grrrly news 2/5/05
Current Events
Rice and the New Black Paradigm
When it comes to black history, Condi makes cynics of us all.
At a time when religious fundamentalists are gaining ground, Democratic Party leadership is wavering on reproductive rights
Federal Marriage Amendment Reintroduced in Congress
Bush's Radical Right Supporters Use Leverage to Advance Agenda of Intolerance
Women Work for San Franciscans' Human Rights
WILD, which stands for Women's Institute for Leadership Development, is currently working on an ambitious campaign to ensure that groups like African American youth are no longer victims of human rights abuses. In early spring, the group plans to present its plan for a Human Rights Ordinance in San Francisco to the City's Board of Supervisors.
Woman's Place: On Couch, Watching Super Bowl
As the Super Bowl approaches, Kara Falchini speaks up for the growing number of women who are knowledgeable and passionate about a game that only men are supposed to love.
UK grant for raped Rwandan women
Britain is to give a £4m ($7.5m) grant to help women survivors of the Rwandan genocide who were raped and often deliberately infected with HIV/Aids.
Bill clarifies law: Pregnant women can indeed get divorced
Some Washington judges have interpreted state law to mean they can deny women divorces because they are pregnant. A bill promises to clear up any confusion.
New York's ban on gay marriage was struck down yesterday by a Manhattan judge, possibly clearing the way for same-sex couples in the city to legally wed next month.
Health
The very definition of food has been transformed by industry, yet the federal government's dietary guidelines don't reflect that.
Anorexia – the most deadly mental illness – is definitely not just about looking thin
Medicare to Cover Viagra, While Bush Administration Continues to Block Women's Access to 'Morning-After' Pill; Americans Want Equal Treatment of Womens Health Care Needs
Female Physicians Face Higher Suicide Risk
Female physicians face a surprising killer; themselves. Although no research has been conducted on reasons for their especially high suicide rate, people close to the problem suspect heavy work-life burdens and gender bias in the profession.
Pregnancy may hold arthritis key
For the whole of Liz Pringle's pregnancy and for a few months afterwards her body was free from the pain which had haunted her for years.
Pregnant employees 'forced out'
Around 30,000 women a year are sacked, made redundant or leave their jobs due to pregnancy discrimination, according to research.
New mums feel pressure to be slim
Virtually all new mothers are unhappy about the way their body looks after childbirth - with a quarter considering plastic surgery, a survey found.
February: Spotlight On Heart Disease In Women
Dr. Mary Ann Malloy, dressed in red along with the anchors of the 11 a.m. newscast, reported on February: Heart Month. There was a national campaign to boost awareness of heart disease in women by wearing red on Friday, Feb. 4.
This year, the American Heart Association has put the spotlight on women. New information reinterated what we already knew; women's risk of heart disease is underestimated by women and their doctors. Women still receive less preventive care and diagnostic tests.
French women don't diet -- they just enjoy every meal
Bonnie Swanson/Contributing columnist
Mireille Guiliano writes about French eating habits in her book, “French Women Don’t Get Fat.”
Caesareans bad for mother and baby: experts
Childbirth experts are warning that new mothers who choose to give birth by caesarean section are exposing themselves and their babies to serious health risks.
Sally Tracy, Associate Professor of Midwifery at the University of Technology, Sydney, said there had been a dramatic increase in the number of healthy women choosing to have caesarean sections.
Women Around the World
More than 150,000 women were pregnant in the 12 countries ravaged by the tsunami, and their needs are only now beginning to be understood.
Ukraine's billionaire 'Joan of Arc' is confirmed as Prime Minister
Julia Tymoshenko, the radical firebrand known as Ukraine's Joan of Arc thanks to her pivotal role in the "orange revolution", was confirmed yesterday as the country's Prime Minister
Planned Parenthood President Resigns
Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for the past eight years, has resigned, the family planning organization announced Thursday.
Lost in Translation: Iraqi Woman Ignores Risk for Career
Despite two alleged death threats from insurgents, one of the few young Iraqi women translating for journalists continues to interpret. A job that has provided her first sense of accomplishment could also cause her demise.
Last week, Tehran's women's swim team beat Armenia and Qatar for a gold medal at the fourth annual All-Women Games for Muslim and Asian Capitals. The Iranian women also received a gold medal in taekwando at the event, which was held in Tehran and attended by some 600 competitors from 17 countries. Sound surprising? It shouldn't.
