tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post8095966461196647072..comments2024-03-28T06:58:56.617-04:00Comments on The Next Stage: Women and Retirement: A feminist tries to overcome her Islamaphobiakarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135222421004804653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-57980675397472594412010-09-15T13:56:36.500-04:002010-09-15T13:56:36.500-04:00Ashleigh,
I would love to read your thoughts on Ha...Ashleigh,<br />I would love to read your thoughts on Half the Sky. When you finish reading it, maybe you might want to write a review on your blog. I would be happy to cross post it.<br /><br />I just discovered your blog at http://ashleighburroughs.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Great stuff! I’m going to add it to my blogroll.karenhttp://www.gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-92148358050626800792010-09-15T10:52:03.407-04:002010-09-15T10:52:03.407-04:00I followed Kristof and WuDunn's trip in the ne...I followed Kristof and WuDunn's trip in the newspaper but avoided the book because, like you, I didn't want to be depressed. That's the same reasoning people used to avoid seeing Precious (the movie)and yet it was redemptive, just as you say this book is uplifting. I'm clicking and buying - if nothing else, it's another strike for the triumph of the written word on the acid-free page.<br /><br />Most religions seem to divide and conquer - gender, ownership, color, family lineage (eg Jews with the distinctions between Cohen's, Levi's and all the rest known as Israelites. There are times when poor, brain-damaged Rodney King's words ring true - can't we all get along?<br /><br />Thanks for this.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttp://ashleighburroughs.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com