Lunafest Memphis 2010

A venue is reserved, FaceBook fan page is up, and flyers for volunteers go out tomorrow. More news as it goes.

- Privily, xoxoxo

Raise Your Fist

(courtesy of National Sexuality Resource Center)

It isn't enough that Caster Semenya, is 18 years-old.
It isn't enough that she simply is naturally gifted to run.
It isn't enough that she is disciplined and dedicated.
It isn't enough that because of her age, discipline, and dedication she is simply approaching her zenith of her sport.

Let the IAAF know that her admirers and supporters are disgusted of their discriminatory behaviour. Sign the petition, nad pass it on.

http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/xx_why_tell_IAAF_to_stay_out_of_Caster_Semenyas_pants

Cool Aunt

(courtesy of Nat'l Sexuality Resource Center)

Cool Aunt Count

Are you a “Cool Aunt?” Did you have a person in your life growing up who wasn’t afraid to talk about sex? We want to know about it! We believe that Cool Aunts (including uncles, parents, and friends!) are pretty important in helping young people grow up healthy and happy. Those frank, open conversations about sex, honest answers to embarrassing questions – turns out they are among the most important resources a teenager can have.

We know you’re out there, and that there are thousands like you – people who aren’t ashamed to deliver frank answers to questions about sex. Take a moment to fill out this ten minute survey and help us show the world that Cool Aunts count.

http://www.coolaunt.org/2009/08/cool-aunts-count-take-survey.html

No Pumpin' in Port-a-Potty

(courtesy of MomsRising.com)

Tell your representatives in Congress to support the Breastfeeding Promotion Act today! Today, 56% of mothers with infants are in the workplace1, and many of them face huge barriers - or outright discrimination - when they return to work and need to take breaks in order to pump milk. Tenia from Maryland shared, "I find it appalling that it's left to individual supervisors... if, where and for how long a nursing mother can pump at work! I was told it would depend what my workload looked like if I would be 'allowed' to pump." The Breastfeeding Promotion Act, introduced by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY) and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR), would support employers and nursing moms in the following ways:

• Requiring employers to make reasonable efforts to provide appropriate space and break time for mothers to express milk;
• Protecting breastfeeding women from being fired or discriminated against in the workplace;
• Providing tax incentives for businesses that establish private lactation areas in the workplace; and
• Allowing families to deduct the cost of breastfeeding equipment on their taxes, as is the case with other common medical expenses.2

Some mothers who return to work choose to stop breastfeeding, but many of those who do wish to continue find it next to impossible because of barriers in the workplace. Even well-intentioned employers may be unaware about how to accommodate nursing moms, leaving women using sheets to cover up in cubicles, cramming into bathroom stalls with breast pumps, or even hiding out in dingy supply rooms just to pump breast milk for their babies.

http://momsrising.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/t/9251/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=923

Smokin Out on the Roof

Beautiful and Damned

(courtesy of Brooks Museum of Art)

Friday Nite at The Clark Tower

(courtesy of Mid-south Jazz)