Pro-Choice Nun Volunteers as Escort
You read that right–a nun is a clinic escort volunteer. News comes from weird sources and this time is no exception. In a recent Google Alert on the topic of “gender discrimination,” I found that there is a nun who volunteers her time as a clinic escort because she perceives choice to be a gender [...]
Kuwaiti Women A Bit Freer
Kuwait’s supreme court gave women in that country a reason to rejoice this week when that court decided to give women the right to get a passport without spousal consent:
The court found the article in the decades-old law “unconstitutional” because it goes against the principal of equal rights for men and women.
“It undermines her free [...]
When To Stop Blaming Bush?
Short Answer: A long time from now.
I was thinking about just this topic this week given all of the acrimony about the Afghan war and various other topics. When do we draw the line between what W did wrong and did not do properly and where we start taking responsibility? Apparently, good ol’ Jack Cafferty [...]
Shriver Report Says Women Are Half…Are We Surprised?
That’s right, folks. The newly released Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything has found that women are now half of the workforce and that 2/3 of all families have a female breadwinner or co-breadwinner. The report is being hailed as groundbreaking:
For the first time in US history women are about to become the majority [...]
Justice of the Crazy
A justice of the peace in Louisiana refused to issue a marriage license this week to an interracial couple. Trying to justify the decision, Keith Bardwell claimed that the children of such marriage would not be accepted by either race and would thus have a difficult life. He then tried to play the “I have [...]
Score That, Pepsi
Apparently stereotyping women has become one of Pepsi’s main objectives. An iPhone app released by PepsiCo for Amp Energy Drink has infuriated women everywhere by doing just that.
The app, which was released last week, provides ample opportunity for scorn:
The app, released last Friday, purports to help men pick up any one of 24 types of [...]
Fired Up Women of the Week: An Award Winner and a Car Saleswoman
Not a week goes by when there aren’t firsts for women (which is sad, considering that we still have to have firsts, but I digress) and this week is no different. This week we have the first female Economics Nobel Prize winner and the first female top sales person at General Motors.
First up is Elinor [...]
Admitting Feminism: The Dalai Lama
After being introduced at an event by Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, the Dalai Lama let it slip that he’s a feminist:
The globetrotting monk recalled that on one of his recent long-haul flights, he noticed a mother taking care of a child throughout the night and disembarking with red eyes, while the father had [...]
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
I woke up this morning to the news that President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Now it’s no small feat to be elected the first African American president of the good ol’ U.S., [...]
Welcome Back to the NEW AVPW
I know it’s been a long time, and I doubt anyone is reading this…yet…but just so you know, AVPW is back online and will be regularly bringing you stories of justice and injustice, feminism and misogyny, political and apolitical. All you have to do is be ready…and check back often.
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