Continue reading...

Afghan Girls | Abuse | Disfigurement | Death

13/02/2012

1 Comment

Tortured Afghan Woman

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 11:37 AM EDT, 13 February 2012 Most often we in the West are exposed to and challenged by an increased number of news stories of the heinous, misogynistic treatment of women and young girls all over the world. Thankfully, there are a cadre of people and organizations dedicated to bringing [...]

Continue reading...

Virgin Cleansing Myth

09/02/2012

3 Comments

Child Bride - Photo by Nicole Hinrich

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 13:16 PM EDT, 9 February 2012 NEW DELHI, India – Yesterday we wrote about the scandal of three Indian politicians watching pornography during a parliament session. Today, Indian is once again in the news but in a slightly more positive light. South African peace activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 [...]

Continue reading...

Liquid Lust in India’s Parliament

08/02/2012

0 Comments

Female Mannequin

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 21:32 PM EDT, 8 February 2012 NEW DELHI, India – News channels have broadcast footage of three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party watching pornography during a session of state parliament. This revelation would have been noteworthy in itself, but what captured our attention was the fact that one [...]

Continue reading...

African Voices Challenge the ‘Single Story’

15/01/2012

1 Comment

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Photo by PEN America Center

The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks about the traditions of a single story framed by prejudice, stereotypes, and misinformation. The author of “Half of a Yellow Sun” (2006), she has several other notable books, short stories, plays and poem anthologies under her belt, but this presentation transcends continents, cultures, and class. View the video here.

Continue reading...