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		<title>5 women won Nobel Prizes this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year there are five female recipients of a Nobel Prize, which sets a record for female winners throughout the Prize&#8217;s 114 year long history.  Who are the winners? 1. Elinor Ostrom, 76, an American political scientist from Indiana University who made history by being the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2538&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow marks the 8th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, Wednesday October 7th, marks the 8th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan.  Earlier this year, President Obama announced his 10 year plan for Afghanistan which entailed of adding 21,000 more U.S. military forces deployed in Iraq and diplomatic engagement of Pakistan.  This is misguided &#8211; the way to Peace in Afghanistan will not come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2536&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Blogaround</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some things that popped up on my feminist radar: What Counts as Real Rape? &#8211; More from Gwen on the Roman Polanski case Concerns About Racism Are &#8220;Weird&#8221; &#8211; The trivialization and dismissal of racism by saying &#8220;it&#8217;s weird&#8221; US Fence Causes Increase in Border Deaths &#8211; Today marks the 15th anniversary of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2533&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Justice releases first ever &#8220;study on crimes against persons with disabilities&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/department-of-justice-releases-first-ever-study-on-crimes-against-persons-with-disabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice just released the first ever study on crimes against persons with disabilities.  (Why &#8220;persons with disabilities&#8221; and not &#8220;differently abled people&#8221;?)  The results of the study are not that surprising and statistically illustrate/prove what many anti-ableist activists have known for a while now &#8211; that differently abled people are disproportionately targeted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2530&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October is a big month</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October is: Breast Cancer Awareness Month LGBTQ History Month   Domestic Violence Awareness Month Sexual Assault Awareness Month (at Tufts) Posted in health and wellbeing, LGBTQIA, sexual violence, violence against women<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2523&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bravo, Chris Rock!</title>
		<link>http://thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/bravo-chris-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Rock has taken a stance against Roman Polanski and has made it clear that he is not going to join the long list of Hollywood celebrities defending Polanski.  On the Jay Leno show, he said: He made good movies, THIRTY YEARS AGO. Even Johnnie Cochran don&#8217;t have the nerve to go, &#8216;Well, did you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2520&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Right to Decide</title>
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		<comments>http://thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/our-bodies-our-lives-our-right-to-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a lovely day for Mass NOW&#8217;s Counter-Protest to Mass Citizens for Life &#8211; the rain held off, it was fairly warm out, and an enthusiastic, energetic crowd showed up in solidarity to participate in the counter-protest.  Here are some images from the Boston Commons:       Posted in abortions, activism, anti-choicers, reproductive health, sex [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2515&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tufts&#8217; &#8220;No-Sex&#8221; Policy creates quite a stir</title>
		<link>http://thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/tufts-no-sex-policy-creates-quite-a-stir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most Tufts students already know, Residential Life has established new rules to regulate sexual activity in dorm rooms. As the Tufts Daily reported: The Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) has added a new stipulation to its guest policy that prohibits any sex act in a dorm room while one&#8217;s roommate is present. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2513&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gwen-  The Homeless American Girl Doll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>feminista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, one out of every 50 children in the US is homeless.  And the American Girl doll company seems to be trying to take a stand on this issue&#8230;by providing a new homeless American Girl doll named Gwen for the exorbitant price of $95 (talk about irony).  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2501&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guido Westerwelle &#8211; soon to be the first openly gay Foreign Minister of Germany</title>
		<link>http://thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/guido-westerwelle-soon-to-be-the-first-openly-gay-foreign-minister-of-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShantiShacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guido Westerwelle is going to be the first openly gay Foreign Minister of Germany, a position that is basically equivalent to the Secretary of State in the United States.  He heads the minority Free Democrats Party and has a reputation for being an exhibitionist, but what seems to get him the most attention is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegenderblenderblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6494192&#038;post=2497&#038;subd=thegenderblenderblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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