When CNN interviewer Jonathan Mann asked the 2011 trio of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates:
"Is there any sense that you are here because of tokenism? Sexism...? That you're all just lumped together because you are women?", Liberian Laureate and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, visibly incensed, interrupted him before he could finish formulating his question...
A couple of years ago, on a flight to Kuwait, I met a young American soldier who was headed back to Iraq after a two-week furlough with his wife in Australia.
Of the five years they’ve been married, they'd spent a total of only two together, because he’s been serving in Iraq for most of their married life.
“I hadn't thought about it,” said award-winning science writer Jessa Gamble.
We sat side-by-side in the theater at Ted Global 2010 in Oxford, UK, chatting as we waited for the next in a lineup of stellar speakers (of which 29% were women), at one of the world's premier conferences (TED basics here: TED 101 (Or TED For Dummies)).
Susan notes October 26, 2011: tonight I will join a discussion on Here Women Talk regarding the growing demands of women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be given the right to drive.
I thought it might be a good time to revisit this post and video from mid-2009, which caused a lot of controversy at the time; so far it has 13,000+ views and more dislikes than likes on YouTube...
Yesterday, after a very long silence, I got an email from my Japanese friend Fukiko, who has been on my mind frequently of late.
Coincidentally, The Honest Courtesan, an interesting blog I follow, today featured a post about "soaplands," Japanese bathhouses that also offer sexual services.