Support Women's Health and Safety on Beacon Hill at the State House October 30th. Starting at 10am you can show legislator how much you support safe access to women's health clinics, and comprehensive, age-appropriate health education for our children! Put your Vs up and join me for lobby day! C'mon it just feels good actually fighting for your rights rather than just talking about it...Check out PPLM for more info and to register.
I recommend this book more so to men then I do to women. Us ladies already know that crazy things happen to our bodies, not just once a month but all the time!! The Female Brain explains what exactly is going on in our head and bodies that make us act the way that we do. Although the book has some physiological terms it's enjoyable to read--I promise it's not like reading a text book for a Bio class--I skimmed right threw it in a few hours (and I am a slow reader).
Any man who is planning on having a relationship with a woman should read this book--also all you fathers out there you may want to pick up a copy while you're at it...it'll make those teenage years a whole lot easier..or at least easier to understand.
WAGE (Women Are Getting Even) Project Inc is an organization committed to ending wage discrimination in the workplace. Wage enables women to take the necessary steps they need to in order to better prepare themselves in the work force, specifically when it comes down to getting paid. Help yourself and participate in a WAGE Project workshop near you!!!
WAGE Announces Start Smart Schedule
Friday, September 14, 2007
Start Smart workshops will help women get paid fairly when they graduate from college.
Start Smart Campus Workshops Fall Schedule:
Babson College, October 17th, 3 hour workshop [time undecided]
Bentley College, November 14th, 3 hour workshop- 6:30 to 9:30 PM
Boston College, October 3rd, 3 hour workshop- 6:00-9:00 PM
Boston University, October 2nd and 16th- 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Fletcher School/Tufts, October 8th and 29th- 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Howard Community College, MD, October 27th- 11AM to 1:00PM
Regis College, October 23rd and November 5th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
University of Maine, November 7th and 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
UMass/Dartmouth, November 6th and 19th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
University of Pennsylvania, November 12th, 5:00 to 8:00 PM or 4:00 to 7:00 PM
University of Southern Maine, October 30th and November 13th [time undecided]
The Department of Public Safety will be offering a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D) class for female students this fall semester in the Administration Building (AMR) in the month of September, October, November and December. The program will be on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6pm to 8p. Each month consists of 25 students a total of 6 sessions 2 days a week for (3) three weeks:
2007 Sessions:
- September 10 and 11
- September 17 and 18
- September 24 and 25
- October 1 and 2
- October 8 and 9
- October 15 and 16
- November 5 and 6
- November 12 and 13
- November 19 and 20
- December 3 and 4
- December 10 and 11
- December 17 and 18
Please take a break from the classroom and come have some fun.
Attendance is encouraged for all sessions. We are flexible with your busy schedules and we can cover missed techniques with you prior to or after the other scheduled sessions.
R.A.D is a simple, practical program offered to the community that teaches women to prevent and avoid attack. Participants spend time discussing risk reduction, risk avoidance, and hands on self defense techniques in case of an actual attack. The final session features “simulation” where participants utilize their training in a simulated attack.
To reserve a place in the class, please contact Bo Him at
himbo@emmanuel.edu
*info above provided via firstclass-all students*
You never know what/who you'll run into on your dailey commute through the city. Often you find people that are asking for money...Now I am very unlikely to give into people on the street selling things or your occasional alcoholic bum. However today was a bit different.
This young woman stopped me while I was making my way to Sephoria, and just my luck she was selling this amazing cosmetics survival kit by Victoria Jackson. Now I had no idea who Victoria Jackson was, but apparently she's kind of a big deal Hollywood make-up artist. It wasn't whose make up she’s done, or who she is that got me to spend 20$ on this Survival Kit it was the product itself..it's awesome. In one little convenient container you've got everything you need to do your makeup..minus foundation; 10 eye shadow shades, 5 lip glosses, mascara, 2 shades of blush, a brush, lip liner, eye liner and a mirror...it's crazy that all this stuff fits in one.
Anyway Victoria Jackson's new Survival Kit is something that all "on the go" women who wear makeup should have because it's so convenient and way easier to store than a bulky makeup bag.
Apparently it's not in stores yet, but when it is I highly recommend it.
A friend emailed me this article..thought I should post it just for fun.
I was fabulously surprised this past week with the two random acts of chivalry that I encountered during my daily commute on the T.
