The stories of the white American South in the 1920s and 1930s are ever more difficult to retrieve given the awful shadows cast by Jim Crow. This might change as streaming TV opens more channels to divers tastes. My suggestion is a story set in a place like this with an all white cast (except [&he[...]
Posts Tagged ‘women’
February 24th, 2015 - 9:06 pm § in Uncategorized
Fox commentator ‘appalled’ by equal pay for women
Stacey Dash is also upset by the Oscars’ focus on social issues instead of glamor. By the way, if you didn’t know, Dash — who recently was hired by Fox to provide “cultural commentary,” is best known for her acting role in the movie “Clueless” and its TV spi[...]
Misinformation
I joined a conversation about women’s rights yesterday at work with two white women. It was interesting until one co-worker started questioning why African American history received so much attention in comparison to women’s studies. All history should be discussed, there is no[...]
January 20th, 2015 - 2:53 pm § in Uncategorized
El Salvador woman gets 30 years in prison for miscarriage
In El Salvador, a young woman who suffered a miscarriage is serving a 30-year prison sentence under a strict anti-abortion law. In the United States, Republicans are trying to enact similar “fetal homicide” laws in many states. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/19/1358721/-Young-Woma[...]
December 13th, 2014 - 10:02 am § in Uncategorized
When is Rape, Rape?
HYPE The media have been claiming that 1 in 5 women are raped as college freshmen or sophomores. The number comes from a 2007 small-scale study done by the National Institute of Justice, a division of the Justice Department. The study was based on an online questionnaire at two schools.[...]
February 28th, 2011 - 3:03 pm § in Misc.
If College Athletics “make money” than why do they also need to beg?
After Flurry of Fund Raising, Cal Will Keep 3 Sports February 11, 2011, 2:33 pm from the Chronicle of Higher Education Libby Sander Nearly five months after announcing that it would cut five of its 29 sports as a cost-saving measure, the University of California at Berkeley now says it has raised en[...]
Take one out of Hitlers book.
Why is it wrong for African American men to be attracted to women of all ethnicities? Do African American women expect African American men to ignore any sense of attraction they may have towards other women? If it is true [...]