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2007-07-31T19:10:00.000-07:00

New Jersey NOW President Maretta J. Short takes on the false analogy between Imus's actions and those of rappers.

Feminism

2007-05-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

The Adele M. Stan article archive is currently under construction. If you're looking for a piece you can't find, please e-mail your request.The Porn WarsDebating Sexual Correctness: Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Date Rape, and the Politics of Sexuality, Dell, 1995.Women WarriorsNew York Times op-ed page, December 17, 1993

2007-01-19T14:29:00.000-08:00

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With (the Christian) God on your side, who needs the facts?

2006-09-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

I don't find it particularly surprising that a Fox News commentator would resort to a factually challenged and misleading retort to an essay on Pope Benedict XVI's recent geopolitical mischief in the Islamic world. I did, however, find it a bit alarming to see that modus operandi employed at The American Prospect Online, by Kirsten A. Powers.In her commentary, Who Should Apologize? (which

Jack Anderson on Thomas Jefferson

2006-06-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

Jack Anderson speech, Sept. 22, 1999, Utah State UniversitySo Thomas Jefferson, that wise man, that sophisticated man, that cultured man, that rich man -- he was a plantation owner -- he understood. He advocated and supported a free press, and yet Thomas Jefferson was savaged by the press. He was excoriated by the press. He was abused more by the press than Bill Clinton, or Richard Nixon, or

Cheney's notes on Joe Wilson's Op-Ed

2006-05-15T11:37:00.000-07:00

Blogstress w/ guitar

2006-04-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

2005-09-19T02:25:00.000-07:00

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2005-09-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

Media hit by grain of truth.

Cri du coeurA volunteer psychologist's accountof evacuee conditions in Dallas

2005-09-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

This piece was written by a clinical psychologist who has volunteered to treat evacuees of Hurricane Katrina who are currently being housed in the Dallas Reunion Arena and the Dallas Convention Center. She has been a hospital clinician for 20 years. Your blogstress has requested permission, not yet granted, to reveal her name.There are so many words that come to mind. As a scholar I am thinking

2005-06-16T14:59:00.000-07:00

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The Selectrix and the Shredex

2005-06-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

Just how delicious is it that Deep Throat has chosen to reveal his perhaps befuddled self at the very moment when the Bush Administration is trying to slam Newsweek for its use of an unnamed source in its infamous Koran-flushing item?Scrumptious, mes amis. Absolutely scrumptious.Now, if the progressive movement had a decent spinmeister in its ranks, s/he'd be out there right now, demonstrating

The Porn Wars

2005-04-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

The following is an excerpt from “Feminism and the Culture of Sexuality,” the introductory essay of Debating Sexual Correctness: Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Date Rape, and the Politics of Sexuality, by Adele M. Stan.The rise of the New Right in the late seventies and early eighties kept feminists busy and on the defensive. Feminist efforts to expand female horizons gave way to the more

Women Warriors

2005-04-13T17:34:00.000-07:00

by Adele M. StanThis piece originally ran on the op-ed page of the New York Timeson December 17, 1993.WEEHAWKEN, N.J.--Were it not for an event in my own life, I might view the current debate over date rape and the rape crisis movement with detached amusement, the way one does whenever opposing pockets of the intellectual elite have a go at each other. But for me, the issue runs far deeper than

Like a Prayer

2005-04-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

by Adele-Marie StanThis piece originally appeared in the July 6, 1992, issue of The New Republic.When John Cardinal O’Connor, long the nemesis of pro-choice Catholics like me, announced his plans to lead a prayer vigil at a Manhattan abortion clinic last week, I knew I had to go. Always curious about the people who form the shock troops of the pro-life movement, I decided to observe them

Love & Responsibility

2005-04-04T08:05:00.000-07:00

FROM LOVE AND RESPONSIBILITY BY KAROL WOJTYLA:It must be taken into account that it is naturally difficult for the woman to adapt herself to the man in the sexual relationship, that there is a natural unevenness of physical and psychological rhythms, so that there is a need for harmonization, which is impossible without good will, especially on the part of the man, who must carefully observe the

