Study Reveals What Makes Women Speak Up In Groups. Rock Groupies and Feminism. Groupies aren’t usually seen as a positive force for women — the word has never been associated with feminism. And yet, as the fantasy of “Almost Famous” shows, we are intrigued by this certain “free spirit” brand of female sexuality and “promiscuity”. This week I took a look at some of the most famous rock groupies for The Frisky.
Check out that piece for a quick slide-show, or nerd-out with me here as I look at rock groupies and the affect feminism has had on the term, “groupie” and groupie culture. 1960’s Los Angeles in the 1960’s was known as a “groupie heaven”. There were a lot of girls hanging out on Sunset Boulevard in the groupie look — layers of scarves and ruffles and heavy eye make-up. Many of the women of the GTO’s had come over from the hippie community. The GTO’s owned being groupies, and they owned their creativity as well. 1970’s The early ’70’s saw a new era of groupie in the mix.
Sable Starr and Lori Maddox were the ’stars’ of the magazine. 1980’s and ’90’s 2000’s. Western Philosophy. Watch Surviving Progress Documentary Online Free. New Future Media. Christina Cauterucci: Reality Bites: Why The Real L Word Is Bad for Lesbians. Ask any queer girl: When it comes to gaydar, haircuts count. Surely not every pixie-haired chick out there is hiding steamy Sapphic fantasies inside her carefully pomaded head, and I've met plenty of lesbians with hair that looks straight in more ways than just texture, but any lady with a shaved side, faux-hawk or asymmetrical 'do gets at least a second glance from me.
When I came out in college, I was lucky enough to do so in the company of three highly experienced lesbian roommates, all of whom advised that I reconsider the long, shapeless locks I'd carried over from my high-school days. One of the gang, as odds would have it, owned all six seasons of The L Word on DVD -- 24 discs of the kind of soft-core, girl-on-girl action that only Showtime could get away with -- and we scoured each episode for hair inspiration.
I eventually settled on Shane's cut, the only style on the femme-heavy show that looked queer enough to help me land a date. Ellen DeGeneres. Cryptome. Why Women Still Can’t Have It All - Anne-Marie Slaughter. The culture of “time macho”—a relentless competition to work harder, stay later, pull more all-nighters, travel around the world and bill the extra hours that the international date line affords you—remains astonishingly prevalent among professionals today. Nothing captures the belief that more time equals more value better than the cult of billable hours afflicting large law firms across the country and providing exactly the wrong incentives for employees who hope to integrate work and family. Yet even in industries that don’t explicitly reward sheer quantity of hours spent on the job, the pressure to arrive early, stay late, and be available, always, for in-person meetings at 11 a.m. on Saturdays can be intense.
Indeed, by some measures, the problem has gotten worse over time: a study by the Center for American Progress reports that nationwide, the share of all professionals—women and men—working more than 50 hours a week has increased since the late 1970s. Revaluing Family Values. Megan Baldwin: What Separates the Women From the Girls. A few months ago the editors at the Huffington Post invited bloggers to contribute blog posts and videos about "the moment I knew I was a woman - not a girl. " OMG, I thought. I've totally got this one. I'm 27, fast approaching 28, so I figured there had to be a light bulb, flash in the sky moment in my short history. Or at the very least, a christening involving loads --magnum sized bottles -- of champagne. I tried to remember a recent moment when someone raised a glass in my observance, "Here's to you, Woman.
" What does it even mean? Once you get there, are you able to make food without the assistance of a microwave? As my contemplation continued, I realized that no one had ever drawn me a detailed road map -- I have had a better shot at arriving on time if I'd at least been given an address to plug into Google maps. So like the best sort of lost person I decided to ask for some directions. So being a woman is... yikes. So being a woman is...exhausting. Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom. Shulamith Koenig: Everyone Should Be Aware Of Their Inalienable Human Rights. "Our future is beyond our vision but not beyond our control" -Senator Edward M.
Kennedy It has been almost two months since Ted Kennedy died. Discussions about health care and a public option and/or the sad state of public education in the USA would have had much deeper moral dimensions and sane practical solutions had he been walking the corridors of the Senate today. He was a human rights senator! Yes! Senator Kennedy embodied unrelenting commitment and took control with tireless, well-defined dedication. He did not articulate his vision by quoting human rights norms and standards, but intuitively, he practiced and fought for human rights as a way of life, encompassing a holistic vision that stands to fulfill humanity's age-old hopes and expectations. If those of us working to make this world a better place took the time to learn, discuss and know human rights as a moral imperative, our vision could extend beyond the "shimmering horizon".
