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Grazie

Wanderlust Women — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:24:23 -0500

Pam, thanks for quoting me and the link back to Traveldreams & Moonbeams. My blog is dedicated to spirited wanderlust women who travel solo. As stated above, it is the most empowering and fun-filled thing you can do - if you are strong enough. If not, practice, baby steps......go out to dinner alone.

Solo Travelers

Nancy Brown WhataTrip — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:33 -0500

I'm married, but I do enjoy traveling solo. As a travel writer I find it beneficial to travel solo because it forces me to leave my comfort zone and chat with the locals.

However, I do remember the time I dined at Charlie Trotter's Chicago restaurant as a single. Big mistake. It was one of those "all night long" dining experiences that couples or a small group of people enjoy. The staff was really good about bringing me Trotter's cookbook to look at while I waited between courses, but it was the looooongest dinner of my life.

Fellow Travel Writer Beth Whitman has written a book on Solo Travel for Women, http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/books/solo/

Nancy D. Brown

http://www.nancydbrown.com/

http://twitter.com/Nancydbrown

wow

originaloflaura — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:53:57 -0500

Like you said, you can't make this stuff up. Another quote comes to mind here, too... something about how if men were the ones who had vaginas, everything surrounding that area would be considered sacred, whereas since women have to deal with this stuff, it's obviously unimportant and we're just whiners.

This commercial is so wrong, on so many levels. But as a Montrealer, allow me to critique "Le River Rouge" for its grammatically incorrect French. As any high school French student knows, the correct word for "river" in French is "rivière" or "fleuve." Additionally, "fleuve" is a masculine noun, whereas "rivière" is a feminine noun, which means the title of this video should be either "La Rivière Rouge" or "Le Fleuve Rouge," but not the mash-up, franglais "Le River Rouge."

But then again, perhaps this is also supposed to indicate more of Zack's faulty point of view, or represents his inability to think straight, as a "woman"?

Laura Roberts, Button Tapper

Stereotypes, Why bother

andreaj003 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:09:57 -0500

I have been pretty athlete till now and I never get bother by those stupid sterotypes.

Thank You, Maria

Megan Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:47:14 -0500

Gina is doing some great work, and it was such a pleasure to be with a group of bright and enthusiastic internet professionals.

And I look forward to seeing you there next year!

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

Incredible coverage

Maria Niles — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:56 -0500

OK - finally caught up on your coverage of BWB, Megan! While I am totally jealous that you got to cover this conference, I deeply appreciate the fabulous work you've done to help us all experience the event vicariously.

Gina and her work are impressive. I love how it sounds like she's created a space for learning, community, friendship and respect to all come together. It makes perfect sense that BlogHer would support such an event.

I really hope to be there next year. Third year, three's a charm... right?

BlogHer Contributing Editor
PopConsumer
Beyond Help

Thank You Ladies!

Megan Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:44:59 -0500

Hi Nordette, Suzanne and Candelaria,

I'm very glad you liked getting to know Gina better.

It was my pleasure to bring you a bit more insight about her.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

She's Something Else!

Megan Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:08:16 -0500

She's something else, isn't she?

It was great finally meeting her in person.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

I know of work, but I don't know her

Nordette — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:32:51 -0500

I like both WAOD and Michelle Obama Watch. This is the first interview I've seen with Gena and she is phenomenal. She inpires me. Thanks, Megan.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Thanks

Candelaria Silva — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:06:01 -0500

I am going to work to be able to attend the conference next year and will check out the other blogs you mentioned. I like authentic, passionate people: Gina and you are two!

http://blog.candelarisilva.com

Good and plenty!

Phew!

Candelaria Silva — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:41:30 -0500

I, too, am glad that the judgment went the way it did. I am dismayed but not surprised that Justice Clarence Thomas was the lone dissenter. The decision did not go far enough. The slow erosion of personal freedoms is frightening. The multitude of new rules and codes of conduct and lack of common sense and courtesy continues to astound me. I do believe that Justice Ginsburg had something to do with the decision. It's hard to envision it going this way without her influence.

http://blog.candelarisilva.com

Good and plenty!

Gret point

PunditMom — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:31:26 -0500

I think you make a great point about the sexual harrassment issue. How is it that first-graders get accused of harrassment for a peck on the cheek, but this assistant principal and other staff get off pretty much scott free? The part of the opionion that said Redding can't recover damages pretty much takes the teeth out of the decision -- where is the downside to school personnel if SCOTUS says they will leave discipline for acts like this to the schools themselves and also leaves the victim without any recourse?

Sorry if I kept you awake at bedtime! ;)

I know this post is old...

Pinktiara — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:00:11 -0500

I thought I was the only one who wanted to run away. I am brand new to this site, so I am looking for other women whose lives are as crazy as mine. I live in Columbia, SC, and I need someone to talk to about the things that women handle on a daily basis. Thanks, Ashley

Sexual Assault?

Leighbra — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:37:11 -0500

I really don't see how them stripping a child (13 is under the age of consent in all of the states I know of) without a doctor, law enforcement, or her parents there falls short of sexual assault. Yet 1st graders caught kissing classmates get expelled for sexual harrassment.

I'm so proud of this girl and her parents taking it as far as they could.

As a nurse, I am revolted that it was the school nurse and school secretary that performed the search. That nurse was acting WELL outside of her job duties as a school nurse. I can not imagine the school district has a policy in her policy and procedure manual discussing how to properly strip search students.

She distinctly failed to advocate for her patient.

If they thought that there was a serious concern, that is what law enforcement is for. Call them in, and then it's their problem.

One could argue that since you are supposed to trust nurses and your school principals (princiP-A-L, because he's your pal!) that this is custodial abuse. Such an abuse of trust. Good luck earning that back, dirt bags.

I, too, will keep the mental image of Ginsburg whacking them upside the head in their private chambers. Maybe one of them actually thought "What if that had been my daughter?"

Bah, gotta quit reading your posts before bed! lol

I'm a huge fan of WAOD!

Suzanne Reisman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:19 -0500

Thanks for this awesome interview!

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants