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Australians get their dental work done in Vietnam; daughters have (almost) the same inheritance rights as sons in Africa. An emergency heart transplant…so much is going on in this world. All newsworthy, in my humble opinion.
Tag: <span>human rights</span>
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Even as a little girl, I could always picture a world ruled by women and in 1983, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s ‘The Mists of Avalon’ made this dream more real. Was it just forty years ago when we all read her take on the Arthurian tale, seen through the eyes of Morgain, Gwenhwyfar, Igraine, and Viviane?
The Oscars and I have broken up years ago, not sure what happened between us, I suppose we were tired of each other, had different points of views, had drifted apart over time. Yet, here I find myself being mesmerized by an Oscar acceptance speech. A voice for the voiceless.
They say I am a baby murdering liberal, a leftie, a snowflake. They call me an atheist, just because I openly admit to NOT KNOW. Many names are used to describe people like me since last year November.Â
“And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
Most of you know that I have a Meetup group for women close to my own age. We are a menopausal bundle of joy, and the group’s only goal is to have fun and to be active. There are many other groups all over the world, Meetup.com offers something for anybody.
Wish I could have made it to Washington, but could only attend the march last weekend here in Ohio and it was inspirational. “Women’s rights are human rights.” You touch…
My friend Joanne wrote a must-read post about refugees and forced me to re-blog 🙂
I was in tears yesterday, when I saw the picture of the little, Syrian boy who had drowned. I was born and raised in Europe, I traveled the word. I…
Thank you Mark for posting this today!!! I believe every blogger should sign Amnesty International’s petition >>>here<<< as we all are fortunate to practice our freedom of speech on our…