Sunday, May 09, 2010

In the Name of Womanhood and Humanity...

"What is now widely viewed as a sentimental tribute to family -- Mother's Day -- was originally a call for women to wage a general strike to end war."
AlterNet
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3 comments:

  1. YTSLSun May 09, 10:02:00 pm GMT+8

    Wow... very interesting! And I must say that I like the original idea for the day a lot!

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  2. Joyce LauSun May 09, 11:49:00 pm GMT+8

    I read that Mother's Day was actually started by a grumpy lady who never had children herself, and who later said she detested all the greeting cards and commercialism of it. Pretty ironic.

    I sent flowers to my mom. So it's commercial. It makes her happy.

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  3. baroness radonMon May 10, 12:17:00 am GMT+8

    Lysistrata Day?
    And remember "Another Mother for Peace"?
    Guess it didn't work.

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