Equal Rights
Should You Go Back to Work? ~ Leslie Mason
by elephantjournal.com on May 17, 2013
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Climate Change. ~ Jenna Penielle Lyons
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2013
But the Dalai Lama said that we should first detach ourselves from the situation in order to become objective. Forget about politics. Forget about money. Forget about territory, borders, or ego. Become objective and look at the world from the standpoint of a steward–a steward who regards his or her immediate surroundings with an insurmountable level of love and care.
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Saving Abercrombie & Fitch in 5 Easy Steps.
by Alyssa Royse on May 16, 2013
Dear Mike Jeffries, I’d like to help you fix this mess that you made. Not because I like you or your brand—both of which are, if you ask me, pretty lame—but because it’s a fun and easy puzzle. And because the thousands of people who work for you don’t deserve to lose their jobs just [...]
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“Coco Chanel, famed fashion designer & feminine icon, was a homophobe, an anti-Semite & a Nazi collaborator.”
by Waylon Lewis on May 14, 2013
Source: etsy.com via Suzanne MacCrone Rogers on Pinterest “Coco Chanel, famed fashion designer and feminine icon, was a homophobe, an anti-Semite & a Nazi collaborator.” Does it matter? “A lot of people in this world don’t want the iconic figure of Gabrielle Coco Chanel, one of France’s great cultural idols, destroyed. This is definitely [...]
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She’d rather be fishing.
by Waylon Lewis on May 13, 2013
“Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.” Vintage pictures & ads & videos of women fly fishing! Oh, my: (photos via Facebook/Amy Tremper, who would rather be fishing)
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If You Could Pay a Penny More Per Pound for Food to Eliminate Slavery, Would You?
by Summer Rayne Oakes on May 13, 2013
If you could pay a penny more per pound of food to eliminate slavery, would you? Sanjay Rawal, director of Food Chains (Executive produced by Eva Longoria | produced by Smriti Keshari) shares with us in the first episode of “SRO Conversations” why a “Penny for Pound” policy may just work to help bring an [...]
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When Did You Choose to be Straight? {Video}
by Bryonie Wise on May 10, 2013
“Thought Of equality—as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself— as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.” ~ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Like elephant equal rights for all on Facebook.
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The Cleveland Kidnappings: When Does a Criminal History Cancel Out Heroism?
by Jennifer S. White on May 10, 2013
I’m a recent transplant to the Cleveland area, and, while this sad story has certainly swept the nation, it has more than affected my new part of Ohio. “Three women, at least two of whom had been missing since they were teenagers a decade ago, were find alive in a residential area near Cleveland,” read [...]
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The Dance of the Masculine & Feminine: How to Harmonize the Polarity of our Relationships. ~ Lizzy Ziogas
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2013
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Power, not Peonies. Celebrating Mothers Day. ~ Hilary Hart
by elephantjournal.com on May 9, 2013
What is the nature of women’s power and how can we access more of it?
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Embracing the Feminine Side of ‘Mother Earth.’ ~ Bill Shireman
by elephantjournal.com on May 6, 2013
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Why Can’t We Have Fair Trade Certification for U.S. Farmworkers?
by Summer Rayne Oakes on May 6, 2013
Sanjay Rawal, director of Food Chains (Executive produced by Eva Longoria | produced by Smriti Keshari) shares with us in the first episode of “SRO Conversations” why we should be able to have fair labor rights for the farmworkers in the U.S. who pick our food. To watch the full-length version of this conversation, visit [...]
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What I Learned from Teaching…Naked.
by Brentan Schellenbach on May 4, 2013
This past weekend, I taught my very first naked yoga class. That’s right–buck naked yoga. Let me tell you, I did not walk into that room amped about getting naked with a room full of strangers. It wasn’t an especially exciting idea to me. In fact, it was kind of scary.
