Re: The woman/girl thing

1999-04-15 Thread Kimberly & Brett
I had a professor in a college class called Death and Dying who gave a lecture on preconceptions one day and said something that really made me stop and think. She said "A preconception to us is like water to a fish". I might not be saying it right but I hope I am. She meant that we have these pr

test - don't bother reading

1999-04-15 Thread Heather McKenzie
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Study: Pacific traps carbon dioxide

1999-04-15 Thread Kimberly & Brett
The Environment Study: Pacific traps carbon dioxide (AP) - Finally, someone has something nice to say about El Nino. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that from 1991 to 1994 - years when El Nino warmed the Pacific - the ocean released 30% to 80% less carbo

Re: The woman/girl thing

1999-04-15 Thread Jessica Leann Urban
Hi! RE: "Yesterday, the same man who called his female colleagues "girls" said no, he didn't like Thai food, in fact he doesn't like any "slanty eyed food." Wow. I was too stunned to say anything. But I'd love anyone's input on how to address that sort of racism." Have you read the book "Wo

Re: The woman/girl thing

1999-04-15 Thread Heather McKenzie
I recently read an "article" in some silly "women's magazine" (maybe Self?) about women proudly reclaiming the word "girl," which I thought was a bunch of hooey propagated by the "token torturers" (Mary Daly's phrase) in influential places. Reclaiming the word girl may have it's place - like peo

Endangered Species Act shift sought/

1999-04-15 Thread Kimberly & Brett
Endangered Species Act shift sought WASHINGTON (AP) - One of Rep. Bill Thomas' constituents wanted to open a recycling business on 20 acres in the central California community of McKittrick, but he balked when a federal agency said he would have to pay thousands for the permit he would need. Unde

ENVIRO IMPACT OF NATO BOMBINGS

1999-04-15 Thread Elizabeth MacNabb
Dear Eco-fems, fyi. --E. >From: "Lisa K. Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ENVIRO IMPACT OF NATO BOMBINGS > > >IMPACTS OF NATO'S "HUMANITARIAN" BOMBINGS, >THE BALANCE SHEET OF DESTRUCTION IN YUGOSLAVIA > >by Michel Chossudovsky > > >[...] > >The intensity of the bom