Oh men we ♥! Let us count the ways! It’s been a long week (so long that this is the Saturday edition of Men we ♥ Friday)–we lost 2 amazing women trailblazers (Granny D & Juanita Goggins), the resolution and debate to withdraw from Afghanistan resulting in 65 members of Congress voting yay (see the [...]
Friday, March 5, 2010
It warms our hearts to know that we could do a men we heart post every day of the week and have a plentiful roster of candidates! Another Friday and another trilogy of men we ♥… Andy Shallal. How can one post show our love and devotion to Andy? In case you haven’t made the trek [...]
Monday, March 1, 2010
“Lift the siege of Gaza! Free Palestine!” young men are chanting as they slog through the muddy road and, noticing me holding out a plastic bag filled with square pink peace flags, crowd around to grab one. The prayer flags quickly pepper the march with soft pink hues and the endearing messages of peace from kids and their grandparents, moms and daughters from all over America contrast with the loud chants coming from the rear of a pickup truck equipped with mega speakers and the mostly male march. Other signs saying “Women Say Free Gaza” in English and Arabic and are also snatched up by the male marchers. But men carrying signs speaking for women is not enough and I can’t stop wondering, “Where are the women?”
Friday, February 26, 2010
We know you’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out who this week’s pick of Men We ♥ will be. Wait no more, here’s the second installment of our special edition: Van Jones is the voice of justice in the environmental movement, and since resigning from the White House Council on Environmental Quality last [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
The 2010 Oscars are ripe with visionary, talented women poised to take over the world! Ok, maybe not the world, but these women are reshaping the way we tell our stories, revealing the depths of our hearts and in general rocking our socks off. CODEPINK’s own Jodie Evans has been nominated for her role in [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
In our daydreams there is a good man behind every good peace-lovin’ woman helping to create the peaceful planet we all crave. So for the next few weeks we will be honoring the men who do show up, work hard and create beauty. In short, the men we ♥ who move and shake the world for [...]
Saturday, March 13, 2010
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