There is no other option! A Way of Life: Ends and Means. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: Progress and Challenges. Serials Solutions 360LINK. Www.lmunet.edu/dcom/hec/PDFs/Sexual and Gender Minority Health.pdf. Seeking refuge under the umbrella: Inclusion, exclusion, and organizing within the category Transgender - GenderWatch - ProQuest. Www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/course/mscp.pdf. The Stubborn Particulars of Social Psychology. FBI AFTER ANONYMOUS. What is social class discrimination. It is the actual behaviour of those who treat others differently depending on their social situation, to pigeon-hole someone socially, such that someone on benefits is treated unfairly compared to that of someone who works for a living. Invariably it's a dysfunctional psychology re-enforced by peer pressure to gear an individuals thought processes to fail to take into account or assess another individuals sole circumstances before passing judgement.
It is not really seen as a problem by the bearer of the discrimination unless the bearer directly experiences some similar discrimination. Some examples of social class discrimination I have faces are: 1. The hideous bright green card that my money from the welfare department is deposited onto as well as the fact that I have to verbally confirm to any and every clerk that I receive food stamps or cash assistance. 3. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. The Canadian, anti-consumerist, pro-environment group/magazine, Adbusters initiated the call for a protest. The ensuing series of events helped lead to media awareness that inspired Occupy protests and movements around the world.
In awarding Workhouse its Platinum Award, industry publication PRNews noted "The results, obviously, have been spectacular. There’s hardly a newspaper, Internet or broadcast media outlet that hasn’t covered OWS. "[7] The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. On December 29, 2012, Naomi Wolf of The Guardian newspaper provided U.S. government documents which revealed that the FBI and DHS had monitored Occupy Wall Street through its Joint Terrorism Task Force, despite labelling it a peaceful movement.[9] Origins[edit] Overview[edit] "We are the 99%"[edit] Goals[edit]
Why Occupy Wall Street wants nothing to do with our politicians. These acts of self-representation—or direct democracy—do not compute among mainstream politicians and their pundits. Occupy does not speak the language of party or ideology, and this has not boded well for a system that relies on polls, predictability and reductive thought. Social movements are, by their very nature, complex, organic and indeterminate. They operate at the deepest levels of how we view each other and the world we live in. This movement is no exception. Despite this apparent disconnect, the Occupy movement has received honorable mention at the highest levels of government, though I suspect this has more to do with polls and constituencies than with genuine understanding.
That 54-percent figure was likely behind flip-flopper Mitt Romney’s overnight change of heart. Then there’s Barack Obama. Finally there’s the ultra-rich, ultra-conservative pizzaman, Herman Cain. So is it really any wonder that the people of Occupy want no part of the electoral circus? Read more: What Occupy Wall Street demands of our leaders. In the U.S., the movement has emerged as the yin to the Tea Party’s yang, but itself is a form of chaos in the process of coalescing into a new order.
Both Wall Street and Washington have an opportunity to influence the direction of that new order if leaders in both camps seriously address the overarching demand of Occupy Wall Street, which is for greater equality in our economic system and the political decisions that drive it. And that is where both Wall Street and Washington have failed miserably in the eyes of the unemployed or underemployed protestors. In the various divisions of the movement sprouting up around the world, the cry is for hope, for economic opportunity, for soul in our business and politics, and for promise that the American dream will not be denied to today’s young people.
What might influence protestors and propel them into positive action? To the participants in Occupy Wall Street, business and political leaders have lost their footing. What types of demands? Occupy Wall Street protests and ‘The Decline of the West’ Oswald Spengler wrote these words more than a century ago in The Decline of the West. And while the imagery here may be a bit much, there’s something of it in the Occupy Wall Street protests. This movement profoundly threatens the legitimacy of the system on which corporate power is based, and boards of directors should be concerned. Corporations are creatures of statute. There is no Common Law of corporations, they are instruments licensed by the state originally in aid of certain public objectives. But few of these objectives are left. With the passage of time, corporate charters have lost any power to keep corporations in check. Amidst the welter of information about executive pay, only one simple conclusion is possible: Pay is not correlated in any way with the value these leaders create for shareholders, society or any other corporate constituency.
Simple? So what should shareholders do? Boards, watch the protests and understand that your dominance of the system cannot continue. Why Occupy Wall Street wants nothing to do with our politicians. What is Occupy Wall Street? The history of leaderless movements. Now entering its fourth week, the Wall Street occupation has become a national phenomenon. The president is interested, celebrities are popping by, and pizza shops are adding the OccuPie to their menus.
