Bachmann

I really wanted my blog to feature positive women, unique stories and sites, but I realize I've got to comment on the ridiculous and embarrassing as well. With that I give you: Michele Bachmann.

I try my best to support my fellow woman, but with her, I just cant. She is putting women on a rocket and shooting us back 100 years. Bachmann is a Republican member of the House of Representatives and is also running for President of the United States. She supports the theory that America was founded as a Christian theocracy and should become one again. She is headstrong and stands by her beliefs. She is the perfect example of not thinking before you speak, and not having all the facts before opening her mouth.
Below is a link (that I urge you to visit). It's a list of her most ridiculous quotes. I GUARANTEE that you will shake your head or roll your eyes, at least once!!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-craziest-michele-bachmann-quotes

Helpful Organization

Meet Leila Chirayath Janah, the founder of Samasource (sama means “equal” in Sanskrit).

Samasource is an organization that outsources simple data-entry and media-tagging tasks for companies like Google to people in low-income countries. Since 2008, Samasource has hired more than 1,200 workers, but “my dream is to show that we can become a $100 million organization with tens of thousands of workers. And do it as a nonprofit.”

Great Job, Leila!

The Meth Project

Finally, a gut wrenching drug commercial that shows the reality of substance abuse.

http://youtu.be/M6kCJSN9MTY

Twitterworld

I've been trying to contact the following on Twitter, just to answer a few questions. Sadly, no one has "tweeted" me back.

http://twitter.com/#!/DianeSawyer

http://twitter.com/#!/anncurry

http://twitter.com/#!/fernandaNYT

Motherhood

Me entire life changed when I gave birth to my son. It is an amazing, exciting, tiring experience being a mother. My heart swells with love when I see both of my boys, that is why I do not understand stories like this:

 http://www.themonitor.com/articles/villa-56233-edinburg-year.html

It sickens me. 

Nicaragua: 'We Women Want to Be Heard'

On the night of Jul. 25, 2009, Fatima Hernández, 24, was raped and beaten by Farinton Reyes, one of her co-workers. In a country where sexual violence is at immense levels and often goes unreported and unpunished, Hernández was determined that her attacker be brought to justice.

The young activist, who hopes to complete her law degree, established an organisation last year, the Association of Women for Critical Thinking (Asociación de Mujeres Forjadoras 'El Pensamiento') to support other women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/10/25/11651

Joyful Heart Foundation

The actress Mariska Hargitay, moved by so many real life victims who would approach her on the street and praise the character she portrays on television , decided to create an organization to help victims of abuse and violence.

The Joyful Heart Foundation works to foster a community that turns toward the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Such a community, empowered with knowledge, courage and compassion, can support survivors of this violence and engage in an open dialogue about how to collaboratively end the cycle of violence and abuse.

http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/