June 2013
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May 2013
7 posts
El Salvador denies woman a life-saving abortion →
feministing.com
“El Salvador is one of the 5 countries that bans abortion in all cases, with no exceptions whatsoever, not even in the case of rape or incest, not even to save the life of the pregnant woman.”
This is total and complete bullshit!
Marcha Mundial en contra de Monsanto
El 25 de mayo, activistas de todo el mundo se unirán a la Marcha contra Monsanto. En México también se realizarán eventos.
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April 2013
23 posts
Women Can Finally Pray Alongside Men at Israel's Western Wall →
jezebel.com
An Israeli court ruled today that women can legally pray and wear prayer shawls at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, despite the best efforts of Orthodox Jews who want the holy site to remain a boy’s club until the Red Sea parts once more, and probably even after that.
Real Beauty Sketches - Dove →
realbeautysketches.dove.us
You are more beautiful than you think! Click here and watch our social experiment that proves. Real Beauty Sketches.
Rape Culture: Bay Area Teens Publish Exposé and End Up on NPR →
intentblog.com
Rape is a heavy topic for teenagers to take on in a school magazine or newspaper. Some might even say it’s too advanced or inappropriate in such a setting. The reality, though, is that 80% of rape victims are under the age of 30; and 44% are under 18. So perhaps the problem is that&
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March 2013
7 posts
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“”You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better material, as you would a piece of bronze. But you cannot hammer a girl into anything.”
~John Ruskin (1819-1900)” —From “Woman in Epigram” 1904
~John Ruskin (1819-1900)” —From “Woman in Epigram” 1904
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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
~Leo Buscaglia
” —February 2013
7 posts
January 2013
26 posts
https://twitter.com/kerstinshamberg/status/296330683645837312/photo/1 →
twitter.com
Four years ago today, President Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. pic.twitter.com/6mO1KVCZ
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