I remember the anxiety and sometime hysteria about AIDS in the ’80s. The initial identification of AIDS as a “gay disease” was soon countered with the information that you could also get it through heterosexual sex, as well as from tainted needles and blood transfusions. Everyone became paranoid about getting the disease. Disinformation was everywhere: [...]
Thanks to Fertile Feminism for posting these. For more information (detailed tables) go to the Wikipedia article on “Parental Leave.”
Stay-at-home moms and homemakers to earn Social Security credit. Stay-at-home moms and homemakers paid for their work. All American children guaranteed health insurance. All Americans guaranteed health insurance. Health insurance premiums dip to new low. Health care costs decrease. California upholds legality of same-sex marriages. All states legalize same-sex marriage. Federal mandate makes it illegal [...]
To publicize National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (which is tomorrow, March 10th), two women, Karyn of The Fabulous Giver and Luvvie of Awesomely Luvvie, came up with the idea of the Red Pump Project. The concept is simple: Rock the Red Pump on your blog to represent the strength and courage of women [...]
A few months ago, Suzane Smith shared the “Top 35 Women’s Health Charities to Learn About and Support This Holiday Season.” Of course, the big holiday season is over (although there’s always one around the corner), but I thought I’d share her list anyway because these charities always need your support. If you want more [...]
It’s a little late to be telling you, but today is National Wear Red Day. Established by the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign, its aim is to alert women to the very real possibility of their own heart disease. Many women ignore risk factors and behaviors that lead to heart disease because [...]
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