The Call to Dissent

2005-04-03T07:52:00.000-07:00

by Adele-Marie StanTHIS IS THE PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSIONThis piece originally appeared in the December 1985 issue of Ms. magazine.Their Christian values compel them to challenge the church, say Catholic feminists.It is a church rife with powerful and mysterious symbols, symbols that have, throughout the ages, captured the imaginations of even those from other religious traditions. Artists and

A Daemon Sucker-Punches Us--and the Pope

2005-04-01T20:15:00.001-08:00

This piece originally ran in the Los Angeles Times on the op-ed page of October 6, 1992.Protest: What was Sinead O'Connor telling us by ripping up the pontiff's picture on 'Saturday Night Live'?by Adele-Marie StanIt wasn't until after the "Saturday Night Live" cameras cut away from Sinead O'Connor's dismemberment of the Pope's image that I realized my mouth was agape. Midway through the ensuing

The Voices of Catholic Dissent

2005-04-01T14:54:00.000-08:00

AMERICANS AND THE POPE1, 2 THIS IS THE PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSIONby Adele-Marie StanThis piece originally appeared in The Nation, January 9, 1988.There once was a time when it would have been unthinkable for a Roman Catholic to picket the Pope, a time when public disagreement with the Supreme Pontiff of the church constituted

The Voices of Catholic Dissent - page 2

2005-04-01T14:49:00.000-08:00

AMERICANS AND THE POPE1, 2CLICK HERE FOR PRINT-FRIENDLY VERSIONSo the Pope came to America to set the record straight, to give the last infallible word on the church's most disputed doctrines, and to dazzle non-Catholics in his self-appointed role as the global conscience, It was a tightly run, elaborately choreographed show that ran for nine days last September.The Pope's press men went to

The Voices of Catholic Dissent

2005-04-01T13:39:00.000-08:00

AMERICANS AND THE POPEPRINT-FRIENDLY VERSIONby Adele-Marie StanThis piece originally appeared in The Nation, January 9, 1988.There once was a time when it would have been unthinkable for a Roman Catholic to picket the Pope, a time when public disagreement with the Supreme Pontiff of the church constituted a reprehensible heresy in the eyes of most Catholics. Today the heretics are are everywhere

Earth to Democrats:What About an Agenda?

2005-02-14T08:28:00.000-08:00

This piece originally appeared on IntellectualCapital.com.April 22, 1999Once upon a time, our political parties stood for something. To be a Republican meant embracing a commitment to individual liberties, free-market capitalism, legislative restraint and the fight against communism. Those called Democrats were presumed to pledge themselves to workplace protections for average Americans, social

Now we have only our dreamsAfghan women in exile

2005-01-18T07:52:00.001-08:00

This piece first appeared in the Autumn 1998 issue of the journal Conscience. by Adele M. Stan PESHAWAR--To Western eyes, the ancient, dusty city of Peshawar, Pakistan, seems hardly a city at all. Some 20 miles from Afghanistan's eastern border, the place comes across as an inchoate mix of sleepy suburban sprawl and pockets of bustling commerce. The business transacted in the main bazaar

Very Good Republicans

2004-11-08T19:38:00.000-08:00

by Adele M. Stan Thursday, August 03, 2000 Comments: 82 posts This piece originally ran on IntellectualCapital.com during the 2000 Republican National Convention. On Sunday, Arlen Specter, the pro-choice Republican senator from Pennsylvania, surveyed the crowd composed largely of Republicans that filled the ballroom of Philadelphia's famed Bellevue Hotel for an event sponsored by Planned

The politics of trauma

2004-10-31T09:21:00.000-08:00

Forget "the politics of fear"; call it the PTSD offensiveby Adele M. Stan PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION Back to article - page 1 One might think that the latest videogram from Osama bin Laden would serve to remind the American public of President Bush's failings, but if public opinion polls are any indication (and this year, who knows if they actually are?), chances are that Osama's cryptic warning

