35th Anniversary

Roe V Wade is 35 today. Its existence is very tenuous with this Court and this administration. They see women as walking wombs and seem to care for the children only while in embryo. If only there was adequate healthcare, child care, education and living wages.

Today,Tomorrow

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day : Take a moment to think about everyone's civil rights, and make sure that you exercise all your rights--if you do not exercise your rights, they tend to disappear (sort of like muscles). Ask that all the presidential candidates help rescue our rights that have become disappeared beause of those who played/play on our fear of terrorism.

Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of Roe V Wade: While women got the right to vote in the 1920s, this decision gave us control over our bodies, ourselves (at least for the first trimester, we need a doctor to help us the next 2 trimesters according to this decision, written by men, even though women have been birthing for forever). If we do not protect this right to choose--to hoose when to be come pregnant and when not to--we lose everything. Beware of those who only see us as potential birthing machines. Support Pro-choice candidates!

Erica Jong

Erica Jong from HuffingtonPost
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-jong/it-was-eight-years-ago-to_b_81824.html

Hinchey says No to Belleayre Plan!

Hinchey now opposes Belleayre plan! Read all about it:

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19201316&brd=1769&pag=461&dept_id=74958

Misogyny

Sexism is a reality for every woman and girl, not just Hillary Clinton. So as Bob Herbert says in column "Politics and Misogyny" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/opinion/15herbert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
"With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s win in New Hampshire, gender issues are suddenly in the news. Where has everybody been?"
He then goes on to point out the more explicit sexism in the media and in Nevada, where the candidates have been campaigning which he calls "the misogyny capital of America."
Herbert says that sexism is an issue that have to address, especially as potential future Commander in Chief, since sexism and the derivative violence is rampant in the military --one third of military women surveyed in a 2003 health study said they were either raped or victims of attempted rapes while serving our country.
Herbert ends his column with " If we’ve opened the door to the issue of sexism in the presidential campaign, then let’s have at it. It’s a big and important issue that deserves much more than lip service. "
And, let's do more than just talk about it!

Gloria Steinem on Racism and Sexism

For those who missed Gloria Steinems 1/11 article
here is the link http://www.alternet.org/story/73545/

Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti from Feministing.com is a guest blogger on The Nation's Blog...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/passingthrough?bid=769&pid=265130

Note the nisogynistic comments!