Miss Universe Organization to Allow Transgenders to Compete
In the past few weeks, the Miss Universe pageant has been under fire for disqualifying Miss Canada from participating after it was revealed that she was transgender. Now, approximately a week after the decision, the organization is declaring that it is changing the...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month as well as National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. Although there is a strong push to raise awareness during April, attention to the epidemics is a year around event. Instead of posting statistics and...
Free the Trolls!
Trolling: The act of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet. As much as I hate to admit it, I spend a lot of time on the internet. Most of it is spent on Tumblr reblogging pictures of pug puppies, Glee, and cupcakes, or on...
So you are wearing white today, now what?
Now you contact your congressman. Look, I wrote a form letter to help. Simply copy and paste this as an email, adding or deleting anything you think they should know. Here’s a link on how to contact them. http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml (Not sure what I'm...
I like my Medium well done. My interview with Medium Nancy Meryl
Medium Nancy Meryl says, "just because you can't see something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.” And she should know. Since she was a young girl, Nancy had been receiving messages from people who have passed on. As an adult, Nancy decided to make it her life’s work...
Wear All White for Women’s Rights
Based on the Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee’s nonviolent protest for women’s rights in Liberia, I have started this protest as a single woman in New York, a woman who is horrified at watching my rights being stripped away in this country that I love so much. I...
“Tasting Rain” Author Kim Malchuk 11amEST Tues. Rivers Of Faith
"Why Not Now?" "Why not start living the life of your dreams?" For Kim Malchuk, best-selling author of Tasting Rain, the answer came in a whisper to her soul that a life of inspired purpose was truly within her reach. Trading complacency for passion, Kim was...
Nothing Says America Like a Racist Bumper Sticker
With the presidential election coming up in eight months, there are bumper stickers on almost every car depicting whether they are democrat or republican. Some are about change, others are about focusing on the family (in other words, don’t let the gays get married)....
This Week on BROADSIDED – The United States of Hate
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." -Abraham Lincoln- We are a nation divided. Republicans vs Democrats. The 1% vs the 99%, Conservatives vs Progressives. Men vs. Women. We are witnessing divisiveness unseen in America since the 1960's and we wanted...