This is a ring for grrl pages! I don't really mind if you're not female, as long as the page is dedicated to a grrl of some sort. Ani DiFranco or Kinnie Starr fan sites for example would be welcome. Bikini Kill or Bitch and Animal too! :)
"Women who make their own money don't have to depend on a man, and they don't have to settle... The women of Sex and the City sleep with whomever they want, max out their credit cards and never have to worry about play-dates or carpools. And they know their married friends aren't having any fun at all."
Inspirations and Trailblazers: Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Ruth Simmons, Toni Morrison, Cheryl Miller, Mary McLeod Bethune, Juanita Morris Kreps, Sandra Day OConnor, Frances Perkins, Linda Wachner, and Sally K. Ride, to name a few.
The North American fashion industry says it wants its models to be healthy, not anorexic, not bulimic and not chain-smokers. And to help models achieve that, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has released a list of recommendations as part of a new health initiative. Plus additional articles about anorexia and real people.
With skyrocketed divorce rates (in the United States the divorce rate is roughly half the marriage rate) its easy for people to point the finger at the feminist movement as to the cause. But in reality there is so many other reasons why divorces happen. Articles, statistics and different perspectives on marriage, adultery (the leading cause of failed marriages) and divorce.
"I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament." -Alanis Morissette. "Women belong in the House... and the Senate." "Never let the hand you hold, hold you down." -Authors Unknown.
The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq [OWFI] has submitted a short report summarizing the conditions of women in Iraq. Public executions of women and children, beatings, torture and sectarian violence, with women caught in the middle.
If women of color have been said to live in a "double bind," then lesbians of color can be seen as "triply bound." Lets look back at how lesbian feminists of color did in the 1960s and 1970s...
