That was the lead story on August 28 from the Women News Network, a new online project that spotlights news from Women's UN Report Network.

Dedicated the notion that feminism is global and that the means of communications should be in the hands of women everywhere, WNN uses video, audio and text to deliver the women's news you'll never see even on the Oxygen channel.

Our friends over at Women and Children First Bookstore(WCF) reminded us that you can get any book in print—most often in two to five days—from womenandchildrenfirst.com. Search by title, author or ISBN by entering it in the search field near the top of the screen.Put the books you want in your shopping cart and choose whether to pick them up at the store or have them shipped.

Anne Enke's new book called Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism is now in production. It is a study of Midwestern feminism to be published by Duke University Press in October 2007. Anne visited us a while back and we had a long discussion about the unique character of the Midwestern women's movement.

You bet they do, thanks to the The Women's Project Against HIV/AIDS. Led by Dr. Rachel Jones, a nursing prof at Rutgers University, a talented team of creative actors and writers produced a series of online video clips aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist as Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays edited by Ellen Dubois and Richard Candida is now available. Ellen DuBois is a former CWLU member and is presently a history prof at UCLA. Here, at long last, is a single volume exploring and presenting Stanton's thoughtful, original, lifelong inquiries into the nature, origins, range, and solutions of women's subordination.

Herstory visitors are probably familiar with Jo Freeman's scholarly work in women's history. But did you know that Jo is also an inveterate political button collector? Right now she is looking for "Carole Mosely Braun for President" button. She'll trade you a "Braun for Senate" or a "Chisholm for President "button. Contact Jo at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are ready to deal.

Chicago writer Sandi Wisenberg has been blogging about her battle with breast cancer at cancerbitch.blogspot.com . You can also listen to Sandi on Chicago Public Radio. Look HERE for more info.

Sandi is a fine writer with a wry feminist sense of humor. Don't miss the pictures of her tatoos!

No, this is not a headline from The Onion, we really did get an inquiry from ABC-TV to participate in their primetime show "Wife Swap." They were looking for a feminist moms "who are proud to be wearing the pants and ruling their roost."

Wow.

We had just spent a wonderful evening with feminist media critic Jennifer Pozner the night before. We forwarded the ABC-TV email to her the next day...not surprisingly, she was not surprised.

According to ABC," Each week from across the country, two families with very different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge. The wives from these two families exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover just what it's like to live another woman's life. "

For the morbidly curious, we have copied their e-mail message: