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June 27 at 5:30pm
Community Bike Ride
Join your neighbors and friends on a group bike ride through Traverse City.
Feel the fun at zero gallons per mile.
Gather at the "Open Space" downtown.
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July 25 at 5:30pm
Northern Michigan Pride Ride
Join us on a leisurely group bike ride in and around downtown Traverse City.
Feel the fun at zero gallons per mile.
Gather at the "Open Space" downtown.
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How Breast Cancer Became Big Business
Health and Wellness: "Shopping for a cure" often does more harm than good. Don't let slick advertisers sucker you into it.
Women on Wheels: The Bicycle and the Women’s Movement of the 1890s
The 1890s was the peak of the American bicycle craze and consumers were buying bicycles in large numbers. In 1897 alone, more than two million bicycles were sold in the United States , about one for every 30 inhabitants. Bicycles, or “wheels,” were everywhere in the gay 90s as were “wheelmen’s clubs,” well organized association with newsletters, receptions, weekly outings, uniforms and special meeting rooms. Bicycle paths were clogged with traffic on weekends and newspapers were filled with cycling news and special columns. Cycling in the 1890s was nothing less than “a general intoxication, an eruption of exuberance like a seismic tremor that shook the economic and social foundations of society and rattled the windows of its moral outlook.” 2 Nowhere was this more evident than in the role of the bicycle in the changing lives of American women. Indeed, the woman’s movement of the 1890s and the cycling craze became so inextricably intertwined that in 1896 Susan B. Anthony told the New YorkWorld’s Nellie Bly that bicycling had “done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.”
Our Friend Linda Wikle Needs Our Help to Win in Acme Township
Dear Traverse for Women... Please let the women's community of Traverse City know that I am running for Acme Township Treasurer. I need money, time, name recognition, envelope stuffing, and more as we approach the election. Representation in the township is particularly critical in light of resent planning and development issues. The entire area is impacted. I have served for two years on the planning commission and it is time for me to move forward. My web site is coming soon. Thanks for your help. Contact Linda WikleForAcmeTreas@charter.net (Check out her web site)
Michigan legislators seek to limit no-fault divorce
On February 19, 2008, a bill was introduced in Michigan's state legislature to amend the divorce statute with respect to grounds for divorce. If passed, this law would take Michigan residents back 38 years. In terms of the majority view on morality, evidenced by significant increases in cohabitation rather than marriage as a lifestyle, it would take us back to the 18th century. The legislation, if passed, would state:
Safe Internet use | For those breaking up
Whether you are researching the Internet while doing pre-divorce planning, in a relationship with an abuser, or discussing divorce strategy with your lawyer or a friend, you need to take precautions ro avoid exposing your plans and strategies to your spouse or abuser. Otherwise, you risk danger of injury by an abuser or interference with the settlement of custody, parenting time, or property issues. One of the first things I ask a new client is: "Does your spouse know your email account password?" The communications you have with your divorce lawyer are intended to be confidential. This is particularly important when you and your lawyer are doing strategic planning. And nowadyas, client-lawyer communications often occur via email, as they do with my practice when my clients live far from my office.
A Woman's Brain
Have you ever wondered how a woman's brain works? It's finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration:
Cats Help Shield Owners From Heart Attack
Whether it's a frisky kitten or a tubby tabby, a cat at home could cut your heart attack risk by almost a third, a new study suggests.
Private RU-486 Confounds Anti-Abortionists
Don't look now, but the front lines of the abortion battle are shifting. Thanks to advances in medical technology and the introduction of the drug mifepristone (aka RU 486), which gives women the option of having safe, early abortions in private locations instead of public clinics, the raving crazies who tape pictures of bloody fetuses to their bodies, stalk Planned Parenthood and howl "murder" at anyone who walks through its doors, may suddenly find themselves all dressed up with nowhere to go -- and no one to terrorize. If Islamic Jihadists had done even a tenth this much damage, every last Muslim in America would be doing stress-position calisthenics in a concentration camp somewhere in the Nevada desert right now. But since this impressive achievement in domestic terrorism was almost entirely accomplished by white Christian men -- well, y'see, it's Not Terrorism when we do it -- the public has barely batted an eye.
From Pro-Life to Pro-Choice
January 9, 2008—What makes a woman change her view on a deeply held, intensely personal belief?
Resources for Military Women
Women make up fifteen percent of the U.S.
military. One of every ten U.S. troops serving in Iraq is a woman. More than 16,000 single mothers have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Roughly one-third of female veterans who have sought counseling at the VA report having been the victim of rape or attempted rape during their service.
