I’m a mom. Which is to say, I am a worrier. I was a worrier before I became a mom, but my worry worldview has expanded considerably in the last five months. So I read a lot of web sites about safety and child development and health and so on.
Which is how I came across [...]

Holly L. in Eugene, Oregon held a house party last weekend and raised over $200 for her favorite charity, Tariro. Founded in 2003, Tariro works in Zimbabwe to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by educating young women. Located in the high-density neighborhood of Glen Norah in Harare, Tariro enables young women who have been orphaned [...]

Photo Credit: Crocidillicus (flickr)
Unlike many housecleaners, Rebecca is white and college-educated; she is a Gulf War vet and a member of Mensa. She doesn’t feel oppressed by her position as a housecleaner. In fact, she feels empowered by her profession. “I think it’s a feminist statement, reclaiming something that is considered s- work, women’s work,” [...]

Hello dearest blog readers,
Come one, come all, to Global Sistergoods’ annual holiday trunk show this Saturday, the 13th of December at Beth’s home, 5109 N Maryland Avenue, Portland, OR 97217 from 2:00-6:00 pm.
Please join us for an afternoon of fun, fair trade, snacks and great deals for holiday gifts.  Not only do you not have [...]

Women everywhere wish for an end to wars, which seem to be started and perpetuated by our brethren. But I just read about a very drastic measure taken by women in Papua New Guinea:
WOMEN in Papua New Guinea’s Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal war that has gone on [...]