Lobbyists funded by the coal industry are under investigation for forging letters to Congress — going so far as to falsify and steal the letterhead of civil rights, senior, and other interest groups and send letters on their behalf to members of Congress. Recent weeks have also seen the American Petroleum Institute create a new [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Polluter Fraud Citizen Tip Line Launches
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged American Petroleum Institute, Astro-turf, Center for American Progress, Clean Coal, Forged records, NAACP, NWF, Sierra Club on September 2, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Unwanted Exposure
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged Drawing the Line, fitness, Sexual Harassment, Title IX, yoga on September 1, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Colleagues at work have been touting the benefits of yoga, and I finally got myself out of my desk chair yesterday to attend a beginner’s class at lunch. Crossing that great divide between talking about it versus doing it is huge for me, and I was pleased with myself as I got dressed and entered [...]
Back to School for the Media: Tweens, Thongs, and “Coffee Sluts”
Posted in Sexism, Students & Educational Issues, tagged coffee slut, lolita, sexting, so sexy so soon, tweens on September 1, 2009, | 5 Comments »
I ran across this piece on the Hardy Girls Healthy Women blog regarding the Maine Edge, which missed the memo on the inappropriate and appalling practice of marketing tweens and teens as sexual objects, which many people actually do find objectionable. The apology is truly remarkable — especially the part about it being a “teachable [...]
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