Posts from — April 2008

via Kungfugrippe

French Fry Holder

Cars now come with several cup holders, and this innovative accessory helps you make the most of them! French-Fry Holder holds one order of fries (and its cardboard container) close at hand! Even has a clip-on ketchup cup!

Tip: You can also use the clip-on ketchup cup to hold what’s left of your human dignity.

Well said sir.

I found a great NPR interview from Fresh Air with Kayla Williams, a former female Army soldier, who wrote a book: “I love my rifle more than you”. During the interview, Kayla describes the sexualization of the female soldier, abuses she witnessed and her experience in the U.S. military. The interview is from late 2005.

from Democracy Now…

On Tenth Anniversary of V-Day, Vagina Monologues Playwright Eve Ensler Focuses on Violence Against Women in New Orleans and Gulf South, Playwright and activist Eve Ensler discusses the ten-year anniversary of the first benefit performance of her award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues, to spread awareness about violence against women and girls. Every year, “V-Day” has focused on women’s struggles from a different part of the world. This year the focus is on the women of the Gulf South, with a major event planned in New Orleans on April 11th and 12th.

Juan Gonzales with more info…

Sexual violence against women and children has reached epidemic proportions in certain parts of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Today is the tenth anniversary of V-Day, a global movement to combat precisely such acts of violence around the world.

more at Democracynow.org.