There were women at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. No one talks about it much because there were so few of them compared to the men. Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also known as the “date that will live in infamy.” The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
Remembering the Women at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Posted in Politics, Woman Up, tagged 1941, day of infamy, december 7, feminism, fire fighters, pearl harbor, women on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
GOP’s Rural White Guys: The Night They Drove New Dixie Down
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Woman Up, tagged democrat, feminism, republican, south on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Republicans are busting with pride about the parade of rural white men who voted overwhelmingly for their candidates in last week’s midterm elections. And not just on the national level. You have to go back to 1966 to find the same number of state legislature switches. You have to go back to 1928 to find [...]
Abortion, Sarah Palin and Feminism: They’re Complicated
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, tagged abortion, feminism, mama grizzly, prochoice, prolife, roe v wade on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, carry me back to old 1960s. Women’s lib, as many of us called feminism back then, divided women along the same fault lines that divide us today. Decades ago a friend said to me: “I always thought liberation meant the freedom to do what you wanted with your life, even if that was stay [...]
Abby Sunderland Is a 16-Year-Old Sailor. Deal With It, America
Posted in Pop Culture, Woman Up, tagged abby sunderland, bessie coleman, feminism, sailing, world record on June 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
[Update: Abby Sunderland has been rescued. She says she'll try again.] Abby Sunderland is alive and well. Her boat is upright (see photograph, courtesy Australian Search and Rescue, on her blog). She’ll be rescued within 24 hours by a French fishing vessel now speeding to her location. I’ll bet her first interview will reveal she’s [...]
Profiles in Femme Courage
Posted in Politics, tagged ashley judd, audrey hepburn, chick flicks, feminism, grace kelly, hattie mcdaniel, resistance on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Woman Up crew has been discussing Meryl Streep bravely flaunting her age in her new film “It’s Complicated.” Prior to that, we took note of a more visceral kind of courage put forward in the film “Precious,” covered by my Woman Up colleagues Michelle, Mia and Mary. As a diehard wait-till-HBO-or-Netflix type, I have [...]
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