BlogHer - Middle East - Comments

Thanks! This is an

eyefulofcanon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:05:30 -0500

Thanks! This is an especially nice collection of links for those of us that aren't living in the U.S. right now, but want to feel like we do. These ladies (and gents) do a fabulous job of reminding me why it is that I am grateful for the time and service of everyone in the military and their families.

-Kirsten

www.eyefulofcanon.com

Rebekah Sanderlin is pee-your-pants funny

Lisa Stone — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:12:44 -0500

...and sobering at the same time. You have to read all ten on her list, from Afghanistan as golf game to her sarcasm about voters learning the world map.

When it's not you or your family or your friend in active service -- and I have none of the above right now -- I've found it's too easy for me to forget the daily family reality behind the headlines. Thank you so much for this post, Shannon.

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

Thanks Shannon!

Lisa Boyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:47:49 -0500

For giving us a piece of these ladies and linking to their blogs! I wish I could tell all the soldiers "thank you!" I'm especially glad that they are going to share good stories from over there. It'd be nice to hear something good now and then!

Women activists in Iran - arrests report

lysanzia — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:29:28 -0500

Women News Network - WNN is proud to release this new article by Iranian humanitarian scholar, professor and activist, Elahe Amani.

The current conditions for women who have been speaking out in Iran is very critical at this time.

-Lys Anzia Women News Network

yay, bianca's back

washwords — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:17:55 -0500

I was clued to this on cspan. heh. what a wonk, eh? some of the actual citations were hillarious and well-researched and important. I don't get it either "drivel" (great blog name btw). sigh. november's coming... right?

washy || http://washwords.wordpress.com || washwords.dc@gmail.com

I first found out about this

fyi-for-women — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:32:21 -0500

I first found out about this condition while watching Oprah who was showing portions of the Walk to Beautiful film. After that show I started researching Urinary Incontinence.

It's surprising how many people find themselves incontinent
at some point in their lives. Whether it
is a temporary issue during an illness, or the effects of giving birth, it is
said that 1 in 4 women encounter this problem at some point in their lives.

Hopefully the stigma of incontinence can be erased and more
women can seek help or not feel uncomfortable about doing those activities that
they love.

I was moved so much by the stigma assoctiated with Urinary Incontience that I started a blog about getting more awareness out there. I myself have it, as well as more than half of the other women on my soccer team. I'm hoping to have it help others as well.

http://www.fyiforwomen.com/blog/

Thanks for the info

cowgrrrl — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:17:14 -0500

I find it hard to understand why it was so easy for the Repubs to impeach Clinton because he had an affair (okay, he lied about having an affair), while Bush gets off scot free despite the many atrocities he has committed and lies he has told.

The Dems are such wimps.

A Drivel Runs Through It

Thanks!

Trisha — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:11:20 -0500

Thank you very much for linking to my post!

I've felt a little discouraged lately because it seems not many people are reading my blog. I put a lot of time into that post especially, so I really mean it when I say that I appreciate your linking to it. I wasn't sure if anyone had actually read it or not!

And yes, it is a horrible problems isn't it?

My blog is lonely and cries itself to sleep at night, please come visit and say hello: Ideas For Women blog

Kudos to BlogHer

amygeekgrl — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:57:57 -0500

I admit I did a doubletake, but loved seeing that number jump up yesterday. Thank you, BlogHer. :)

Amy
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
BlogHers Act contributing editor

Since you are extending the project

Vered — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:55:50 -0500

I added the widget to my sidebar, but I have 2 questions, which I am going to ask here, since I'm not sure where else to ask them:

1. There was a smaller widget - I would prefer to use that in my blog - where can I find it?

2. Any chance of the widget becoming customizable color-wise, or is it one-size-fits-all type widget?

Thank you

Vered DeLeeuw
www.momgrind.com

Just made my monthly donation..

debra roby — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:20:25 -0500

I give myself an "allowance" for fun stuff: searching for used DVDs of movies I like, going out to lunch, getting my eyebrows waxed..

And once a month I figure out what I spent on fun and just give the rest to Global Giving through the buttons. This month, no time search those DVDs, so Global Giving got lucky!

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

I reloaded and saw the jump and I was proud

Denise — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:50:57 -0500

Thank you Elisa - and BlogHer. Seeing that jump made my entire day.

I'm thinking my next donation will happen in the days before I move to Illinois. All of those jars of change that have been accumulating around the house in the six years I've lived here... they're going to the bank and from there to one of these projects.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Thanks for your input...

Renee Lynn — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:36:23 -0500

Renee Blodgett: Down The Avenue

http://www.downtheavenue.com

Thanks for your input and for sharing your links to Israel. I hope to go back next year and rediscover and by then, we'll hopefully have a bit more of a program in place and can add other interesting interviews with people outside technology. If you're really interested in the cultural side, you should read my blog post about my returning to my kibbutz 23 years later. http://www.downtheavenue.com/2008/05/once-upon-a-tim.html It's pretty intense :-)

Israel

Csamuels — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:14:46 -0500

This is a great post! I've spent considerable time in Israel but always in shorter time periods than this clearly is and while I was aware of the family focus didn't put it in this thoughtful perspective. One additional factor to this togetherness is the size of the country I think. After all, unless they're Sabbath observers, kids living in Tel Aviv can drive to their parents in Jerusalem for Shabbat dinner and be back before the 11 oclock news. Even those who live "far" from one another, unless they're way south, can easily get "home" for a weekend. My kids are in Seattle and San Francisco and we're in DC. No weekend visits for us unless we meet int he middle and high-demand jobs don't allow for taking very many Fridays as travel days. It's just harder.

I agree with you about the focus of Israel AND your thesis that Jewish history teaches us that our families are the ones we can count on no matter what the current attitude of the outside world toward Jews. I also believe that the fact that so much of Jewish festival life is home-based adds to the foundation.

Anyway thanks for this provocative and informative post. If you want to read the posts from my Israel trips, here are links to a couple - one Jerusalem http://dontgelyet.typepad.com/dontgeltoosoon/2008/02/we-leave-for-th.htm... , one Tel Aviv: http://dontgelyet.typepad.com/dontgeltoosoon/2007/11/jerusalem-dia-9.htm...

Cynthia Samuels, Partner
Cobblestone Associates, LLP
Blog and Media Strategies and Content Development Online and on Television
http:dontgelyet.typepad.com/dontgeltoosoon

well wait a minute...

washwords — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:25:35 -0500

I was angry too. very angry. see above. But Dana seems very contrite and quite sincere in her desire to learn more. Before we castigate her, let's try to learn and improve. If someone as clearly well-intentioned and intelligent as Dana can be "duped" in this way, how are the many with less education, resources, and fabulous blogger friends, supposed to find their way?

Dana, your mistake was NOT in reading the book, or any book. When you begin reading more on the history of the Jewish people, and the Holocaust in particular, you'll see that censorship, restricting the freedom of anyone (even/especially the authors of books like these) is no friend to the Jews or any minority group or oppressed group.

Your "mistake" may only have been in not reading MORE/ asking more/ learning more. I for one give you credit though for not closing comments on this subject and being so responsive to each and every one.

IMHO, that's how learning and healing really begin.

washy

http://washwords.wordpress.com

washwords.dc@gmail.com