Category Archives: Women’s Rights

Kirsten Gillibrand to take Clinton’s Senate Seat

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Rachel Asher

Dear Friend and Reader, Kirsten Gillibrand may be a Democrat, but she’s fiscally conservative, is against gun control, marriage equality and is anti-choice, and voted for the 2008 Farm Bill, which actually hurts local farms. She may be blond, and … Continue reading →

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And the Show Goes On…

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Rachel Asher

Dear Friend and Reader, WHAT A DAY. Aretha Franklin in that great hat singing the best version of “America” I’ve ever heard, Barack Obama’s speech to the nation, watching Bush take off in his helicopter, never to return (hopefully), followed … Continue reading →

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Did Your Mome Come Too?

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Rachel Asher

Editor’s Note: The following is a collaborative effort from past Planet Waves’ staff, where they each contributed to breaking the taboo on discussing sexuality with their parents. To read it in its original format, click here. –RA Devotion I imagine … Continue reading →

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Group Consciousness & the Jonestown Tragedy

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Rahmana

Dear Friend and Reader, On November 18, 1978, 913 people lost their lives in Jonestown, Guyana in a community set up by an evangelistic religious leader by the name of Jim Jones. It was originally reported as a mass suicide … Continue reading →

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Would you want your daughter to be President?

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Rachel Asher

Editor’s Note: This article is from Everywoman’s Magazine, November 1956,В  Vol. 6, No. 11, p. 12. This was found at a garage sale by Mary Jo Smith in Oregon, a friend of Carol van Strum (my environmental law mentor) and … Continue reading →

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