Unmarried Women: This Election’s Holy Grail
During the run-up to the 2004 election, I traveled around the countryand day after day on the road, I was blown away by the unbelievable women I met. From Hollywood to Hoboken, I saw first hand that this country is made-up of amazing women who do their best to make their lives and the lives of those around them better. These women care deeply about health care, the War, national security, education and the environment, and they have the potential to bring these issues to the forefront of political debate. Yet, in the last presidential election, 20 million eligible unmarried women did not vote, making unmarried women the largest group of non-voters in the country.
61% of 33 U.S. lipsticks test positive for lead
American-made lipstick contains “surprisingly high levels of lead,” according to new product test results released Friday by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. The lead tests were conducted by an independent laboratory over the month of September on red lipsticks.
Michigan companies lack women execs
Women have made few strides at the executive level and in boardrooms compared with their male counterparts at Michigan's largest public companies, according to a report expected to be released today. The 2007 Michigan Women's Leadership Index, first published in 2003, looks at the presence of female leaders at 100 corporations headquartered in the state.
The Total Perspective Vortex
Consider eating disorders, for instance. It’s generally been believed that an unrealistically negative body image is an important factor in the self-abuse that characterizes anorexia and bulimia. A 2006 study at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, however, came to a very different conclusion. Here, groups of normal and eating disordered women were asked to rate the attractiveness of their own bodies. They were then photographed from the neck down, and panels of volunteers were brought in to view the photos and rate the women’s appearances objectively. The normal women, as it turned out, evaluated themselves much more positively than the panels did, while the self-ratings of the eating disordered women were in close agreement with the objective ratings. The eating disordered subjects, in other words, had a more realistic body image than the normal women. However, it is important to note that the study was based upon the broad concept of "attractiveness" rather than body weight specifically—while the eating disordered women may have rated themselves poorly because they felt "fat," their weight was a controlled variable and not the basis of the volunteers' assessments.
Why Do We Pay Our Plumbers More Than Our Caregivers?
Surely leaky pipes aren't more important than our children. Yet, in America, most plumbers make five times what caregivers do. Author Riane Eisler shows how our economic system, rooted in gender inequality, is failing us. Why does the stock market rally when workers are laid off? Why are working people consistently losing ground? Why do so many women and children live in poverty? Why is the average age of a homeless person in the United States 9 years old? Why are so many seniors forgotten? Why don't we plan ahead or invest well when it comes to things like the environment, education or healthcare? Can the answer be that our economic signals are out of whack with reality?
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Events in Southern Michigan | Events in the Chicago Area
July 26 at 7pm
Northern Michigan Pride Dance
Traverse City—Share an evening filled with food, fun, friviolity, film, and lots and lots of music. InsideOut Gallery. A great dance party is the perfect finish to after a day outside in NW Michigan.
July 25 - 27
Camp "Out" Bike Tour 2008
For 15 years, Friends North organized a weekend of camping, biking, and outdoor fun for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their friends in Northern Michigan. In July 2007, that tradition continued as Camp Out Michigan took over operation of the Bike Tour. We had over 70 participants who came from all over Michigan as well as Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Ontario. The event is still a fund raiser for Michigan GLBT causes. Each year we will select one or two charities who will benefit from Bike Tour proceeds.
August 9-10:
Annual Lower Platte Kayak & Float Your Rubber Boat
Kayak the lower Platte River at the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. As in the past few years, please express your interest early on and we will try to find a way to camp and play together.
Every Friday from 3pm - 6pm
Right Brain
Warehouse District (221 Garland St), Traverse City—Join us for Happy Hour. Oh yah, and it's smoke free.
Second Friday Each Month - 7:30 - 9:30pm
Dances Of Universal Peace - Traverse City Dance Circle
After years of talking about it, We are ready to start our Dances Of Universal Peace - Traverse City Dance Circle. We are calling it - Living in Harmony / Traverse City Dance Circle It will be held the Second Friday of the Month starting in December going till June. The dances will be held at Just Imagine 225 West 14th Street Traverse City. The time is 7:30 PM till 9:30 PM. Suggested Offering $5-10 All are welcome. No musical or dance experience necessary. Dances are easy to learn and are taught to the whole group each time. Also It's time to put our New Years Eve Global Dance on your calendar. It will again be at our Lama Meadows Farm.
Event Planning: Happening Now!
We are now planning events around the year. We are seeking your ideas on events and activities that you would like to share with other women. All ideas are welcome and encouraged. Join the discussion now at the "Message Center" (click the link at the top of this page). |