The politics of trauma

2004-10-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

Forget "the politics of fear"; call it the PTSD offensiveby Adele M. StanPRINTER-FRIENDLY VERISONOne might think that the latest videogram from Osama bin Laden would serve to remind the American public of President Bush's failings, but if public opinion polls are any indication (and this year, who knows if they actually are?), chances are that Osama's cryptic warning will serve only to advance

The politics of trauma

2004-10-29T22:10:00.000-07:00

page 2back to page 1 PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERISON Another beast entirely The politics of fear is based around ideas such as these: that homosexuals are out to recruit your children, that God will punish the nation for its sins, that the family is broken when women have power, that membership in the United Nations demands the surrender of our nation's sovereignty. In short, the politics of fear

The politics of trauma

2004-10-29T21:30:00.000-07:00

page 3back to page 1PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERISONAgain and again and againAnother of the symptoms of PTSD is the constant reliving of the traumatic event in flashbacks. For the people of the United States, the flashbacks have been packaged, tied up with ribbons, and delivered by gift horses ranging from the legitimate TV news media (who played, with incessant repetition on the day of the attacks and

The politics of trauma

2004-10-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

page 4back to page 1PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERISONThe cureFirst, the language in which our trauma is packaged by the GOP must be challenged, right down to the morphing of the term, "war on terrorism," into the nonsensical but resonant "War on Terror". The word "terrorism" speaks to the means by which the trauma was inflicted; the word "terror" speaks to the resulting emotion and condition, and invokes

The politics of trauma

2004-10-28T08:12:00.000-07:00

Forget "the politics of fear"; call it the PTSD offensiveby Adele M. StanPRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSIONBack to article - page 1One might think that the latest videogram from Osama bin Laden would serve to remind the American public of President Bush's failings, but if public opinion polls are any indication (and this year, who knows if they actually are?), chances are that Osama's cryptic warning will

2004-10-21T01:25:00.000-07:00

June 1, 2004 XO/CMC NAVAL STATION CONFERENCE The following is a summary of today's leadership conference. It was hosted by the XO of Norfolk Naval station and mostly concerned itself with discussing the consequences of the "cost of war" budget reductions. 1. The Midatlantic region had approx 40% of their annual budget taken from them recently to support the war in IRAQ. Since about 50% of

2004-10-20T09:40:00.000-07:00

From: Aadland, Anders B MG Dir IMA Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: IMA Directors NETCALL # 27 -- FY04 MYR: Resource Management Actions Required for Remainder of FY04 (UNCLASSIFIED) Importance: High Garrison Commanders, IMA presented its FY04 OMA mid-year review (MYR) briefing to VCSA and ARSTAF on 30 Apr 04. The results of this briefing are summarized at attachment -- read

2004-09-30T16:23:00.000-07:00

Press Release Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin’s Second District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2004 Statement of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin on H.J.Res. 106, the Marriage Protection Amendment September 30, 2004 Mr. Speaker, amending the Constitution is a radical action that should only be undertaken

2004-09-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Subject: Letter from Michael MooreMonday, September 20th, 2004Put Away Your Hankies...a message from Michael MooreDear Friends,Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this is

2004-09-12T06:33:00.000-07:00

Coverage of the Republican National Conventionfrom AddieStanGetting in gearAugust 29, 2004Goin' if I have to walkNew York's NightWelcome, B-listers!(second item)Lies, jobs and Alpha wavesFair and balanced in New YorkWhat you didn't see in prime timeAhnold: cracking the codeWho's working now?Bothersome tasksBoogie on, Reppie womenThe anti-Obama: Alan Keyes talks to AddieStan about Mary Cheney, sex

2004-09-12T06:24:00.000-07:00

Blogging the Democratic National Convention Excellent Multi-Voice Blogs National Journal'sConvention Dispatches Hardblogger Bloggers in the House(those cleared by the DNC) Alan Nelson Command-Post.org Dave WinerScripting News Dave WeinbergerBoston.com Taegan GoddardTaegan Goddard’s Political Wire Jay RosenPressThink Markos Moulitsas ZúnigaThe Daily Kos Jerome ArmstrongMyDD Aldon