The first and the best was a young guy, around my age...your average college 20 something male (oh did I mention he was quite attractive…in fact he was the definition of the word "fine")...anyway of course the T was packed, the red sox probably just got out or something…yes this means I'm standing up juggling my Charlie ticket, ipod and cell while grasping on for dear life to that silver handle thingy. About eye level with my vagina was the guy (who was sitting). And no he didn’t offer up his seat but still he was kind. So we were somewhere around Pleasant St. on the B line when this ridiculous virgin T rider stumbles into me and nearly takes me down. Might I add that I'm not a tiny girl, a thick woman if you will, so to make me loose my footing is no easy task. Anyway, a look of fear rushes over my face as this big guy falls onto me, I am taken off guard by the strong, kind, hand that grabs onto my arm...it was that fiiinnne looking young gentleman I had noticed earlier...He saved me from udder embarrassment...because if it wasn’t for him my ass would have been on the ground...and he did it in such a calm matter that it didn’t even interrupt the convo he was having on his cell. I looked into his eyes and mouthed the words "thank you"..I'm pretty sure he knew how grateful I was.
Then the next morning I encountered another act of chivalry although this one was less remarkable. Usually people are racing past one another to secure themselves a place on the T..well not this morning in August. A guy actually backed off and although I told him he was there first to step up ahead of me...he refused and insisted on me entering the T before him...it was lovely and made my day just that much brighter.
So in conclusion, chivalry is not dead, it just isn't thriving. However I thank those out there who are kind to a woman..not because she is of the opposite sex, or thought of as weaker...but simply because it is the nice thing to do. Thank you.
If you're in the Boston area, breathing and have a vagina you've probably been told this news story by concerned friends and family who keep up on the news. Yes..another assault has occurred along the Esplanade in the wee hours of the morning.
I'm just taking the time to remind all you ladies to not walk alone at night if it's not necessary...Oh wait, you already knew that? Duhhh!! Most females know it's dangerous to walk alone at night. It's just not fair that having a vagina makes you handicap and incapable of making it home safely.
Everytime I leave my friend's house, a bar etc. and it's late and I'm alone..hell yeah I'm scared of what's lurking in the dark. But I've still walked home and I'm thankful every time I make it safely to my front door.
This whole violence against women/rape culture that we live in is pathetic. No wonder men have more money than women it's because women have spend all their money on cabs---well ya know what I'm saying.
I wish we all lived in a world where things like this didn't happen..but we don't. So our best defense if we must walk at night, be proactive about it.
-Have your keys (or another sharp, painful object) and cell in hand (with local police set on one of your speed dials)
-get pepper spray
-walk the long way, if it's more lit and populated
-fuck it, walk in the street, so people can't snatch you from the sidewalk
-don't wear your hair in a long ponytail or braid (easier target-can be grabbed)
to all you fellow nightly walking women..be safe and stay strong
According to a SHEunlimited interview; whale tails are a fashion don't on the work front.
I'm going to have to agree with this one...all you ladies out there don't get your panties in a bunch and be caught with a whale tail...that's not hot..haha maybe that's why Lindsay and Brit don't wear panties..to avoid the whale tail!
Okay so in an assault trail how the hell do you take away the constitutional first amendment right of freedom of speech??!?!?! In this particular situation the defendant's (Pamir Safi, an Army reservist)defense attorney (Clarence Mock) argued to have the words "rape," "victim," "assault," and “sexual assault kit” from the testimony throughout the trail.
I just don't get it. How do you not allow certain words (especially those) to not be used in court? I'm just confused, and pissed off.
It’s hard enough, embarrassing enough, and emotional to be put on trial as a victim of rape..and then on top of the judge isn't going to allow you to identify yourself as a victim..what is going on in the world? I feel bad for this woman...it doesn't matter if she was drunk..drunk women don't say "hey I would like to be taken advantage of now". This world is just ridiculous.
It is not the judge's right to out-law certain words, it's the jury's choice to decide if Tory Bowen was raped, assaulted, and a victim.
I can only imagine what Bowen is feeling right now..or should I say for the last three years because this incident occurred in 2004. I would be a wreck...so yeah I think outlawing the first amendment is bullshit...come on this is suppose to be America people!
Female Sneaker Fiend makes cute kicks for the ladies. FSF was promoting the other night at Paradise in the brighton/allston area. Anyway I thought that these female sneaker fiends are doing a great job and have some pretty cool ideas and wanted to share..check out their website and/or blog.
Vs up to Gov. Deval Patrick for his vetoes earlier this month on the 2008 budget regarding three sexual health victories.
News like this it why I love the Commonwealth of MA.
Okay so I just discovered..or was rather was introduced to the word minge. It's another vulgar term for vagina..However just as I have learned to embraced such vulgar terms to call a woman and their reproductive whatnots (CUNT and BITCH)..I am now going to continue on and welcome the word minge into my vocab..and plus it's way more fun to say than cunt...haha
Running in High Heels looks like a pretty sweet movie. Maryann Breschard's movie investigates women's roles in the workforce, their leadership etc. and is now avalible on DVD. Check it out!
