Which 1/2 has more rights?

It's here! Happy International Women's Day!

Unfortunately, it is not a national holiday in the United States, otherwise women here (like in Armenia, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan) would be able to get the day off.


Take today to look back - and forward. There's still so much to be done! Don't let this be a daunting task; consider it a challenge, an adventure. People are completely up-in-arms, for example, about Rush Limbaugh's recent onslaught of sexism toward Sandra Fluke [whose namesake has been put to use for t-shirts that say 'Sandra Fluke: Original Feminazi', no doubt in a ploy to side with Rush]; sponsors were called to pull from his radio show and he was forced into a (non-)apology.


If women and men can rally this quickly over widespread hate speech, think of all the other sexist hurdles we can jump!

So where does this leave me? Ah, a plug for activism, of course! Please consider, particularly if you are from Missouri, signing this petition to disallow a bust of Rush Limbaugh to become a memorial in our Capitol's Hall of Famous Missourians alongside others like Dred Scott, Walter Cronkite, Scott Joplin, Samuel Clemens, and Sacajawea. There is a difference between being famous and infamous. I encourage both of you to sign a petition against his celebration on a state level. One writer says, if he is allowed in, "we can look forward to tour guides under the dome of the Missouri Capitol pausing groups of students in front of Limbaugh’s bust to explain “This famous Missourian gave us the Barack the Magic Negro song and recently demanded sex tapes from women in exchange for access to birth control without co-payments!”

Please enjoy this International Celebration of academically-, socially-, family-, artistically- and independently-driven women! We are strong, brave, creative, and important. We are powerful and proud. We are here!