The importance of women’s friendships
I’ve long been surprised when I hear women say that they don’t have women friends, they don’t like women and they simply find men to be better friends. In my life, friendships with women have been and are immensely valuable. Today I am thinking on the importance of women’s friendships. In my experience, building close [...]
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Golden Globes Redux
So, the Golden Globes happened. Let’s hope that Avatar’s big wins don’t repeat themselves at the Oscars — I’m not a huge fans of colonialist jerk-fest Pocahontas re-makes, even if they are visually stunning. Or, as our own Sady put it, Basically, this movie seems very much like some guy – let us call him, [...]
...read moreWorkers With Disabilities Frequently Paid Less Than Minimum Wage
Straight out of my “things I’m embarrassed to have been sitting on since before the New Year” file comes this article about the fact that in the U.S., many people with disabilities are working jobs that pay below the already paltry minimum wage. And when I say “below,” I mean way below. What makes this [...]
...read moreAre you in Massachusetts?
Go vote Coakley now.
...read moreHas it been a year already?
Blog for Choice Day is just around the corner. I just (where “just” = “a week ago”) got the email from my friend Molly at NARAL Pro-Choice America: As in years past, we’ve slated January 22 as the date for Blog for Choice Day 2010 because that date marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s [...]
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