Safeway makes a great move: From UFCW Local 5: UFCW Local 5 has reached an agreement with Safeway Stores over the return to work of Ryan Young who was suspended for intervening in a physical altercation between a man and a pregnant woman at the company’s Del Rey Oaks store where he works. The agreement [...]
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Safeway does the right thing, reinstates worker with back pay
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Mayor of Del Ray Oaks praises suspended Safeway worker
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Mayor of Del Ray Oaks, Jerry B. Edelen, wrote this letter to the Monterey County Herald published today: The recent incident involving the Safeway employee who intervened to protect a pregnant woman from being struck by her male companion represents a gross miscarriage of justice on the part of Safeway. Del Rey Oaks Police Chief [...]
‘Avengers’ shows female superheroes as tiny minority
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2012 | 5 Comments »
This weekend “The Avengers” broke all box office records by grossing $200.3-million in its domestic debut. By all accounts, I hear this is a great movie, but here is why I’m concerned. The male/ female ratio in this ensemble movie is 6:1. The problem is that this same gendered ratio shows up in most movies [...]
Reel Girl going to Disneyland
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Yes, it’s true. I’m infiltrating the enemy. Headed to Ground Zero with my camera phone. I’ll report back next week on what I found there xo
Beyonce may be People’s first black “most beautiful” in 9 yrs, but why is she blonde?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
sorry for double post, please see post above!
If females are ‘artsy’, why are there so many more male artists?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve written before about the lack of women artists and what I think about it. What has made me think about it yet again is an excellent post from More Compassion: How to drive me crazy: Write another trite article about how boys are so rambunctious. MoreCompassion debunks the whole stereotype that boys are active and [...]
Ashley Judd talks back to sexist media
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ashley Judd has a great post up on the Daily Beast that she wrote in response to the media frenzy about her “puffy face.” Here’s a quote from it I love: That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both [...]
Katniss Everdeen action figure is here!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I love this. She looks like Artemis, the Greek goddess. Ok, technically this is a Barbie, but I’ve written quite a bit before how toys for girls and called “dolls” while toys for boys are called “action figures.” Part of the fun of blogs is that you make up your own damn headline, and obviously, [...]
Sexpot Ms. Green standing at front door of Party City in SF
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Commenters keep saying she is only in adult spaces. Not true. Here she is at Party City in San Francisco. I first saw her here a couple weeks ago while shopping with my daughter for her birthday party. Yuk. Send me pics of your sightings.
Lawsuit against Belvedere Vodka consistent with its history of ‘comic’ date rape ads
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Huffington Post reports that Belvedere Vodka (Moet Hennessy USA) is getting sued for stealing imagery for an ad from a video depicting a date rape. The woman featured in a controversial Belvedere Vodka ad showing what many believe to be date-rape imagery is suing the boozemaker for emotional distress and unlicensed use of her image, KTLA reports. [...]