2004-08-19T07:34:00.002-07:00

Young and Foolish "When I was young and foolish I was young and foolish." --President George W. Bush during the 2000 campaign, in response to reporters' questions about past drug use

2004-08-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

Remarks of N.J. Gov. James McGreeveyBefore the Stonewall DemocratsJuly 29 - Boston, Mass.BARNEY FRANK: Let me begin with our first speaker, who represents a part of my past, but it's the least interesting part of my past, so don't get too excited. ..But he is a man who has distinguished himself by his advocacy of fairness on our behalf. And he is one of the statewide-elected officials in this

Coverage of the Democratic National Conventionfrom AddieStan

2004-08-10T09:31:00.000-07:00

NOTE: The reader will find occasional references in these posts to cigarette smoking. Your blogstress wishes her readers to know that, as of September 2007, she has been smoke-free for more than a year, and has almost returned to her normal size. The Vamp-upSisterhood of the BlogOn the Road AgainDay One - Remembrance of Tomorrows PastDay Two - With Friends Like These...Day Three - Snoopy & the

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2004-07-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

Your blogstressWho is Addie Stan?Adele M. Stan is a journalist and editor whose work has appeared in The New Republic, the Village Voice, The Nation, The Advocate, Salon.com, the Washington Blade and Mother Jones magazine, as well as on the op-ed pages of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Daily News. She began her media career at Ms. magazine

2004-07-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

Who is Addie Stan? Adele M. Stan is a journalist and editor whose work has appeared in The New Republic, the Village Voice, The Nation, Salon.com and Mother Jones magazine, as well as on the op-ed pages of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Daily News. She began her media career at Ms. magazine, where she served both on staff and as a

2004-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

This piece was commissioned by the Religion News Service, and ran in newspapers throughout the country on Memorial Day weekend of 1997. Four years later, in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, Trinity Church became a living shrine to the dead, and a place of solace for survivors and site workers. Three Centuries of Grace Manhattan's Trinity Church Celebrates its Tricentennialby Adele M.

2004-05-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

This piece originally appeared on Salon.com during the platform hearings for the 2000 Republican National Convention.Salon.com Politics | Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition To print this page, select "Print" from the File menu of your browserInside the Republican pro-choice coalition Meet the women who are vowing a floor fight in Philadelphia over abortion. - - - - - - - - - - - By

2004-05-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

Print-friendlyThis piece orignally appeared on Salon.com during the platform hearings for the 2000 Republican National Convention. Salon.com Politics | Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition - cont'd Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition | 2, 3 Print-friendly Henry Hyde chimes inA slim, coltish woman of 50, Cullman wears her neatly trimmed salt-and-pepper hair in a straight line a few

2004-05-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

Print-friendlyThis piece originally appeared on Salon.com during the platform hearings for the 2000 Republican National Convention. Salon.com Politics | Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition - (cont'd) Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition | 1, 2, 3 President Bush sold outMerrill, for one, finds the right's success in seizing the party "upsetting," and has few kind words for former

Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition

2004-05-24T10:29:00.000-07:00

Print-friendly This piece originally appeared on Salon.com during the platform hearings for the 2000 Republican National Convention. Inside the Republican pro-choice coalition Meet the women who are vowing a floor fight in Philadelphia over abortion. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Adele M. Stan July 29, 2000 | PHILADELPHIA, PA--As the delegates to the Republican

2004-04-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

This piece originally appeared in the February 2000 issue of Working Woman magazine.Elizabeth Dole's Secret Weapon So she won't be Madam President. But the support she mobilized is a power her party ignores at its peril. Standing to one side of the crowded room where Elizabeth Dole was announcing her withdrawal from the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, a woman brushed a tear

2004-04-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

The Year of the Working Woman - page 3 September 1999, Working Woman magazineThe fundraisersAll this attention to working women's concerns, however, won't mean much if women don't fill candidates' coffers. They say that money is the mother's milk of politics, and, indeed, the influence of campaign donors has a long history of shaping the law of the land. Yet as women have stepped up their

