I took them as constant reminder to never let my guard down.
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Showing posts with label International Women's Day. Show all posts
3.08.2013
For the Girls
When I first got to AU, these signs used to annoy me. They're on the back of almost every door in every restroom on campus.
Somehow though, I've come to see them more as a sign of solidarity.
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Happy International Women's Day!
Happy International Women's Day!
3.11.2011
Inspired Week
The fruit of several weeks of hard work aired on 88.5 WMNF on March 8th, International Women's Day. I produced the 30 minute documentary I Am Someone and an author interview with Jaclyn Friedman.
Tuesday evening I went to the Urban Cantina to celebrate a friend's upcoming nuptials and ended up in a scene from Billy Elliot. Lovely Awakening of the State. It's about time voters started paying attention.
On Wednesday Duncan Strauss, friend to animal and man, interviewed Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson on WMNF 88.5.
That night I went to my very first Conversations & Cocktails, a networking inspiration from the folks at OPBI (soon to be renamed Frameworks).
There were about 50 women in attendance, eight at my table, and we had excellent discussions on the night's theme of age & relationships.
Friday I was at lunch with my hubby downtown on Tampa street when I looked into a trucker's window and saw the cutest passenger.
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On Wednesday Duncan Strauss, friend to animal and man, interviewed Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson on WMNF 88.5.
That night I went to my very first Conversations & Cocktails, a networking inspiration from the folks at OPBI (soon to be renamed Frameworks).
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| Jane Spector, Annette Namath, Liz Helmer, April, and Executive Director of OPBI/Frameworks Robin Rose. |
There were about 50 women in attendance, eight at my table, and we had excellent discussions on the night's theme of age & relationships.
Friday I was at lunch with my hubby downtown on Tampa street when I looked into a trucker's window and saw the cutest passenger.
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2.21.2011
Yes Means Yes!
On Tuesday I'm interviewing Jaclyn Friedman, editor of Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape. The interview will be part of a 30 minute radio documentary I'm producing for 88.5 WMNF's annual observance of International Women's Day on March 8th. (If you didn't know that most of the world celebrates women on this day, you should, and now you do!)
My doc is tentatively titled I Am Someone, and it addresses the global pandemic of violence against women, woven together with stories from survivors (myself included).
According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), 1 in 6 American women and 1 in 33 American men have been raped or sexually assaulted.
The recent assault on journalist Lara Logan in Egypt has caused many other female journalists to "come out" about their own attacks on the job, kept secret because they didn't want to seem weaker than their male counterparts and denied work opportunities. And I can't think of the last time a high profile male admitted his abuse before Senator Scott Brown revealed his childhood trauma Sunday night on 60 Minutes.
As terrible as these stories are to hear, it's better than the "good old days" when people refused to talk about such disturbing things. Though out of sight, out of mind, the abuse existed.
These crimes are seldom talked about openly because the victims are often shamed into silence. Each victim reacts differently, but there are definite patterns caused by the trauma. If victims stay silent, they don't get the chance to become survivors. And the people who hurt them have the opportunity to harm someone else.
My doc is tentatively titled I Am Someone, and it addresses the global pandemic of violence against women, woven together with stories from survivors (myself included).
According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), 1 in 6 American women and 1 in 33 American men have been raped or sexually assaulted.
The recent assault on journalist Lara Logan in Egypt has caused many other female journalists to "come out" about their own attacks on the job, kept secret because they didn't want to seem weaker than their male counterparts and denied work opportunities. And I can't think of the last time a high profile male admitted his abuse before Senator Scott Brown revealed his childhood trauma Sunday night on 60 Minutes.
As terrible as these stories are to hear, it's better than the "good old days" when people refused to talk about such disturbing things. Though out of sight, out of mind, the abuse existed.
These crimes are seldom talked about openly because the victims are often shamed into silence. Each victim reacts differently, but there are definite patterns caused by the trauma. If victims stay silent, they don't get the chance to become survivors. And the people who hurt them have the opportunity to harm someone else.
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