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Why it’s Important to Learn How to Grow Your Own Garden.
by Summer Rayne Oakes on May 3, 2013
Sanjay Rawal, director of Food Chains (Executive produced by Eva Longoria | produced by Smriti Keshari) shares with us in the first episode of “SRO Conversations” why it’s important to put yourself in another person’s shoes, particularly when it comes to those who pick the food we buy in the supermarket. To watch the full-length [...]
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My friend got married last night.
by Waylon Lewis on May 1, 2013
“Denver Mayor Michael Hancock officiates first Colorado civil unions at midnight last night.” From New Era Colorado: “Congrats to all the Colorado couples who got civil unions at midnight last night – and a special congrats to our incredible board chair Courtney Law and her equally amazing wife Sonja Semion!”
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In Praise of Periods, or, 5 Ways to Stop Ragging on Your Rag.
by Julie JC Peters on Apr 30, 2013
We’ve been taught to see our periods as nothing but a nuisance, a uniquely female inconvenience that prevents us from achieving powerful accomplishments like playing tennis in short shorts or whirling in slow motion on beaches. We’ve been taught we need “sanitary napkins” or “feminine hygiene products” that euphemistically imply that our blood, and especially our vaginas, are unsanitary and dangerous to touch.
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This is the role of Journalism. {Warning: Adult Content}
by Waylon Lewis on Apr 29, 2013
Marshal Ronald Fox of Clark County: Scum of the Earth. “The only way she can avoid jail is to step up to the microphone and recant.” She does so but does the opposite. That’s bravery. This is hard to watch. I’m just grateful there were some real journalists on the case. The judge, Patricia Donninger, [...]
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Discovering Modern-day Racial Segregation in the U.S. Agricultural Industry.
by Summer Rayne Oakes on Apr 24, 2013
Sanjay Rawal, director of Food Chains (Executive produced by Eva Longoria | produced by Smriti Keshari) shares with us in the first episode of “SRO Conversations” how he uncovered modern-day racial segregation and slavery in the U.S. agricultural industry. To watch the full-length version of this conversation, visit SRO Conversations on Youtube. To view [...]
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I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living {Grimes}
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 24, 2013
The best (truest) thing I’ve heard in too long. Like manna from heaven. Grimes just made my day. And, likely, yours. Words from the heart and experience of truth and genuninity are unmistakable. ~ ed. I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living i dont want my words [...]
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Big Gay Rainbows Over New Zealand. ~ Olivia Gray
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 24, 2013
Source: endearingdreams.tumblr.com via Dana on Pinterest Last week, New Zealand Parliament passed a bill approving marriage equality. Before the final vote, the Pakuranga representative, Maurice Williamson, delivered a brilliantly hilarious speech on why the bill was getting his vote. “All we are doing with this bill is allowing two people who love each other to [...]
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Is That Big Brother Peeking in at You Through Your Window?
by Tara Lemieux on Apr 23, 2013
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ~ Gabriel García Márquez I had to update my employment records yesterday, including signing an amendment to my current background investigation. Having worked in this industry for over 20-odd years, I guess I have grown a little accustomed to the rigors of these reviews. But, [...]
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Whatever Happened to Arbor Day?
by Tara Lemieux on Apr 22, 2013
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ~ Kahlil Gibran What ever happened to Arbor Day? I was sitting here watching a bird in the tree out front, and beside my window—it reminded me of a time, some so many years ago…when I was asked to be the caregiver for a tree. [...]
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Taking the Lead from Down Under. ~ Sarah Rosenberg
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 20, 2013
Take a gander at how Australia and New Zealand appear to have escaped the hounds of hell, even in the face of passing gun control and gay marriage rights laws.
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In Defense of Dove. ~ Kevin Macku
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 19, 2013
I wonder if these writers would still lash out against the short video if that little quote and Dove’s logo didn’t pop up at the end like some Cold War-era propaganda scheme. Would they be so agitated if this was truly just a social experiment to see how a forensic artist interpreted people’s (okay, women’s) views of themselves compared to others’ views of them?
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What to do if you catch someone reading the Quran on your flight.
