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The power of positive role models and portrayals

by Koan at 11:02am Sun, 11 Jun 2006 under Feminism & Gender, Life; 478 views
Contributing Editor Koan Bremner also blogs at Multidimensional.Me Sometimes I need to read the right thing at the right time to know what the right thing is to do. And Liz Rizzo and Jory Des Jardins have recently written the right things, at the right time, to help me make a personal decision.

Vidlicious - all women videobloggers, all the time

by Koan at 3:05am Wed, 17 May 2006 under Social Media, Feminism & Gender; 265 views
Contributing Editor Koan Bremner also blogs at Multidimensional.Me When the written word just isn't enough - trust women to find a way to use new technology to get their message across - including feminist messages. Among the current featured videoblog posts at vidlicious, which describes itself as an "ever evolving collective of female videobloggers. A place to track all the videoblogs/podcasts produced by female videophiles of all ages, races, philosophies, and graces", Killer B describes her decision not to shave her legs and underarms:

"Ask Me" or "Don't Ask" - you decide - or do you?

by Koan at 2:54pm Tue, 16 May 2006 under Feminism & Gender; 289 views
Contributing Editor Koan Bremner also blogs at Multidimensional.Me Any story which touches on reproductive rights is guaranteed to generate strong emotions - and the new campaign by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is no exception. The campaign, called "Ask Me", is a prescription-writing campaign for Plan B (or the morning-after pill, or emergency contraception). An excellent column at USNews.com by Bernadine Healy examines some of the issues, and quotes Vivian Dickerson, former President of ACOG, who justifies the campaign because of the:

Blogging for LGBT Families Day - June 1 2006

by Koan at 5:03am Tue, 9 May 2006 under Feminism & Gender, Mommy & Family; 476 views
Contributing Editor Koan Bremner also blogs at Multidimensional.Me Here's another day of blog activism for those who appreciate such things - "Blogging for LGBT Families Day". As the organiser, Dana Rudolph of the blog "Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Mums" says, "Blogging for LGBT Families Day is a time for bloggers to write about LGBT family issues and collectively raise awareness of LGBT families, our diverse nature, and how current prejudices and laws negatively affect our lives and children."

Journalism and gender variance - uneasy bedfellows?

by Koan at 9:13am Sat, 6 May 2006 under Feminism & Gender, Media & Journalism, Europe; 742 views
Contributing Editor Koan Bremner also blogs at Multidimensional.Me In my opinion, a free press is an essential element of a free and just society. And yet, for all of the examples where journalists have uncovered wrong-doing and pursued those responsible (even to the highest reaches of government) there is at least one area where the fourth estate typically fails to cover itself in glory.