Blogging While Feminist

This would have annoyed me far less if:
1) I had not spent two hours on the phone over the last two days with Travelocity, trying to get tickets reissued; and
2) I had not spent a lot of time last night and this morning (unsuccessfully) trying to get Verizon's live chat to start....

Following up on my post from yesterday, I want to share this article that my colleague sent me. It challenges both Chesler's and my own assumptions about Egyptian women's organizing. I underestimated Egyptian women's interest in mobilizing for full representation...

I received an email from The Phyllis Chesler Organization, perhaps because they got my name from another listserv I'm on or a professional organization that I belong to. I admit to being shocked, though perhaps not surprised, by the email, which linked...

...or if this publication has become more confrontational than it was ten years ago. I definitely felt more defensive when I started reading it today than I used to when I read it a decade or so ago, but of course that means reading it is a good opportunity...