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2013
Don’t do this. Do as this stewardess did: “Ex-flight attendant here, day of the attempted shoe bombing a few years ago in London I was working in Chicago where flights had only just resumed. A lady in 1st class was steated next to a man reading a quran and dressed in traditional clothing. Just as [...]
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Who Can Use the Word “Nigga?” ~ David Foster
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2013
Can it ever become a term that transcends race? I was born in New York City in 1978, the year hip hop was birthed in the South Bronx. The first cassette tape I owned was Run DMC’s Tougher Than Leather (I got Raising Hell after), and slowly but surely through adolescence, hip hop culture became a [...]
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Sketch artist draws women how they describe themselves vs. how they are described by others. (Illustrations)
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 16, 2013
Update: a brilliant parody: Dove Experiment Parody: How Men See Ourselves. {Video} We are beautiful. This is amazing, and moving, and feels true. From Dove: Women are their own worst beauty critics. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. At Dove, we are committed to creating a world where beauty is a [...]
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Time to Get Over Ourselves & Get on Board: We Need Each Other. ~ Jillian Locke
by Jillian Locke on Apr 16, 2013
“We’ve become so hyper-vigilant and protective that we don’t realize we’re creating proverbial prisons rather than sprawling communities. We’re shutting down – to ourselves and each other. We’re perpetuating the illusion of isolation, and that is truly the fall of mankind.”
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Colorado’s First Annual Cross-Cultural Shamanic Conference. ~ Jyoti Wind
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 11, 2013
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FEMEN Stages Topless Jihad: “I own my body; it’s not the source of anyone’s honor.”
by Kate Bartolotta on Apr 5, 2013
What we deem “offensive” says much about our values. No doubt, there may be some who find the photos below offensive. I challenge you, though, to take a minute and consider the larger picture here. Amina Tyler, Tunisian feminist activist, sparked a controversy a few weeks ago by posting semi-naked pictures of herself with these [...]
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Addressing the Roots of Inequality.
by Sara Avery on Apr 2, 2013
Why is it always such a big battle? The roots of inequality go back to the simple, but overwhelming and pervasive, fear of scarcity.
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Moving Beyond Disney: How to Teach Your Kids to Be Real.
by Alyssa Royse on Apr 2, 2013
Source: homemadecosmetics.blogspot.ca via Cindy on Pinterest The Disney Dilemma just won’t go away and we seem to be stuck with the unrealistic expectations of gallant saviors and narrow gender binaries. As a I step-mom myself, I wonder if can we do something about the depiction of evil step-parents? Throw in Barbie dolls and GI [...]
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An Inspired Future: How One African Nation Took Back Their Land & Lives. ~ Marylee Fairbanks
by Marylee Fairbanks on Mar 31, 2013
John Kasaona was a child when his father took him into the bush and taught him to hunt. His father understood and respected the wildlife. He regarded the land and its inhabitants as an extension of himself. War broke out in John’s home country of Namibia between 1966 and 1990. People fought for control. Poaching [...]
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What do Elizabeth Warren and Ice-T Have in Common? ~ Sarah Rosenberg
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 28, 2013
Elizabeth Warren pierces the politico-corporate veil to reveal mortals acting without connection to or admission of their own humanity. She is the sun to a wash of political Icaruses.
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“I Believe” Manifesto. ~ Clara Sayre
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 27, 2013
“I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science.” ~ Anne Rice I believe there is a Higher Power. I believe this Higher Power is both feminine and masculine. I [...]
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It’s getting better. {Everyone needs to watch this video}
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 27, 2013
My Congressman Jared Polis and I tossing out tee-shirts at a Walk the Talk Show a few years back, before he was elected—the first to be elected when he was already openly gay. I am so proud of my countrymen and women: in a few years, when I get married, I will not be enjoying [...]
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You Aren’t Going to Win: When to Step Away from a Debate on Gay Marriage. ~ Kimberly Lo
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 27, 2013
My late grandmother, bless her heart, always felt that that there were two topics “proper” people never discussed: religion and politics.
