She's Beautiful ~ Founding Modern US Feminism!

My ML colleague Pip points out She's Beautiful When She's Angry...

"A new documentary resurrecting the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971."

Audience reactions... Interviews with inspiring filmaker Mary Dore...

Tzafar ~ Spetsioti's Humanitarian Short Film...

Thanks to Prerna Makkar for spotting Tzafar...

Human Rights ~ For Liberty, Prosperity, Vitality...

Thanks to Anne Liu and Kayvan Zainabadi for spotting this History of Human Rights short spotlighting the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an epic document dating back to post-WWII founding of the United Nations. In the final analysis, however, such rights have little meaning or endurance or application unless they are fought for and practiced and protected by us all, starting with me and you...

Marine Lionesses ~ "Girls With Guns Get It" Article

Thanks to Christian Bailey for pointing out the Strategy Page article Girls With Guns Get It which notes that...

"...the majority of Marines, who have combat support jobs, continue to get infantry training. So the Marines in Iraq called these all-female teams (3-5 women) Lionesses. Again, no shortage of volunteers, as female Marines, even more than their sisters in the army, were eager to get into the fight. But that's not what the lioness teams were created for. What the Marines had also noticed was that the female Marines tended to get useful information out of the women they searched. Iraqi women were surprised, and often awed, when they encountered these female soldiers and marines. The awe often turned into cooperation. "

See here Marines Eslinger, Burd, and Fernandez (l to r) speaking with a local Iraqi woman and family in Rutbah...