Wonderful Women Of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 9th, 2012
Good morning!
I’ve given the title of Wonderful Woman of The World to Jennifer Siebel Newsom before, for her efforts to eradicate sexism. I’ve blogged about “Miss Representation“, her film that exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. The film had its broadcast premiere on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in October of 2011.
Here’s the trailer of the film if you haven’t seen it:
I’m blogging about Newsom again today because of my passion to support and empower women, and because even more so lately with all of the efforts to limit and control women, enslave women, etc., I feel that anything that helps inspire and empower women, needs to be in our faces as much as possible, so that we as a society will take the necessary actions for a shift to take place in our society.
Awhile ago I joined Newsom in her efforts by signing up for her weekly e-mails and inspirations on how to be a voice in our community. I’ve taken the pledge to use my voice to spread the message of Miss Representation and challenge the media’s limiting portrayal of women and girls. It is rampant in our society and I know many of you, my readers, feel the same as I do: We want it to stop. But wanting it is not enough.
Today, I want to encourage you to do the same, and take the pledge. I’ve made it easy: Click here. For those of you who may not want to take the pledge for whatever reason, but still want to support women and girls, I’m posting a list, thanks to Miss Representation, of things that you can do, steps that you can take to amplify the voices of women and girls everywhere, motivate men and boys to stand up to sexism, and shift our culture towards equality:
Watch the film…or even better, host a screening. And then:
1. Tell 5 people about the film and share one thing you learned from watching it.
2. Parents- watch TV and films with your children. Raise questions like “What if that character had been a girl instead?”
3. Remember your actions influence others. Mothers, aunts and loved ones- don’t downgrade or judge yourself by your looks. Fathers, uncles and loved ones—treat women around you with respect. Remember children in your life are watching and learning from you.
4. Use your consumer power. Stop buying tabloid magazines and watching shows that degrade women. Go see movies that are written and directed by women (especially on opening weekend to boost the box office ratings). Avoid products that resort to sexism in their advertising.
5. Mentor others! It’s as easy as taking a young woman to lunch. Start by having open and honest conversations with a young person in your life.
*W*W*O*T*W*
Readers: The key to change is combining awareness and action. If you want more ways to get involved, visit Miss Representation’s website. Are you with me? Thank you!
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June 9th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Hi Misch, great video (for just media starters) I posted it on FB and sent it to my girl’s page and to a few males that I know that pretend not to know what is up with it all…much appreciate your efforts to find these things, my words alone cannot convey it all.
Great 3 word response to George WN ; )
Amanda, thanks for the google action, I’m reading it on another page right now.
Luv, Zen Lill
June 9th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Today is a great day for Human Events and its readers. This evening, after a long and arduous road, a newer, bolder, fresher HumanEvents.com will be live. I want to first extend my thanks and appreciation to our IT team and our outside developers who have worked so hard on this for so long. They have been extremely diligent and their work has been superb. I can’t wait for the rest of our readers and subscribers to see it. I hope you all like it. And if you have any questions and concerns, make sure to e-mail us at editors@humaneventsonline.com
And now to the stories…
Cory Booker is dead to Barack Obama
“It looks like all his furious backpedaling, and the embarrassing “hostage video” he filmed, were to no avail: an Obama Administration source tells the New York Post that Newark mayor Cory Booker is ‘dead to us.’” Read more below.
Obama: ‘Private sector is doing fine’
John’s most recent post: “Obama is so utterly out of touch that at one point, he told a reporter “the private sector is doing fine.” That is a simply astonishing comment to make, just a week after the latest disastrous job report chronicled Obama’s three years of workforce collapse and economic stagnation. If he’s not going to do anything productive, he could at least stop blocking pipelines and sending regulators out to “crucify” the free market.” More out of touch, #headwinds talk from the president.
Why stocks love Scott Walker
From the great Larry Kudlow today:
“The stock market is a gauge of future economic growth. Balanced budgets without income-tax hikes in Wisconsin, plus lower property taxes as a result of Walker’s leadership in curbing government-union excesses, is a national message for economic growth.” READ MORE.