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Cowardice Court: The Blight of Civil Rights in America.
by Joshua Plant on Mar 27, 2013
We must use the monumental leverage we all have as media correspondents and social-engaged citizens to force the court’s gavel to strike on the proper side of history.
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Top 10 Reasons to make Gay Marriage Illegal & 9 Other Inspiring Gay Things.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2013
Gay Marriage. The time has come for equality for all Americans. For all those protesting gay civil rights under the banner of “traditional marriage”…remember that slavery used to be traditional, too…and that divorce is more common in “red states” than blue. Where’s the protest in Texas, today, against divorce? It’s legal in Canada. It’s legal [...]
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Racial Profiling: Alive & Well. My Students Tell Their Stories. ~ Karen Devaney
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 25, 2013
Source: latina.com via Mack on Pinterest The Faces of Racial Profiling Filling Our Jails “Angel you’re late,” I quipped to one of my students as he strolled past me carrying a bulky backpack. “I’m sorry professor, it wasn’t my fault, I was detained. Well, cuffed and roughed up by the cops.” “What for?” I [...]
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The Dark Side of the Chocolate Bunny. {Infographic} ~ Walden Hyde
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 22, 2013
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New Pope’s Environmentalism? Try Again. ~ Lauren Acquaviva
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 22, 2013
Perhaps if the church advocated for the rights of the people of the world, rather than contributing to campaigns to limit them, the message of protecting living beings and God’s creation would ring true.
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There’s No Sex in Your Violence.
by Kate Bartolotta on Mar 21, 2013
Part of me feels like since I’ve never been raped, I somehow don’t have the right to address this. But I don’t have to have experienced rape to know that there’s a world of difference between pleasurable, consensual sex and being tortured while you are passed out. Here’s the thing, with all the discussion about [...]
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Headline: Steubenville Football Player Raped. ~ Melissa Codispoti
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 21, 2013
Imagine if the scenario had gone something like this: the football players after drinking way too much, were taken from party to party, stripped naked, urinated on, raped and humiliated, while many people stood around laughing, and making jokes.
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“Sites like Huffington Post should have sections for male anatomy hanging out instead of just the idiotic celebrity “side boob” & “nip slip” camera ops…” It’s Henry Rollins on Steubenville.
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 20, 2013
I appreciate the below for a few reasons. One, we’re all guilty, as a culture, and until we accept responsibility for our taste in porn (or at least clicking degraded links on Huff Post or Gawker), we can’t judge too easily. One point: to be fair, there’s plenty of hot hunky mostly-naked men and talk [...]
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Penis in the Surname: Are We Ready to Discuss this Yet? ~ Paula Grace Watkins
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 19, 2013
This is a rant about the penis in the surname: the practice of giving children the surname of their father. Are we ready yet? Are we at the point where we can have a sensible discussion about this? Officially, this archaic tradition is known as patronymic naming. It’s entrenched in most Western societies—but it wasn’t [...]
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Comparing the Modern Yogini with Tibetan Female Mystics.
by Lisa Tully on Mar 19, 2013
To be clear these women were not nuns, in fact most of them had consorts who they practiced with to deepen their spirituality through sacred sexual union.
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This is what Rape Culture Looks Like.
by Kate Bartolotta on Mar 18, 2013
I’m all for giving people second chances. We all made foolish choices in high school, and some of us may have even hurt people. But this? This is inexcusable. This is worse than the boys taking pictures while they abused this girl. This is a society-wide statement that we are willing to sanction rape. [...]
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If you don’t want to be labelled a sex offender.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 18, 2013
Reminder: this case was buried. Evidence was lost. It was reallllly bad, way beyond “just rape.” NY Times, Anonymous, and many individuals through twitter, instagram worked to get this case public. This is a case of social media illuminating corruption and saving the day, such as it is. From two months ago (warning: graphic, horrible): [...]
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