Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
Today I’ll be speaking at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Where: MSCD Campus, Denver
When: Tuesday, October 9th, 1-3PM
Details: The building is St. Cajetan’s. On the map link below or on the attachment it is number 16. http://www.ahec.edu/campusmaps/ahec3d.pdf
Park in the parking and transportation center which is number 10.
If you have any other questions, contact the office at 303-556-6333 or by email at info@glbtss.org.
If diversity itself wasn’t a worthwhile goal to some companies, maybe the better financial performance of a diverse board will motivate more companies to getting some women involved:
The study, which looked at three financial measures, found that companies with more women directors outperformed companies with fewer by 53 percent in return on equity, by 42 percent in return on sales, and by 66 percent in return on invested capital.
The study was done by Catalyst, a non-profit research organization whose goal is to expand business opportunities for women.
Betty and I leave for Colorado today, and yes we’re flying, so don’t expect me to be anything like coherent for the next 12 hours or so.
We’re back on Thursday, but I’ll try to post some things – including my lecture in Denver – while we’re away.
Here are some photos and a report from the candlelight vigil held in SF last night, courtesy of Robert of Left in SF, and some from the HRC protest in DC.
This is a band I love, and they’ve made a bunch of music I love even more than all the other music they’ve made. & They’ve made it for interesting reasons, which you’ll hear about if you watch the YouTube video interview with Tod A., the lead of the band.
Then you can go listen to a bunch of the music courtesy of ReverbNation.
For more reading about ENDA than you might ever want, I’ve put together a bunch of the articles, essays, & blog posts on the topic since it was introduced in April, below the break:
President Bush vetoed a bill that would include an additional 4 million more American children in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. It’s the 4th veto of his presidency, and nearly got the votes to override, but didn’t as a result of the House vote.
There will be an attempt, on 10/18, to try the override again. Female politicians were in favor 72%, with male politicians coming in at a bare majority of 51%.
Does anyone else want to volunteer to be on Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style? Every time I watch it I think about writing them a letter. But then I think – dresses & skirts are in his required wardrobe. As are heels. & Then I think about what I might have left after they went through my wardrobe. & Then I think… yeah. So I don’t.
I think I need Tim Gunn’s Guide to Dyke Style. But still, I’m watching & learning; my biggest issues is being hung up on size instead of fit, because I’m a woman, & somehow it’s important to me if I can get into a 10 instead of a 12, when really, I should be happy to wear a 14 if the clothes look good / fall right /make me feel confident. Having changed sizes a few times in the last couple of years, both up & down, I can say now that there is nothing that makes me feel less confident than wearing something that’s just a little small. But still, there’s a part of me that doesn’t want to give in to wearing the larger size, as if I’m admitting defeat.
Anyone else?
I don’t know if any of you in NYC have seen the Oro Condos commercials, but if you think you recognize the voice from the voiceover, you probably do.
I bought a special pillow when I was having that trouble with my back/neck/shoulder last year that I ended up not liking, but Aurora loves it. It’s got a nice little groove she fits in, and these days we rarely see her anywhere else but asleep on it, or next to it on the couch with just her head on it, and in various other cat-comfortable positions we humans just wouldn’t understand.