Old phones to be made into alarms
Unwanted mobile phones are to be converted into safety alarms and given to women at risk of domestic abuse
Women and girls from Honduras forced to work at bar
Dozens of Honduran women and girls were smuggled into the United States and forced to work at a bar to earn freedom from the traffickers, federal authorities charged.
Voices
So Far, Boxer Stages a Rebellion of One
On conservative blogs and TV shows she's been portrayed as obnoxious, babbling, a crybaby and a loud and threatening person - even though she's a tiny woman - for daring to ask Condoleezza Rice embarrassing questions. House Minority Leader Tom Delay called her the leader of the "X-Files wing" of the Democratic Party, and hardly any Democrats have stepped up to defend her.
Art-punk poetess Lydia Lunch tells you things you don't want to hear. She lays it on the line with her new album.
I was supposed to be on the Larry King Live show Monday night. I was asked to be on the show to offer my opinion on the election in Iraq from the perspective of a mom whose son was killed in the war prior to the elections. One of the questions I was going to be asked was: Do I think my son’s sacrifice was “worth it?” Well, I didn’t get a chance to be on the show that night because I was bumped for something that is really important: The Michael Jackson Trial.
Gage Stands Against Mixing Church and State
February 24, 1890: Matilda Joslyn Gage takes on the Religious Right
The girl who is breaking barriers
Sania Mirza, the first Indian woman to get to the third round of a tennis grand slam, has a long way to go but her confidence may get her there, says leading Indian sportswriter Rohit Brijnath
Foudy celebrates women in sports
Former soccer star and past president of the Women's Sports Foundation Julie Foudy was introduced to the FBR Open and the hospitality of the Thunderbirds this week.
Heavily influenced by the emotional rawness of Nirvana and the social messages of early East Coast rap and hip hop, OTEP blends a sharp spoken word style with blistering metal guitars. Shamaya’s background in literature shines through with lyrics that are clear and dramatic. If having one of the few female frontpersons in metal--and its only out lesbian--seems like a recipe for disaster, think again: OTEP played Ozzfest 2001, 02, and 04
The Life and Music of Mexican Legend Chavela Vargas
In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women. Some even say that she once kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, but Vargas denies that rumor. However, she doesn’t deny that she gained her slight limp from jumping out of a window because a woman disappointed her in love. If that’s true, Vargas in her youth was every bit as romantic as the music she sang.
The Next Generation
Rock 'n' roll camps for girls are spreading across the country, encouraging fledgling female rockers to turn up amplifiers, bang on drum sets, make raucous music and feel good about themselves.
Young Women Meet in D.C., Create Own Movement
The Younger Women's Task Force, organized with the help of longtime feminists like Martha Burk, hopes to identify the priorities of young women, including those who resist the feminist label.
College girls step into beauty controversy
Each month, the young financial advisor from Huaxia Bank in Beijing spends more than 2,000 yuan (US$240), roughly half of her monthly salary, to beautify her skin, hair, hands and feet, as well as buying brand-name cosmetics and perfume like Chanel, Lancome or Christian Dior.
"It enhances my confidence and it's worthwhile," she claims.
Surprise Cookies Cost Girls $900
Two girls who surprised neighbors with homemade cookies late one night have been ordered to pay nearly $900 to a woman who said she had been so startled that she had to go to the hospital.
Business and Financial
Because lots of women don't feel comfortable buying a new car, a female Toronto auto writer is setting up a series of lectures explaining the process.
KeyBank pledges $1B to women-owned businesses
KeyBank has committed to lending at least $1 billion to women-owned companies in Ohio and 12 other states during the next three years
Business Ownership Among Immigrant Women on the Rise
There's long been an American dream of a man immigrating to the U.S., setting up a business, and providing for himself and his family. Now, a new report shows, immigrant women are embracing that dream, and in higher numbers than native-born women.
Retail Notebook: Moms setting up online businesses
"Women are seeing that they can achieve economic independence and professional ambitions while still attending to their personal responsibilities as mothers," said Sharon Hadary, executive director of the Center for Women's Business Research. "Technology has become a great enabler for these home-based women to have businesses that can be very profitable."
Religion
Men, women equal in the eyes of the Qur'an
A new book titled "Woman's Identity and the Qur'an: A New Reading," has claimed that the sacred Islamic text offers Muslim women the same rights as men.
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