One day a woman was walking along the beach upon which hundreds of starfish had been washed up and now lay stranded on the sand.

As she continued walking, she noticed a young girl in the distance, picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Susan notes: this beautiful piece by Cory Eldridge found me in a roundabout way. Someone had posted a link to another story by Eldridge on a blog that I follow.

Clara Zetkin (5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was an influential socialist German politician and a fighter for women's rights.

Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League.

Gaye Adegbalola, one of the three amazing women that comprise Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, was militantly anti-white, until her then-young son and his best friend made her re-think her stance.

She tells the story during this short and heartfelt interview...

Rape is by no means a laughing matter.

But using humour to get a message across in a way that makes it easy for people to understand, share and support makes infinite sense.

Here are four superbly funny and tragically tongue-in-cheek takes on the legitimate rape issue: