PeaceKeeper launched a 75% organic lip gloss with the UNIFEM – The United Nation’s Development Fund For Women and its Trust Fund To Eliminate Violence Against Women – to raise awareness about UNIFEM’s important global work. UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations, dedicated to advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that foster women's empowerment. UNIFEM works on the premise that it is the fundamental right of every woman to live a life free from discrimination and violence, and that gender equality is essential to achieving development and to building just societies. UNIFEM works in the following thematic areas:
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Sarah Lyon is a great person and a fantastic artist, but that is only the beginning. She is also a great adventurer and has done a beautiful job of documenting her travels as she rides across the country capturing images of other female mechanics for her calendars.Sarah Lyon is a great person and a fantastic artist, but that is only the beginning.... more
Tasha Reid supports the Empowerment Camp Visit www.TashaReid.com and click on contact us if you are looking for a speaker or a host.Tasha Reid supports the Empowerment Camp Visit www.TashaReid.com and click on contact... more
Part of this week's NYT special issue, Saving the World's Women. Discuss all the articles at current.com/feminism.
How do big ideas spread on the Internet, and how are they changed in the process?
Consider the feminist-hawk position — the one that advocates the use of force to liberate Muslim women from persecution and burkas. This position has become an integral part of the ideological Web. Feminist-hawk arguments may even be considered an artifact of the Web, just the way the revolutionary arguments of 18th-century America can be seen as an artifact of pamphlets.
In the late 1990s, an e-mail petition of unclear origin began to circulate. It was called “The Taliban Is Waging a War on Women!” Styled like a chain letter, it came in several variations, each featuring reports of misogynistic crimes in Afghanistan. (“One woman was beaten to DEATH by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her arm.”) If you signed, you agreed that the United Nations ought to, by “support and action,” show its intolerance for “the situation overseas.”
The petition blamed the Afghan regime and not Muslim culture for the abuses of women, and some iterations sought to pre-empt relativists who would “excuse everything on cultural grounds.” The petition typically carried a list of signatories, some with M.D.’s and Ph.D.’s, from cities like Grenoble, Cleveland and New Delhi.
Unlike Revolutionary-era pamphlets, the petition did not ground its case in political theory. Instead, it relied on the promise of global participation implicit in online communication. It made clear that a far-flung community with eyes and ears everywhere — and connections in high places — already existed. You could add your name to its moral ranks with a few keystrokes.
Today that e-mail message rarely lands in in-boxes, and when it’s cited, it’s mostly to show the oppressiveness of spam. (“The Taliban has since been removed from power,” says BreaktheChain, an anti-junk-mail site. “Too bad this chain letter can’t similarly be ‘removed.’ ”) This is a mistake. Though the petition didn’t stop the Taliban, it sounded a meaningful alarm. It also codified a polemical line that has, unexpectedly, become a war horse of hawkish bloggers.
David Horowitz, the conservative firebrand, is among those who have seized on the feminist-hawk position. Horowitz may not be an obvious feminist, but as someone who has dedicated his life to political media (producing or contributing to magazines, books, political ads, cable news, talk radio, blogs, video podcasts, even a pamphlet), he’s adroit at adapting ideologies for media platforms. Right now, this one is working for him.
Like many conservatives, Horowitz appears to have come to feminist-hawkism after 9/11. But in his hands, the ideology has fast became a tenacious memebrid — as Tim Hwang, a sociologist and the director of the Web Ecology Project, calls memes that unite two or more cultural phenomena.
“The neat marriage of hawkish tendencies and feminist framing of issues does this quite effectively,” Hwang explained to me in an e-mail message. Borrowing left-wing shibboleths is one way that “conservative ideas can make it big in a generally more liberal online social sphere,” he wrote. Furthermore, to depict Islamic regimes less as terrorists than as repressors of civil liberties may appeal even to traditional isolationists, as it “plays off of the strong communities of libertarians that dominate some prominent spaces.”
