By: Grace Alexander, Guest Columnist Women, and specifically women who are celebrities, are usually objectified for their beauty, not their brains. For centuries a woman’s only real power was thought to lie in her sexuality, presented with disingenuous charm and batting lashes. Today women still struggle against stereotyping – she’s blonde, she’s a bombshell, she’s […]
Archives for September 2012
September 3, 2012 1 Comment
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8 Actions that have filled my life with peace and joy
By: Adriana Contreras Life is love, relationships, unity and much more. Life is brief. It’s difficult and complex. Most of our days are not the latter. However, we tend to focus on life as if they were. I did not have an easy life, as you may not have either. Most of us do not […]
September 3, 2012 5 Comments
Personhood: Reproductive “rights” devoid of science and logic
By: Amanda K. Fox The personhood bills are among the most potentially frightening pieces of legislation that lawmakers have brought to the floor in many years. What makes them frightening is not just the language they use, but how radically misunderstood what exactly personhood is. No woman, on either side of the political divide, can […]