Feministing friend and author of Odd Girl Out, Rachel Simmons, wanted to let ladies know that she's speaking at an Omega conference in September on Women & Courage. There are scholarships available for young women here. Deadline is July 15th, so don't sleep on it. Speakers include Isabelle Allende, Tara Brach, and Queen Afua, among others, and the conference material reads, in part:
The classic myth of the hero traces an arc of death-defying adventure and violent battle. Yet, on our interdependent planet-with no territory left to exploit and no war that can be won-empathy, love, and wisdom have become the most heroic of all adventures.
It is time to change our definition of what it means to be a brave and daring human being.
I can definitely get down with that. Thanks for the heads up Rachel.
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Rachel Simmons came to speak at the Junior High in my town back in April. I was in a Sexual Politics class at the high school and we had read Odd Girl Out and had arranged to observe the assembly from the back and not participate. But upon hearing that our class (but more importantly, the TWO MALES in it) were going to be in attendance she refused to appear unless we didn't come.
I note on the program the absence of any reference to a very courageous woman, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, the person who prevented the approval of Thalidomide in the United States, against the pressure of the pharmaceutical industry. This spared the USA from the thousands of birth defects experienced by British women who were prescribed the drug while pregnant.