Hawkish sites that have taken up feminism include Little Green Footballs, Jihad Watch and Horowitz’s FrontPage Magazine. On a recent day, the home page of the last featured reports of female prisoners being raped in Iran; prepubescent girls getting married in Gaza; and a possible honor killing by an immigrant in New York. This material is expected to help seal Horowitz’s general case for the war on terror, though he has not yet changed the name of his cause to, say, the war on misogyny.Part of this week's NYT special issue, Saving the World's Women. Discuss all the... more
First off, congratulations on coming home and thank you for all your hard work on behalf of women and victims of human trafficking everywhere!
I work as an intern at Media 4 Humanity, a non-profit working to eradicate child slavery and exploitation in the United States. Our organization is entirely operated by students and media professionals. Part of our work is tracking media professionals who show a true understanding and a determination to shed light on human trafficking here and around the world. The lengths you went to cover this issue should serve as an inspiration to the entire media industry. The work you have done in order to increase awareness of the world's fastest growing illegal industry will not be forgotten.
Thank you again.
You both are truly Media Humanitarians.
Sincerely (with a profound amount of respect and admiration),
Beka Breitzer
Intern
Media 4 HumanityHi Laura and Euna,
First off, congratulations on coming home and thank you for all... more
Less Brown is a Motivational Speaker that has overcame many obstacles and is here to teach you a little life lesson. Why people fail.Less Brown is a Motivational Speaker that has overcame many obstacles and is here to... more
Jeffrey Gitomer Gives a few helpful hints on how to change Your Mind to a Positive Attitude... And why it is important to You..
Help Jeffrey, Help You.. make the Change for You, Cuz You desrve it. Well don't You?Jeffrey Gitomer Gives a few helpful hints on how to change Your Mind to a Positive... more
I was shopping in the Freehold Raceway Mall when I saw an advertisement which is bigger than life on the Armani Exchange window. The only problem was this advertisement is pornography. It depicts a young man and young women but the woman is sliding her hand down his pants. It has been up here for months yet no one has complained about it. Thousands of people have walked passed yet no one has complained or saw this as obscene. If my grandmother saw this display she would have fainted right on the spot, but today thousands have passed without even flinching.
It appears that big companies think they can put any image they want on the walls of a community like this without even being challenged. I am not an enemy of Armani Exchange. Armani Exchange has made themselves an enemy by promoting an atmosphere of obscenities. This is not a message or an image that I want to give to the younger generation who frequents this mall by the thousands every week. This image is a green light to every adolescent, middle school, and high school girl to conduct themselves in a reprehensible manner.
After I complained to the Mall management about this vulgar advertisement I was told there was nothing that could be done about it. I was told that this was a million dollar advertisement campaign. I was also told that I was the only one who complained about it. So I started a You Tube video entitled “Pornography Or Advertisement You Decide By John H. Eagan” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvEg-Lwy4U) and stood in front of the Armani Exchange window and stated my case about this advertisement.
The Asbury Park Press got excited about this quest of mine and decided to print an article about the matter which should be published this week. Since I started a legal process against them the management of Armani Exchange decided to take down the advertisement in question. I believe this human interest story would make an attention-grabbing segment on your show. Many people today think they are in a hopeless situation and nothing can be done when big business decides to bully their way around. One person can make a difference.
I am here to point my finger in Armani’s face or anyone else who thinks they can feature obscenities in their advertisement and say “No you’re not going to do this in my community”, Don’t think you’re going to peddle your smut around here…. . I single-handedly got that offensive advertisement down. Hopefully this will be a clear message to people to see that something can be done if you put your mind to it.I was shopping in the Freehold Raceway Mall when I saw an advertisement which is... more
Been feeling a little bummed out about the state of the world lately ?? Looking for something more to be a part of ?? IT"S TIME !!!
Together for the first time on air in fourty years, the creators/producers of Woodstock Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang consider this to be their gift to the Woodstock Nation. Don't miss this historic event !!
