Walmart Taking Food from the Mouths of Babes
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/walmart-taking-food-from-the-mouths
The Failure of the American Insurance System
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/the-failure-of-the-american-insurance?utm_source=substack&publication_id=1777903&post_id=153317137&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=co67l&am...
The Second Coming – And I don’t mean Jesus
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/the-second-coming-and-i-dont-mean
Violence against Women: The old is not new.
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/violence-against-women
Can Women Ever be Safe from Men?
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/can-women-ever-be-safe-from-men
AXON: Can technology reduce shootings by police?
https://blogforarizona.net/axon-can-technology-reduce-shootings-by-police/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup
At work and Under surveillance: Amazon and Walmart abuse of workers
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/at-work-and-under-watch-surveillance
VICTIMS OF OUR OWN SUCCESS: Diversity in the federal court and how women rule.
The diversity of lack thereof in the federal court system, especially the Supreme Court, has been a concern for some time. The 6th (OH) and 9th (CA) circuits have the most diverse courts and the 1st (MA) and 8th (MO) have the least. See the map for the...
UN Special Rapporteur on Prostitution and Violence
Following the civil rights trail: July 17, 2024
The day did not start out well as my car battery was dead. Guess who helped me in the land of southern hospitality? Don’t hurt your brains guessing. A Black man and woman of course. He jumped the car and then I followed them to a Firestone where she knew the people...
Civil Rights History Tour
Three months is all it took for me to flee from the South. I never had any intention to go back. However, I do want to see the Legacy Museum of Bryan Stephenson in Montgomery, AL and the SPLC Civil Rights Museum is also in Montgomery. So I decided I would do a...
The Ideal of America
https://blogforarizona.net/the-ideal-of-america/
Corporate Greed Causes Inflation – not worker’s salaries.
https://blogforarizona.net/corporate-greed-causes-inflation-not-workers-salaries/
Phoenix Police are thugs, and the city council are enablers or scaredy cats.
The long-awaited report from Department of Justice (DOJ) is finally out – all 126 pages of it. Most of it comes as no surprise to the thousands of victims of the Phoenix police and the dozens of organizations that have been working and lawyers who have...
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Compulsory pregnancy gang sued against it immediately
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/womens-health-and-lives-of-no-concern?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1777903&post_id=145131646&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=co67l&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Why we need women’s communities.
https://diannepost.substack.com/p/why-we-need-womens-communities
Black Home Ownership in Arizona
At the Arizona Legislative Black Caucus meeting on March 18, 2024, chaired by Representative Quanta Crews, the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity outlined detailed data from the 2020 census about Black population and homeownership in Arizona. Persons who...
TEACHER FIRED FOR SAYING JIM CROW LAWS WERE RACIST
Illinois has a law, The Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education Act (“the Act”), 730 ILCS 200/1, seq., that requires the Illinois Department Of Corrections (IDOC)to provide programs led by peer educators to educate other incarcerated individuals about their voting...
WOMEN TOLD – AGAIN – TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE
Worldwide women remain the most discriminated against and the most violently attacked group. “In the UK, two to three women are murdered by men per week (Allen et al., 2020).” In Afghanistan, those prohibited from societal participation are women. In Iran, those...
Republicans – Attack on ESG
https://blogforarizona.net/republicans-the-party-of-business-no-more/
Wage Gap and Reproductive Rights
https://blogforarizona.net/wage-gap-and-reproductive-rights/
Panic in the aisle; death in the street; prison in the wings.
https://blogforarizona.net/panic-in-the-aisle-death-in-the-street-prison-in-the-wings/
LESBIANS: THE UGLY STEP-CHILD OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Lesbians have always been the ugly stepchild of the LGBT movement funded mainly by rich pale males. It didn’t take long for me to figure this out as I became active in the Phoenix community. Lesbians – women after all – were discriminated against in the gay world just...
Reconstruction after the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement
https://blogforarizona.net/reconstruction-after-the-civil-war-the-first-reconstruction-and-after-the-civil-rights-movement-the-second-reconstruction/
The Walmart Effect
https://blogforarizona.net/the-walmart-effect/
Hypocrisy Underlies the Lukeville Border Closing Hysteria
https://blogforarizona.net/hypocrisy-underlies-the-lukeville-border-closing-hysteria/
100 Years is Too Long to Wait for Equality
https://blogforarizona.net/100-years-is-too-long-to-wait/
POLICING PREGNANT WOMEN
https://blogforarizona.net/policing-pregnant-women/
Don’t shoplift in Avondale. The penalty is death.