Jessica Valenti's Full Frontal Feminism Rocks!!
I'm reading it right now and I can't put it down. It's totally worth $15.95. So please go out and do yourself a favor and buy that shit right now. Then proceed to pass it along to anyone you might think may be a feminist, because they'll love it to.
A couple of my girlfriends are just waiting for me to finish it so they can read it.
happy reading!
The Cougar...on Feminist Blogging
I suppose I've been a feminist my whole life but didn't really begin to embrace the F-word until my college years, when I began to understand the meaning behind it. Being a feminist is basically--me fighting for equal rights among the sexes…the want to not be discriminated against because of what is between my legs.
Blogging for feminism is just part of my activism. I would say that all day every day I'm throwing my Vs up...spreading knowledge about the need for equality and feminism. My blog putyourvsup.blogspot.com allows me to put my feminist ramblings into words, it’s an outlet to the blogosphere. Blogging has given me courage to know that I'm not alone, in fact there are many men and women out there fight for equality in various ways.
The art of mastering the blogosphere is one that I haven’t got down, but I’m working on it. There’s tools everywhere and once you start blogging and surfing the web, you’ll be amazed at the resources you find out there about things that you’re actually passionate about—I’m telling you it’s inspirational.
Yeah sure I was scared to be discriminated against and yeah I get made fun of for it and called a dyke but w/e I know who I am and what I stand for...and lets face it if you don’t stand up for yourself, then who will?
So stand up for what you believe in, I promise it will make you feel a lot better about your life--and who knows maybe even change the world a little.
As for myself, I'll continue to spread feminism...one V at a time.
Feministing.com is awesome! Editor Jessica Valenti and Gwendolyn Beetham have once again amazed me in that all that they do. It's like these ladies are in my head...they've got great ideas and actually put them to work.
For all you feminist bloggers out there, there's this great website whos new issue brings together acaemics, blogging and feminism--YES! Check it out
I'll also be posting a mini video advertisment for their blog.
It's gonna be a good wednesday--it's things like this just get me so excited!
Stephen Jenkins lead singer of Third Eye Blind claims the stance of feminists to be "weak", Saturday, April 21 after a concert at Babson College, Wellesley MA. Now I am paraphrasing a lil bit but that is basically what he said. Yes I heard this with my own ears people--his words stirred deep inside of me... He went on for a few minutes as to all the various reason in which he believes us (people who are feminist)to be weak. Jenkins' reasons were that feminist separated themselves making themselves unequal..blahh blahh blahh and that we (all people) are all one yada yada yada...He went on to say that we're all human, that he is a black women, china man, Latino and named other various races, ethnicities, to make the point that ya know we as living, breathing, people should come together and not separate ourselves into such categories. Although I believe that every living, breathing human should be treated equally--regardless of whether we like it or not our society loves labels-they can't get enough of them in fact.
And sorry Jenkins you're not a woman no matter how much you think we are all one and whatnot--yeah not so much. People's differences is what makes the world beautiful and amazing, so yeah if we all truly were "one" than the world just wouldn't be half as much fun or interesting...and well I wouldn't be blogging about this right now--not that you probably care but you were right I was getting mad about your comments, but I will agree to disagree with you on this one. And although you may know how to get into a vagina, you have no true idea of what it's like to actually have one. Just like I don't know how it is to be a man, or anything else but a Caucasian, middle class female.
Okay..yeah I feel better now...
Aside from that concert was awesome I jammed out, I'm not gonna lie..and like who doesn't wanna meet a rockstar? I mean I had him sign my arm before we had this convo.
So this is how this lil convo came to be:
After the show my friend Hannah (major fan) and I got to chat with Jenkins. It was random, there was a group of people around and Hannah, Jenkins and I started talking. He made some comment to me, and my response surprised him a little. Anyway, whatever I said was motivated by my pride in my vagina...I don't know, the night was a bit of a blur but regardless, I was upset to hear him--a man who is able to sing in such ways that touches women (by women I mean me, Hannah and any other 3eb female fan), then also turn around and call me "weak"...damn...
This is Put you Vs up's first and very own video. In it I went around EC campus asking random students/faculty members about feminism and its relevance in today’s society. I know the video quality isn't top notch but something went wrong with the file and how it was processed. Regardless you get the gist and we worked hard on putting it together. Just getting people to talk about feminism was difficult, as soon as people heard the f-word they tended to turn the other way. Special thanks to Bryan for all your hard work, not many guys would help a crazy Cougar ransack college students with ideas of feminism—your help is much appreciated.
