Posted on October 4, 2009 by dakinikat
It’s national BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH YOU IDIOT!!!! Keith Olbermann, today’s biggest boob in the world!!!
Well, the NFL was trying to do something nice by supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month with their Real Men Wear Pink Campaign. Leave it to Keith Olbermann to something completely Freudian on National TV.
Filed under: Women's Rights | Tagged: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NFL, open thread, Real Men Wear Pink | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 24, 2009 by dakinikat
From the time I was an undergrad to the time I was left at the ripe old age of 42 by a molecular biology professor significant other for a 20 year old undergraduate who just adored the presentation I helped him write, this shit has rolled on around me. As some one who has [...]
Filed under: Human Rights, Surreality, Women's Rights | Tagged: dirty old professors, sexual predators | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 25, 2009 by dakinikat
Here’s some news about Hillary Clinton’s New Gender Agenda as reported last week by the NY Times.
I have to say that Hillary really captured my admiration in 1995 when she gave that powerful speech in Beijing for the United Nations Conference. The only really feminist first lady that I can recall in my [...]
Filed under: Hillary Clinton: Her Campaign for All of Us, Human Rights, Women's Rights | Tagged: Angela Merkel, Betty Ford, Hillary Clinton, Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, Women in leadership roles, Women in Power | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 12, 2009 by dakinikat
Coming of age in the 70s with Shirley Chisolm (my all time shero) Bela Abzug, and a lot of other women politicians to serve as role models, my first instinct as a new voter was to check off every female name on the ballot. That was until I heard of and listened to Phyliss Schafly. [...]
Filed under: Voter Ignorance, Women's Rights | Tagged: Women Politicians, Phyliss Schafly, Eagle Forum, Anna Falling, Tulse OK, Creationism, Tulsa Zoo | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 6, 2009 by dakinikat
I never thought about math much until I found out, some where around 12 or so, that girls weren’t supposed to be good at it. Ever the tomboy, I just had to prove them wrong and I’ve frequently been the only woman (and definitely the only American woman) in advanced math classes at university. [...]
Filed under: Economic Develpment, Human Rights, Women's Rights | Tagged: Girls and Math and Science | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 19, 2009 by dakinikat
You think it’s too late to plan some kind of commemorative/commiserative event for the 5.31 rules committee meeting that led to the birth of PUMA? Maybe make it net/blog based? Any interest?
Digg!!!! Share!!!!
Filed under: Hillary Clinton: Her Campaign for All of Us, Human Rights, No Obama, PUMA, Team Obama, The DNC, The Media SUCKS, Voter Ignorance, Women's Rights, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: PUMA Actions, PUMA Organizing, PUMA PLANNING | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2009 by dakinikat
I’m not sure what made me go read No Quarter first thing this morning. It really isnt’ one of my usual morning haunts but I went there. I was greeted by and fully linked to this article by Scott Horton at Harper’s Magazine. This is one of my favorite magazines although I’ve lost touch with [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by dakinikat
Two things stuck out in my mind when I finally read the inaugural speech written by Jon “the groper” Favreau. The first was didn’t some one get a fact checker for this kid or at the very least get him a calculator? (Turns out I wasn’t the only one that noticed this one, it [...]
Filed under: A My Pet Goat Moment, U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: era of responsiblity, Inaugural address, Paul Krugman | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2008 by dakinikat
Here’s James Carville in one of his worst moments.
Here’s my response:
What if it were a cardboard cut out of Obama and a noose instead of a bottle of beer?
What if it were a cardboard cut out of Joe Lieberman and some one was putting say, a felt star on him, or [...]
Filed under: Human Rights, The Media SUCKS, Women's Rights, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: Cardboard hate crimes, Carville on Favreau, feminists, James Carville, misogyny, New Agenda, Obama Chief Speech Writer Jon Favreau, PUMA | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 6, 2008 by dakinikat