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Top Blogs
When the going gets tough, the tough get facelifts?
Submitted by Aubrey on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:30
In the mid-90s, French performance artist Orlan had nine cosmetic surgery procedures performed on her face; each broadcast live to museums and galleries around Europe. In each instance, she was awake, often adorned in outrageous costumes, reading poetry throughout the procedure. Orlan’s performance, dubbed “The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan” intended to pluck from history the archetypal images we associate with femininity. Lips from Bouche’s Rape of Europa, brow of the Mona Lisa, Chin of Boticelli’s Venus.
Education for Global Change
Submitted by Natalie on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:30
When I saw the headline, “Divorced Before Puberty,” I assumed it would link to some kind of tabloid piece on a too-young married couple who were already divorced, commenting on something like the high divorce rate or teen pregnancy rate in America. Instead, I found an opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof, telling the story of a brave young girl in Yemen who was forced to marry a 30-year-old man when she was only 10. The girl was forced to drop out of school and suffered sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her husband. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending. The girl took a taxi to see a judge, divorced her husband, made her way to America and penned a best-selling memoir. At age 12, she is supporting her family and is a beacon of hope and inspiration for other child-brides in Yemen.
Spring Fever: Part One
Submitted by Kasey on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 12:30
Spring is near and we have your food covered! Spring Fever is a 3 part content series with spring themed recipes by Kasey Bell, including Picnic Food, a St. Patrick's Day Bash, and an Easter Feast.
Stunt Women, past and present
Submitted by Aubrey on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 12:28
For the past week, I have sifted through writings on historical events and long-since passed women of significance, battling over which event may represent women’s history at its most interesting point. And my search has proved difficult. Which got me thinking—what defines an important moment in women’s history? Is it the immediacy of the event’s effect? The number of women affected? Is it the passage of a law? The first time a woman participates in an otherwise male-dominated activity? To all of these, the answer is yes.
Tampon is French for 'plug'
Submitted by Betsey on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 12:29
When first trying to decide on a single event in the history of Women, I started thinking of all the things that, as a woman, I could not live without: voting, chocolate, the Pill, Lady Gaga. Then I realized that the only absolute need that I possessed simply because I am a woman is the tampon.
