Daily Archives: April 19, 2012

Vatican to US Nuns: Shut Up!

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious represents 57,000 nuns in the US, but it has become too feministĀ for the reactionary hierarchy of the Church at Rome. Here’s the BBC: Vatican officials . . . castigated the group for making some … Continue reading

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Adrienne Rich Reading, “What Kind of Times Are These”

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Republicans Oppose the Violence Against Women Act—and Lesbians

The Republicans are reluctant to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act this year. Why? Because nondiscrimination against lesbians is included in the bill. The poet Adrienne Rich, who died this past month at the age of 82 and who raised … Continue reading

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