COSWL Cause

Today, the "L" word is applied to librarians and ladies and deemed to be the problem with the profession, which is now characterized as an "I" -- the "L" being outdated and old-fashioned and resistant to change. Once again, there are too many of US, and not enough of THEM; if we had more of THEM, the profession would be better off, and now we know, workplaces would be healthier. I mean, heaven knows *I* never had a toxic male employee .

This blogging platform does not permit links to any blog on blogspot so I can't link to the blog, Feminism, Libraries and the Information Professions
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It must be said that the enterprise is on a heroic scale, and consistently thought-provoking. "What we are talking about when we talk about 'women's issues' is life itself," she says.

--Hilary Mantel--The War Against Women.

Marilyn French, a writer and feminist activist whose debut novel, The Women’s Room, propelled her into a leading role in the modern feminist movement, died on May 2, 2009.
From Eve To Dawn, A History of Women in the World.

--by Marilyn French, with forewords by Margaret Atwood.
4 volumes, Feminist Press: 352 pp., 477 pp., 385 pp., 608 pp.

"The entire society needs to be speaking out against this," Clinton said. "It should be a mark of shame that this happens anywhere in any country."

Kinshasa
11 August 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Congo's eastern Kivu region, Tuesday, to meet with victims of sexual violence.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says continuing sexual and gender-based violence in Kivu is "truly one of mankind's greatest atrocities."

The United Nations estimates that there have been at least 200,000 cases of sexual violence in Eastern Congo since 1996.

The U.N. Refugee Agency says only by raising awareness, sensitizing communities and bringing an end to impunity will the girls and women of Eastern Congo feel safe again.

See work by Lynn Westbrook.

Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday afternoon as the nation's 111th Supreme Court justice and the first Hispanic on the court, a historic moment for the nation's fastest-growing minority group.