Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

The PEACE on Terra

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

In honor of Earth Day, a singer by the name of Terra Naomi crafts a video with help from people who sent in images of themselves “answering the question ‘what would you do/want if anything were possible?’ in three words … Continue reading →

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June Callwood has died

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I really have nothing to say that her obit in the Toronto Star could not say better about this remarkable woman, activist and writer.Sleep well, June.

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Quotable: Joan Baez (and Bob Dylan) on holy wars

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

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Whoever wrote this deserves a medal

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I don’t believe she’ll get one, though. Which is a damned shame. Truth-telling has become so rare these days that it deserves something other than some asshole on Craig’s List flagging it so it gets pulled. I’m having the worst … Continue reading →

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Brazilian women say “Nao” to Bush’s ethanol scheme

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Are you listening, Lula?(Video originally seen on Aporrea, courtesy of TVColetiva Brazil. Portuguese only, but it’s easy to tell what’s going on.)There were about 900 women at this demo, according to Aporrea. This was a serious one. But entirely peaceful, … Continue reading →

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The Fantasy of Freedom: A Venezuelan documentary

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The US peace movement through the eyes of a Venezuelan film crew. Features a short interview at the end with filmmaker Liliane Blaser.

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War won’t liberate the women of Iraq

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Yanar Mohammed, a glimpse of how badly gender relations in Iraq have deteriorated since the war began: Iraqi society was shocked with an unprecedented issue of a woman stepping forward, voluntarily, and explaining that she was sexually assaulted by … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Molly Ivins’ famous last (published) words

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We are the people who run this country.We are the deciders. And every single day,every single one of us needs to step outsideand take some action to help stop this war.”—Molly Ivins, sorely and sadly missed

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I guess I’m bound for a long and healthy life…

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…and all for exercising my reproductive autonomy so effectively that I’ve never been pregnant. From the Beeb: US researchers looked at 21,000 couples living in Utah between 1860 and 1985, who bore a total of 174,000 children. […] The researchers, … Continue reading →

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Remember, remember, the 6th of December…

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I know it’s not “rational” to be filled with rage when I hear yet another man saying that feminism has victimized his entire gender, boo-hoo. Or to be damn near ready to blow up at assholes who make a tidy … Continue reading →

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