My entries on this blog normally describe the struggles and achievements of African women. While I will continue to advocate for the recognition of African women in future blog posts, I’m going to have to diverge from my usual topic this week. I’m sure you either saw or heard about the latest campus controversy. JMU […]
Read More Abortion is not genocide; women are not NazisOne of my best friends is Kenyan. He just graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a degree in justice and peacebuilding; I figured he would be a good source for information about African women achievements. I was right. “Google Dekha Ibrahim Abdi,” he said. It was an easy inspiration. After reading just a few sentences […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: Gone but not forgottenTo celebrate Eastern Mennonite University’s homecoming, Leymah Gbowee a 2007 Master’s degree graduate from Liberia, came to speak about her work and receive EMU’s alumnus of the year award. It seems fitting for her to win the recognition from EMU, considering she was just announced as one of the Nobel Peace Prize winners. She won […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: The powers of womenIf you happen to be one of the few people who set your CNN homepage to the international version, listen to NPR or read news on the BBC, you probably found out that Wangari Maathai passed away from cancer on Sunday at the age of 71. Unfortunately not many people on this side of the […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: A Noble WomanAfrica is a seriously misunderstood continent. Our knowledge of that region comes from Hollywood, melodramatic news stories and themeparks (re: when Florida’s Busch Gardens used to be subtitled “The Dark Continent”). I will be the first to admit to have fallen into the sad Africa trap: disease, conflict, poverty and despair. In my defense, however, […]
Read More African ‘Her’storyEman al-Obeidy (also spelled Iman Al-Obeidi), a Libyan woman who was detained by Gadahfi’s troops for two days in Tripoli, has recently revealed that, while in captivity, she was brutally gang raped by Gadahfi loyalists. As though this woman had not been through enough, when she was finally freed she was subjected to harsh, unyielding […]
Read More Quick Hit: Eman al-Obeidy speaks out about being raped by Gadhafi loyalists tonight on CNNI’ve never really had anything against PETA; as an activist myself, my hat goes off to people who are willing to stand up for what they believe in by using peaceful and non-violent means. In fact, I tried going veg in high school because of the horrendous treatment of animals in the food industry (it […]
Read More PETA: Respect Animals, Not WomenAmazing things have been occurring in Egypt in the past few weeks, and I, for one, have been captivated. This afternoon it was announced that Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak who had been in power for the past 30 years, had fled Cairo and renounced the presidency. Watching the mass groups of protesters celebrate on Al […]
Read More This is what a revolutionary looks likeSo to say that I’ve been obsessed with the accusations of rape against Julian Assange and all of the rape apologism/slut shaming/blaming-the-victims which have been born out of it would be a drastic understatement. I’m pretty sure that my break has been split 50-50 between laying in bed sniffling and coughing (I simultaneously have a […]
Read More On Assange, Naomi Wolf, and progressive rape apologismHillary Clinton, Secretary of State and also former First Lady has gotten herself into a bit of trouble. As Wiki Leaks has published, Hillary Clinton had American officials spy on high-ranking United Nations diplomats, British representatives, the 5 permanent security council members: China, Russia, France, and the UK, and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. […]
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