Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism, edited by Mohanty, Russo, and Torres highlights definitional issues with the struggles of third world women, and feminism. The book then confronts the interrelation of “colonialism, capitalism, race and gender” (3). Furthermore, the book is a collection of stories of different women who’s works are, “woven together by [...]
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Archive for January, 2013
January 29th, 2013 by kerri ryer
Definition and Context: Toward a Better Understanding of Feminist Third World Women, Communities of Resistance, and Collective Agency.
Dear Rep. Brown, Your most recent work in the New Mexico legislature is both insulting and disturbing. It is my understanding that you penned House Bill 206 to punish rapists who commit rape, and or incest, and then attempt to obtain an abortion to avoid prosecution. The emphasis on punishment of the offender as the [...]
January 23rd, 2013 by kerri ryer
Is Secretary Panetta hurrying to lift the ban on Women Serving in Combat to avoid Sen. Hagel’s anti-woman’s rights track record?
Today news broke that Secretary of Defense Panetta is to release a statement Thursday that he plans to lift the ban on women serving in combat. This comes just a few months after four female service members filed suit challenging the ban. While, Panetta had opened some 14,500 combat positions to women over the last [...]
40 years ago today, Justice Blackmun delivered the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. In which, the court determined that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the right to privacy, including a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy. Furthermore, the court found that anti-abortion legislation criminalizing abortions in all procedures except under [...]
Dating back to Lewis v. State (1857) in which, Lewis, a slave man, had sex with a white woman under the pretenses of acting as her husband, the court ruled that force was required to constitute rape. Lewis was not convicted. Again in Boyett v. State (1964) the defendant posed as a doctor and had [...]
Since the nominations of Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama has come under fire over the gender make-up of his 2013 Cabinet. Many critics have argued that women are blatantly missing from Obama’s appointment. Here is the breakdown: Secretary of State In office: Hillary Clinton Nominated: Sen. John Kerry Secretary [...]
January 2nd, 2013 by kerri ryer
15 New Years Resolutions for women who want to make a difference this year:
1. Mentor another woman or girl. 2. Speak up about pay equity at work or school. 3. Exercise your right to speak up about reproductive rights and womens health. 4. Resist the culture of body shaming. 5. Demand a living wage with reasonable accommodations. 6. Boycott and call out companies that sexualize children. 7. support [...]