That’s all from me today. But, make sure to look at our other stories from Hope Hodge and David Harsanyi.
Have a great weekend!
-Adam
June 9th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Raw? Cooked? Why It Matters How You Eat Your Veggies
Nearly every week, I meet another person who is trying the raw food diet, convinced that heating foods—especially vegetables—destroys disease-fighting nutrients and digestion-enhancing enzymes.
But while I’m certainly in favor of anything that gets people to eat more veggies (and I love salads and crudités as much as anyone), recent research contradicts the “raw is always best” contention.
Joel Fuhrman, MD, a nutrition researcher, family physician and author of Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger and Disease Free, confirmed this. He told me, “With some vegetables, the micronutrients are heat-sensitive and can be destroyed by cooking.
But with others, cooking allows the body to absorb more of the beneficial compounds because heat releases the nutrients from the cell matrix to which they are bound.”
Which veggies should you cook and which are best raw? Dr. Fuhrman had some specific recommendations…
Best cooked:
By cooking a tomato, you break down its cell walls and release more of its lycopene, a cancer-fighting antioxidant.
Dr. Fuhrman also suggested cooking carotenoid vegetables (think red, orange and yellow) such as bell peppers, carrots and corn, because the heat increases the bioavailability of their nutrients.
He particularly recommended that mushrooms be cooked. “Cooking mushrooms for even a few minutes dissipates most of the mild toxins they contain,” he explained.
Why eat mushrooms at all if they have toxins? Because they also provide powerful polysaccharides thought to inhibit tumor growth.
For instance, one recent study found that eating mushrooms daily was associated with a 64% reduction in breast cancer risk.
Best raw:
A vegetable Dr. Fuhrman singled out to eat raw is perhaps the one you’d least want to eat that way—the onion. When you chop an onion, a chemical reaction releases compounds called organosulfides.
These compounds cause your eyes to tear…but more importantly, they help halt cancer cell growth and may have anti-inflammatory effects that protect against osteoarthritis.
Unless you chop or purée the onion while it is still raw, the organosulfides will not form because heat can deactivate the enzymes that create them.
You don’t have to eat a raw onion the way you would an apple—just put some slices on your salads and sandwiches. And when you do cook with onions, be sure that they are thinly sliced or chopped and blended into the recipe while still raw so the organosulfides have a chance to form.
Best when raw and cooked are combined:
Green cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, collards and kale contain more vitamins and minerals per calorie than any other foods, Dr. Fuhrman said.
But some are released when raw and others need to be heated to be bioavailable.
In particular, myrosinase, an enzyme that is released only when the cell walls are damaged (for instance, by chewing, chopping or juicing) triggers a chemical reaction that activates the body’s own antioxidant system, providing potent protection against cancer.
Cooking deactivates myrosinase.
So why not always go raw with these vegetables? Because some of their nutrients are more bioavailable when cooked.
Dr. Fuhrman recommended eating both raw and cooked green cruciferous vegetables at the same meal—for instance, by having a raw kale salad along with your stir-fried broccoli-and-chicken entrée—because synergistic effects will produce maximum benefits.
Cooking methods matter.
Of course, how you cook has a big effect on veggies’ healthfulness. Dr. Fuhrman advised against roasting, grilling or deep frying because high-heat cooking methods that brown, darken or dry out foods lead to the formation of carcinogenic acrylamides.
If you love grilled vegetables, choose juicy ones such as tomatoes and peppers, which don’t dry out with cooking—their moisture helps keep acrylamides from forming.
Generally, a quick steaming is best because it makes beneficial nutrients more absorbable while causing minimal damage to heat-sensitive ones.
Microwaving and sautéing are OK, but take care not to overcook the veggies (which is all too easy to do).
Boiling isn’t recommended because many nutrients are discarded with the cooking water. Soups and stews are fine, however, Dr. Fuhrman said—water-soluble nutrients are not lost because we eat the tasty liquid portion, too.
Source: Joel Fuhrman, MD, is a nutrition researcher and board-certified family physician in Flemington, New Jersey, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods.
He is the author of seven books, including Super Immunity:
The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free (HarperOne). http://www.DrFuhrman.com