There is even an Occupy video game in development. The movement has spawned hundreds of Occupy locales in a national Occupy Together network. And now there is talk of going global: Occupy the World. Inquiring minds want to know: Who are these people? On these issues, the movement has been clear: This is a leaderless movement without an official set of demands. This is not just a charming mess. In the 1960s and 70s, feminists convened consciousness-raising meetings aimed at politicizing the various forms of women’s oppression that were occurring in private. Consciousness-raising was also the heart and soul of gay rights activism. Both of these movements had enormous impacts on American life. Of course, all this requires a degree of good faith. Stop Coddling the Super-Rich. Teachable Moment - Clementine motherfuckin cannibal. Bob McCoskrie: Why I won't be wearing the White Ribbon - Opinion. Domestic violence is not a gender issue, writes Bob McCoskrie, national director of Family First NZ.
I won't be wearing a white ribbon on Friday. Don't get me wrong - I would be the first in line to condemn violence against women, and the first to be held to account for my own actions. But the well-intentioned White Ribbon Campaign, according to the website, is led by the Families Commission which supports a "suite of family violence initiatives" including the It's Not OK campaign, the Family Violence Clearinghouse and the Family Violence Statistics report.
If we're serious about reducing family violence, we need to open both eyes - and tell the truth. The website says "Violence is endemic within New Zealand. One in three women are victims of violence from a partner". The first part is right - the second misrepresents the facts. The research was shown to have major shortcomings in terms of sample selection. We may never know.
And that's backed up by government statistics. . - NZ Herald. REFERENCES EXAMINING ASSAULTS BY WOMEN ON THEIR SPOUSES OR MALE PARTNERS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Martin S. FiebertDepartment of PsychologyCalifornia State University, Long Beach Last updated: June 2012 Bibliographic references sorted by category Ackard, D. M., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2002). Date violence and date rape among adolescents: associations with disordered eating behaviors and psychological health.
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Bernard, M. Billingham, R. Billingham, R. Bland, R., & Orne, H. (1986). Bohannon, J. Bookwala, J. (2002). Bookwala, J., Frieze, I. Brinkerhoff, M., & Lupri, E. (1988). Brown, G. (2004). Brush, L. Brutz, J., & Ingoldsby, B. Burke, P. Caetano, R., Schafter, J., Field, C., & Nelson, S. Callahan, M. Capaldi, D. Capaldi, D. Capaldi, D. Capaldi, D. Carlson, B. Cercone, J. Why Do Republicans Oppose Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act? Vawa_factsheet.pdf (application/pdf Object) What is the Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign | Ain't I A Woman!? The “Ain’t I a Woman?!” Campaign grew from a small group of garment workers who successfully held DKNY accountable for sweatshop conditions. This become a call for a new women’s movement fighting for control over our time, health, respect and payment for caregiving work.
DKNY workers have been joined by other women workers who also have tolerated abusive conditions for the sake of their families — such as the workers of Liberty Apparel’s factories, Great Wall, and Cache. Many women are inspired by the example of these workers who risked so much to fight to be treated with respect like human beings, and to have some say about their working conditions and time. Our campaign has drawn in women workers from across the board who are experiencing longer hours, lower wages and worsening conditions. Whether we work in a corporate law firm or a garment factory, control over our time and our lives is slipping away.
Like this: Like Loading... American Magpie | creativity, politics, society & cake. Why women should shave their legs? | ShrillBlog. Meet the models breaking the mould | Fashion. The older model: Daphne Selfe Do models eat biscuits? Daphne Selfe does. "And cake," she says – "Are you sure you won't have a sandwich? " – before we sit down in the living room of her Hertfordshire home. You may recognise Selfe from the fashion pages of the Guardian, or from Vogue, advertising campaigns and style magazines such as Dazed & Confused. Her long silver hair has become her trademark, though today it's pinned back. As a young woman, Selfe wanted to work with horses and helped run a riding school. Around the same time, she met her future husband, Jim. In the 60s, Selfe considered going back to modelling and approached a few agencies. Not until 1998, aged 70, did Selfe – by then a widow – get her big break.
The fashion world has changed since she first became a model. She has undoubtedly stood up for diversity in a world that venerates youth. We are not used to seeing older people presented in a sexy way – and Selfe has done some sexy shoots. What have you eaten today? Take Action | 99% Power. Untitled. The Water Games. Abercrombie Thinks A 7 Year Old's Chest Needs A Lift. Working 9 to 5 -- at 75. People's Movement for Human Rights Education. Introduce your Guest Speaker. Tips for introducing your guest speaker. 'Homeless Hotspot' stunt stirs debate at SXSW. Tracking Tear Gas. Do men help to oppress women?|3Mar12.
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