Eve Ensler: Rep. Todd Akin Has Given Millions of Women Reason to Vote
Why don’t you spend your time ending rape rather than redefining it? You’ve just given millions of women a very good reason to make sure you never get elected again, […]
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FB Favorite: “Sing in the Lifeboats”
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. – Voltaire The dog days of summer are here. The intense heat has made us all cranky […]
Women Win 63% of the U.S. Team’s Gold Medals in the 2012 Summer Olympics
Why wasn’t this a major media headline? The United States wouldn’t be at the top of the Olympic medal count but for the outstanding performance of female athletes. Women won […]
Romney Hood: Why I’m Loving Mittens’ VP Choice
Go ahead, make my day. – Clint Eastwood, Sudden Impact (Romney backer) Mitt Romney gave Pres. Barack Obama and former Pres. Bill Clinton the best birthday gifts ever: He chose […]
Bravo, Kit Gruelle! Survivor, Graduate, and Director of PRIVATE VIOLENCE
DV survivor and advocate Kit Gruelle recently graduated from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Bravo! She is now free to focus on the completion of her documentary Private Violence […]
Passive vs. Earned Income: Explaining the Code Words Used to Manipulate Voters
Republicans have a contempt for welfare recipients. Yet, we rarely hear them bitch about welfare for the rich: the pork in the federal budget that handsomely rewards rich people for […]
Photos: Seattle’s Inaugural Refuse to Abuse 5K
We have arrived, y’all! I was so excited that I got up before breakfast on Saturday morning to take a bus into Seattle to cover the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s […]
New Look for Navigating Uncharted Waters
To celebrate Navigating Uncharted Waters’ 250,000 visitor milestone, I decided to make this site more dynamic. The “Welcome!” page now showcases a slide show of gorgeous photos linking you to featured posts. The […]
Book Review: Pawleys Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
I just don’t understand. Why in the world would a judge allow this to happen? . . .he’s a lazy judge who prefers a clean desk over a long hearing. […]
LET’S NOT FORGET TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AS WE TALK ABOUT BULLYING
By Cindy Waitt, guest columnist 2012 brought school bullying to the front of the line of topics nationally, and rightfully so. It’s serious, it’s important, and it’s pervasive. The statistics […]
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