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Tuesdays at 10pm Eastern / 7pm PacificBeen feeling a little bummed out about the state of the world lately ?? Looking for... more
Wake up, America! We're on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions.
Empowering the homeowner to save their home and help save the Economy. Do not refinance or modify a mortgage you can't afford to begin with. Repudiate bad debt and seek accountability.Empowering the homeowner to save their home and help save the Economy. Do not... more
California will get more help from the stimulus package than any other state. Who is to blame for California's mess? In large part the problems are self-inflicted. California indulged itself in a runaway housing boom that beggared description, fueled by subprime mortgage lenders headquartered in California's own Orange County. Sure, Wall Street banks aided and abetted the spree, but California took the madness as far, or farther, than any other state,California will get more help from the stimulus package than any other state. Who is... more
Yup, married folks have sex. Just ask MTV's Man and Wife. Famous NYC radio DJ Fatman Scoop and his wife Shanda break it down with Abiola Abrams on love, sex, dating and relationships on this episode of the Planet Abiola Show. This is how to stay together. Literally!Yup, married folks have sex. Just ask MTV's Man and Wife. Famous NYC radio DJ Fatman... more
Update: Where the foreclosures are: Hardest-hit ZIP Codes
The 10 L.A. County ZIPs with the highest number of foreclosures in 1Q 2008, and the percentage increase from 1Q 2007. Source: DataQuick Information Systems. These are for single-family detached homes.
ABC officially announced the cast list for Season 8 of their reality TV show Dancing with the Stars and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is listed amongst the contestants for this year's show.
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, a.k.a. "The Woz," helped shape the computer industry with his design of Apple's first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh. After leaving Apple Computer Inc. in 1985, Wozniak was involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment. Wozniak is also a published author with the release of his New York Times Best Selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006.
Dancing with the Stars is a "reality"-based competition in which stars are paired with professional dancers to compete in various styles of ballroom dancing. At home viewers vote for their favorite dancing couple by phone.
Steve Wozniak along with Steve Jobs co-founded Apple, Inc. Wozniak was the engineer behind many of the early Apple computer designs. While he is said to remain an official employee of Apple, Wozniak plays no role in the day to day operations of the company.
Dancing with the Stars premieres on ABC on Monday, March 9th at 8 p.mABC officially announced the cast list for Season 8 of their reality TV show Dancing... more
The Antelope Valley's rich and powerful control the ability of its newspaper to criticize the wide-spread fraud that contributed to the housing crash, and now to the coming taxpayer squeeze that will save the necks of the rich while washing the hard-working public and saddling us all with another huge pile of debt?The Antelope Valley's rich and powerful control the ability of its newspaper to... more
We thank you Sir. This is the biggest change we truly can believe in. We will never cease to do our best, making a world of difference by saving homes one family at a time.We thank you Sir. This is the biggest change we truly can believe in. We will never... more
In a bizarre macabre account of divine intervention, Erik Larson amazingly encounters the All Mighty through a death proof hearse. Empowered to guide the lost, the Minister of Death mobs down the streets in his bequeathed vehicle of demise to enlighten the impressionable, the drug addicts, and the criminal element of the mortality that challenges them. Being scared straight may be the answer toward a future of sobriety.In a bizarre macabre account of divine intervention, Erik Larson amazingly encounters... more
The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people, inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings for we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy and relies primarily on covet means for expanding it's share of influence. On infiltration instead of invasion, in subversion instead of elections, in intimidation instead of free choice. It is a system which has conscripted.....The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people,... more
Today, we need more Thomas Paines and a few other good men like him as our freedoms and wealth have been stripped away at an ever increasing pace by a government which has long ago become unresponsive to serving the citizens and serves the monied elite with unconstitutional policy, laws, codes and decrees. As we see our freedoms sacrificed in the name of security and our wealth sacrificed to bail out those who created the financial crisis it should be abundantly clear that our government has become unresponsive to the citizens and long ago lost sight of the vision and intent of our founders.Today, we need more Thomas Paines and a few other good men like him as our freedoms... more
