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This is the second in the VirusHead Saturday postings of Laurie Anderson’s Public (Personal) Service Announcements.
It’s about the response of a “bunny” at the Playboy Club, where protesters (including Anderson) were calling attention to the economic exploitation of women and the treatment of women as animals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnS8Y4Qazhs

So if you want to talk about women and money…. [...]

Beautiful metamorphosis videos! Take a look.
Women in Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

(Thanks Jacque)
Women in Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEc4YWICeXk

Do you feel that women participate equally in the responsibilities and rewards of all aspects of the nation’s governance, economic activity, social and cultural institutions and family?
Share your opinion (and see what others think) by taking the short poll from Care2.com and Legal Momentum!
And yes, it’s most likely intended to introduce you to [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!
Social activist and poet Julia Ward Howe wrote the original Mother’s Day proclamation after the American Civil War as a powerful effort to unite women against war.
Mother’s Day Proclamation

Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
“We will not have great [...]

I have something to say about the recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the ban on late-term abortions, whether or not the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life.
I’m a pragmatic contextual ethicist with a spiritual sensibility, and I cannot be silent. I cannot pretend that I don’t understand the next step in this game. If [...]

Perhaps Robert George really did intend to write an article that would describe the Well-Lived Life of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, but the result leaves a sour taste in my mouth somehow. It misses something central about her.
Yes, she made a political turn into more conservative terrain. I’m not sure that everyone was so angry about it [...]

In light of the recent changes at WebRing, I’ve decided to offer my ring members an alternative join-up at RingSurf. Those who want to leave Webring, or limit their participation to the terms of a free account, are welcome to use the RingSurf option. New members are welcome, too!
Virtual Church of Benevolent Deities, [...]