I love Ms Magazine. http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/08/the-bible-biology-and-bigotry/
I am not sure we should celebrate yet. Out of 19 countries, Canada scored best for females because we have “free” medical services, “paid” maternity leave and don’t suffer as much death on birthing, murder and rape as women in 18 other countries. I am also most proud that Canada (and not the USA) has signed the international law that protects women (the
I can’t stand hearing news like this. The very people who fight for rights are the victims of rights violations. Abdolfattah Soltani, a Iranian human rights lawyer was just sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court. He co-founded a human rights group with a Nobel laureate and was charged with spreading
I was reading the obituaries lately and realized that longest and most detailed peices are about women. Not only that, but the words used to describe these women are quite telling. One in particular read: “In high school she was voted the student most likely to succeed … she was “the embodiment of everything that is good
Until we feel pain, we hardly notice it. Yet social isolation (e.g. loneliness) is a direct consequence of a society that mostly values money, individual status and working 24/7. Although we readily admit that these are our modern gods we fail to see the link between these goals and our unhappiness. The reaserch clearly says that the happiest people are thsoe who
Dr Cathryn Zeglinski is not only a whistler doctor but was on the national cycling team and is a mountain bike racer and mother. She wears a pink jersey to show support for women in cycling – a sport dominated by men. As she says, in a sport where only the top 10 count, it
Professor Ken Thornicroft at the Universty of Victoria has discovered that when women are wrongfully fired from their jobs and sue for wrongful dismissal they receive less severance pay in court than men in similar circumstances. About 1.7 months less on average. He also conducted research on his students and found that in 600 sets of staged workplace dismissal negotiations, female students received
Wow. A professor emeritus at Yale University who is also a Catholic nun has been told by the Pope that her award-winning 2006 book, “Just Love – A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics” is not appropriate. Her book mentions both masturbation and homosexuality. The Vatican wrote a stinging report telling her that her writing manifest a “defective
Where is the process that ensures we make the right decision for us and for future generations? When will the advertising money be spent on consultation?
Isha Judd, author of “Love has Wings” says that once you find your core you need to work carefully to nurture it. As the Buddhists say, the journey is about becoming all that you are. No more. No less. I think I will read this book.