2004-04-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

The Year of the Working Woman - page 2 September 1999, Working Woman magazine The working woman’s agenda Since 1992, the Center for Policy Alternatives has compiled data for its Women’s Voices project, which tracks trends and issues important to female voters. In its most recent polling (conducted in 1996), the project reported that 83 percent of U.S. women respondents in a random telephone

2004-04-16T13:34:00.000-07:00

print-friendly version Election 2000: The Year of the Working WomanWorking Woman magazine, November 1999 In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Hanford Dole wanders a summer fair on the Fourth of July weekend, stepping around blankets and picnic baskets, coolers and baby strollers. As she stoops to greet the day-trippers camped in front of a shorefront concert stage, a quiet buzz begins to

2004-04-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

Election 2000: The Year of the Working Woman Working Woman magazine, November 1999 In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Hanford Dole wanders a summer fair on Fourth of July weekend, stepping around blankets and picnic baskets, coolers and baby strollers. As she stoops to greet the day-trippers camped in front of a shorefront concert stage, a quiet buzz begins to circulate through the crowd.“

2004-03-15T14:30:00.000-08:00

2004-02-18T13:42:00.000-08:00

The Adele M. Stan article archive is currently under construction. If you're looking for a piece you can't find, please e-mail your request.PoliticsPolitics - GeneralPolitics - InternationalNow We Have Only Our DreamsAfghan Women in ExileConscience; Autumn 1998Politics - Elections - National Office *2004 CampaignBlogging the Republican National ConventionAddieStan.com; August 29 - September 3,

2004-02-17T13:33:00.000-08:00

The Adele M. Stan article archive is currently under construction. If you're looking for a piece you can't find, please e-mail your request.Life During WartimeThe Big OrangeAddieStan.com, January 2, 2004Office Despots: A Popularity ContestAddieStan.com, November 6, 2003Z Dust and Orange SnowAddieStan.com, February 24, 2003Now We Have Only Our DreamsAfghan Women in ExileConscience, Autumn 1998

2004-01-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

The Adele M. Stan article archive is currently under construction. If you're looking for a piece you can't find, please e-mail your request.

Religion

2004-01-09T14:12:00.000-08:00

The Adele M. Stan article archive is currently under construction. If you're looking for a piece you can't find, please e-mail your request.On CatholicismLicense to Kill?John Ashcroft Supports Missouri "Justifiable Homicide" LawSalon.com, January 18, 2001Playing the Catholic CardCandidate George W. Bush Meddles in a Family DisputeIntellectualCapital, June 8, 2000The Partial-Truth Abortion

2004-01-02T14:08:00.000-08:00

Getting Religion Howard Dean’s Theological Critics Miss the Mark (and Matthew) And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who

2003-12-30T10:24:00.000-08:00

_____________________________ This piece originally appeared on IntellectualCapital.com. Is God a Republican? The Invisibility of the Religious Left by Adele M. Stan July 1, 1999 The 2000 presidential race has barely begun, and already God-talk is falling from the lips of the contenders. The conversion of George W. Bush from party boy to born-again Christian has become a standard paragraph in

2003-12-29T15:28:00.000-08:00

__________________________________________The following piece originally appeared on IntellectualCapital.com. Gender Flop by Adele M. Stan April 13, 2000 If recent polls hold up on Election Day, the gender gap will once again rule the outcome. But this time the gap will have a new face, one with a five-o’clock-shadow. For current trends portend that men will make the difference—not women. In

Earth to Democrats: How About an Agenda?

2003-12-24T14:40:00.000-08:00

-----------------------------------------------The following piece originally appeared on IntellectualCapital.com.Earth to Democrats: What About an Agenda?by Adele M. StanThursday, April 22, 1999Once upon a time, our political parties stood for something. To be a Republican meant embracing a commitment to individual liberties, free-market capitalism, legislative restraint and the fight against

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Gay Agenda

2003-11-23T20:08:00.000-08:00

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------The following piece was originally published as "An American Agenda, A Gay Agenda" on IntellectualCapital.com, August 12, 1999.Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Gay Agendaby Adele M. StanIt was a brutally frigid, windy night in 1996 when, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, I stood in the midst of a festival of

2003-08-18T15:01:00.000-07:00