sallyedelstein
retroarama
sallyedelstein

The criminalization of abortion in America was a time of desperate back alley operations ruined lives and suffering which society wanted kept locked up in a closet.

Even as a 9-year-old, I knew when I saw Carol Channing perform “Hello Dolly” in 1964 I was witnessing pure magic.

Compounding our clueless Commander in Chief’s insensitivity, he spoke to these Navajo Code talkers behind a portrait of President Andrew “Trail of Tears” Johnson. Color Trump shameless. https://wp.me/p2qifI-49b

With the outpouring of women and men coming forward with their stories of sexual abuse its important to remember Memories of sexual abuse can be buried for decades but the consequences for the victim are felt for years and many suffer PTSD. Nearly 40 years ago at 24 I was raped. Until now I have never revealed

The powerful voices of so many women sharing their stories of sexual harassment and abuse in the wake of Harvey Weinstein is overwhelming but heartbreakingly unsurprising. Nearly 40 years ago at 24 I was raped. Until now I have never revealed self portraits of the pain I experience the only evidence of the anger

In Harvey Weinstein’s dated world misogyny was easily laughed off as “office antics.There was a time sexism and sexual harassment at the office was fodder for comics and cartoonists alike. No one is laughing anymore. Is it possible we once thought those sort of comics were a laugh riot. Check out some vintage cartoons

Only in the sleepy-eyed Ben Carson American dream world of alternative facts are slaves happy immigrants http://wp.me/p2qifI-3VU

Marla must have picked up some tips on exploiting the working person from ex husband Donald. The last time Maples got so much exposure was when Trumps headline making affair with the Georgia peach started a feeding frenzy in the NY Tabloids and was the biggest celebrity cheating scandal of the 1990s.Need any

The accusations of Russia’s interference in our presidential election has sent a big chill down my spine as childhood memories of the cold war are quickly defrosted. The fear of Russian intervention in our politics and infiltrating our government was a common theme in mid century cautionary tales. Take a look at

Nasty women vote. Suffragettes were called a lot worse things than nasty in their attempts to attain the vote for women just 96 years ago. And they won. So women you have the right to vote to speak your mind and stand up for what you believe is right. Your voice matters. Take a look at a collection of anti

We thought Newt Gingrich had faded into the sunset but apparently the call of duty to join in Trumps merry band of misogynists lured him out of the woodwork along with that other card carrying thrice married cheater Rudy Giuliani. In an election season filled with bizarro elements and throwback to the 90's check

“We thought it was ancient history-but its not” Michell was sadly right. Trump is the worst kind of throwback to the Mad Men era when misogyny was laughed off as business as usual. The suggestive remarks and creepiness of male workers made sexual harassment a near daily ordeal faced by women in the workplace.In

Trump is the worst kind of throwback to the Mad Men era when misogyny was laughed off as business as usual. The suggestive remarks and creepiness of male workers made sexual harassment a near daily ordeal faced by women in the workplace.In fact it was the stuff of great humor.The world of businessmen

Trump is the worst kind of throwback to the Mad Men era when misogyny was laughed off as business as usual. The suggestive remarks and creepiness of male workers made sexual harassment a near daily ordeal faced by women in the workplace.In fact it was the stuff of great humor.The world of businessmen

In the wake of this firestorm Trump and his supporters might want to dismiss his actions as coming from a man of fame and fortune but it speaks to the realities and pervasiveness of our rape culture, one which has long sanctioned and even encouraged this behavior for the ordinary man.

It is still difficult for most women to be body positive in a culture where sadly it seems no bodies perfect.In a culture with a disordered definition of beauty, fat shaming has long infected our culture and like a true pathogen it is insidious and harmful to girls and women.

Would you believe there was once a time when it was ok to run an advertisement with the headline asking “Is It Always Illegal to Kill a Woman?” In what may be the most misogynist ad ever, this ad that ran in mainstream publications like Saturday Evening Post, Fortune etc was just one of a legion of ads and media

Trump is the worst kind of throwback to the Mad Men era when misogyny was laughed off as business as usual. The suggestive remarks and creepiness of male workers made sexual harassment a near daily ordeal faced by women in the workplace.In fact it was the stuff of great humor.The world of businessmen men objectifying

This “Real America” Joe Walsh refers too are composed of the same group of racist, fear based , angry Americans supporting Donald Trump who have been spouting off for decades.