Friday, March 08, 2019

Something to Think About

. . . on International Women's Day




Related Off-site Links:
Who's Afraid of Women of Color in Congress? – Sonali Kolhatkar (TruthDig, March 8, 2019).
Demonizing Ilhan Omar: Why the Entire Political Establishment Wants to Crush One Woman – Paul Rosenberg (Salon, February 28, 2019).
Ilhan Omar's Rattling America . . . But That Might Be a Good Thing – Mike Mullen (City Pages, March 4, 2019).
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing – Caroline Fredrickson (The New York Times, February 28, 2019).
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shows Her Party How It's Done – Julia Conley (Common Dreams via TruthDig, February 28, 2019).
Rep. Deb Haaland Becomes the First Native American Woman to Sit in the Speaker's ChairNative News Online (March 7, 2019).
The New Mayor of Chicago Will Be a Black Woman for the First Time – John McCormick (Fortune, February 27, 2019).
Sahle-Work Zewde Becomes Ethiopia's First Female President – Bekele Atoma (BBC News, October 25, 2018).
Gayle King Praised for How She Handled R. Kelly’s CBS Interview – Jenna Amatulli (The Huffington Post, March 6, 2019).
The Message in R. Kelly’s Meltdown – Spencer Kornhaber (The Atlantic, March 6, 2019).
10 Medieval Women You Should Know More About – Alessandra Giliani (Medievalists.net, March 10, 2017).
International Women’s Day – A Woman’s Place Is Still in the Revolution – Madeleine Zúñiga, Ema Jackson, and Beathe Øgård (Common Dreams, March 8, 2019).
The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day – Cintia Frencia and Daniel Gaido (Jacobin, March 8, 2017).
Don’t Forget What International Women’s Day Is Really About – Striking – Becka Hudson (The Independent, March 8, 2019).
It’s International Women’s Day and Women Around the World Are Striking – Liza Featherstone (Jacobin, March 8, 2019).
The "Most Feminist Revolution the World Has Ever Witnessed" – Carne Ross (VICE News, July 24, 2017).
Embracing Grassroots Feminism – Salena Tramel (Common Dreams, March 8, 2019).
Completing the Feminist Revolution: An Interview with Kirsten SwinthJacobin (January 1, 2019).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
“The Movement of Love and Inclusion Has Just Been Unleashed”
Photo of the Day – January 21, 2017
Insightful Perspectives on the Kavanaugh/Ford Hearing
Doris Lessing on the Challenge to Go Beyond Ideological Slogans
Doris Lessing Among The Guardian's “Top 100 Women”
Maria by Callas: “Revelatory, Unprecedented, and Authoritative”
Remembering Maria . . . Celebrating Callas
Vanessa Redgrave: Speaking Out
Vanessa Redgrave: “She Has Greatness”
Vanessa Redgrave: “Almost a Kind of Jungian Actress”
Vanessa Redgrave: “Just Being Alive, Staying Human, I Think That’s Infinitely Precious”
Glenda Jackson on the Oscars, Acting, and Politics
A Third Oscar for Glenda!
For Acclaimed Songwriter, Activist and Humanitarian Buffy Sainte-Marie, the World is Always Ripening
The Music of Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Uprooting the Sources of Disenfranchisement”
Buffy Sainte-Marie: “Things Do Change and Things Do Get Better”
Buffy Sainte-Marie and That “Human-Being Magic”
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Power in the Blood
Celebrating the Unique and Influential Kate Bush
“A Dark Timelessness and Stillness Surrounds Her Wild Abandonment”
Quote of the Day – July 30, 2018
Petula Clark: Singing for Us, Not at Us
“Pure Class"”: Petula Clark's Latest Offering Captivates
Quote of the Day – February 26, 2013
Time of the Tigress
Wendy Matthews: A Welcome Return
As Doctor Who Celebrates its 50th Anniversary, Sarah Jane Smith is Voted Number 1 Favorite Companion
Mourning Lis, Farewelling Sarah Jane
Remembering Elisabeth Sladen
Amy Goodman: Breaking with Convention
Amy Goodman and the “Sacred Responsibility” of Listening
Talkin’ ’Bout An Evolution: Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Bid
Why Marianne Williamson Is a Serious and Credible Presidential Candidate


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