- Notable Quotes: African American Women Writers
- [About.com Women's History - with quote collections from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Lorraine Hansberry.]
- Where Are the Women? Wikipedia Edition
- [Feminist Law Professors - Tony Infanti]
- Protesters Are Awesome: Egyptian Students Are Now Protecting the Libraries
- [GOOD - Cord Jefferson]
On Friday we told you about about the Egyptian protesters who valiantly banded together to protect the Egyptian Museum's priceless antiquities collection from destruction…
Today comes word that the African nation's young people, who are still in the throes of revolt, have also been trying to protect libraries from their demonstrating countrymen.
…some of whom are even coordinating with the military to ensure that their protests for freedom don't also decimate the nation's valuable cultural icons:…
none
- "Anti-Aging Makeup" — for 8-year-olds?
- [FreeRangeKids - lskenazy]
- 112th Congress: 28 Bills to Repeal Patient Protection Act in 11 Days, But Nothing to Create Jobs
- [Crooks and Liars - karoli]
- We’re Better off Than Egypt — Right? Let’s Take a Look.
- [Campaign for America's Future - Richard Eskow]
Here's the reality: Income inequality is actually greater in the United States than it is in Egypt.
none
- Shorter GOP: Tax breaks for everyone, except those pregnant teenage rape victims, the dirty whores
- They ran on “creating jobs”, which they clearly have no intention of doing, since they’re going to be too busy looking for ways to put the screws to everyone they hate…
…the “Economic Crisis Is A Good Time To Rain Hell On American Women In Need Act”. …Boehner called this bill a “top priority”.
…rape exceptions to abortion bans…are useless, because you have to fill out all this paperwork that then gets shuffled around until it’s too late and you’re forced, out of desperation, to pay out of pocket…
The only real result of narrowing the definition of “rape” to exclude women who were asleep, drugged, cornered with little chance of escape, minor children, and basically anyone who didn’t fight within an inch of her life is mostly symbolic, and what it symbolizes is support for rape culture and hatred of women…
…this bill is not just an assault on the neediest. It’s actually a restriction on all insurance coverage for abortion.
- Example #2,439,329 Of Why Watching Fox News Makes You Stupid
- Fox News doesn't even know where Egypt is on a map.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
The Of interest (Mon, Jan 31st, 12pm) by Lee Salazar, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Terms and conditions beyond the scope of this license may be available at leesalazar.com.