On February 21, 2023, an unknown person was accused of shoplifting unknown property of unknown value at the Dollar Tree. In response, the Avondale police murdered a 17-year-old Black teenager. A police officer found him walking on a dead-end dirt path in a desert...
UN report on U.S. racism
With the long name of “International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement” a group of international visitors that I shall call “Mechanism” came to the United States from 24 April to 5 May 2023. They...
Another day, another Black man lynched by Phoenix police.
For over 40 years, citizens in Phoenix have tried to bring accountability and transparency to the Phoenix police department. They have failed. For many years, Phoenix police have been in the top three of cities that shoot their own citizens. In 2022, they were...
It’s not sex; It’s not work
On 14 September 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the regulation of prostitution in the European Union. In it, they state the cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights. First, they list the treaties, resolutions,...
Best and Worst States to Work in – Three guesses where Arizona is.
Oxfam has put out their fifth annual report on the best and worst states to work in. It includes the 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. They added a new feature this year to compare the rankings to additional measures of well-being, including poverty, food...
Violence is as American as Apple Pie
https://blogforarizona.net/violence-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
Law, God, and Attacks on Women
Secular AZ’s Substack Law, God, and Attacks on Women The legacy of femicide is alive and well in 2023 SECULARAZ AND DIANNE POST JUL 29, 2023 The state of women’s rights today is pretty grim. One woman in Nebraska has gone to jail for self-aborting. Nineteen...
Supreme Court Opinions 2023 – regarding religion
Secular’s Substack Upgrade to founding 27 Supreme Court Opinions 2023 Wins for Religious Privilege and Discrimination SECULARAZ AND DIANNE POST JUL 13, 2023 The Supreme Cult has continued its attack on the underpinnings of democracy in this just finished session. We...
Fetal Heartbeat laws defy science, religion, and law.
Open in app or online Why Fetal Heartbeat Laws Defy Science, Law and the Constitution Fetal Heartbeat Laws Defy Science, Religion and Law... ...and Violate the Constitution, too. SECULARAZ AND DIANNE POST JUL 7 SHARE The laws against abortion that...
Child Labor – the next one in the meat grinder
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/05/26/children-the-next-ones-in-the-meat-grinder/
Children: The next ones in the meat grinder.
https://blogforarizona.net/childen-the-next-ones-in-the-meat-grinder/
Court protects church that shielded abuser, who’s protecting children?
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/17/court-protects-church-that-shielded-abuser-whos-protecting-children/
Violence, guns, schools – nothing protecting kids.
https://blogforarizona.net/national-student-boycott-april-5-violence-democracy-and-civil-war-ii/
“Parent’s Rights” is a dog whistle for white supremacy.
https://blogforarizona.net/parents-rights-is-a-dog-whistle-for-white-supremacy/
Children Cannot be Required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/03/31/children-cannot-be-required-to-recite-the-pledge-of-allegiance/
ERA – what it is, why it matters. Podcast.
https://youtu.be/2LPX316Dfxo
Separating Children from Their Families is as American as Apple Pie
https://blogforarizona.net/separating-children-from-their-families-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
U.S. has long history of separating children from parents.
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/09/12/u-s-has-long-history-of-unfairly-separating-children-from-parents/?utm_term=U.S.%20has%20long%20history%20of%20unfairly%20separating%20children%20from%20parents&utm_campaign=Hobbs%20and%20Lake%20won%27t%20debate%20despite%2...
Value lies in the fetus, not the woman.
https://blogforarizona.net/value-lies-in-the-fetus-not-the-woman/
Legislators chose a clump of cells over a living, breathing woman.
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/08/22/pro-life-advocates-decided-for-the-fetus-not-protecting-women/
Criminalization of women makes us all just child bearing vessels.
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/08/22/pro-life-advocates-decided-for-the-fetus-not-protecting-women/
Very Fun hour on the ERA with the Hip Historian.
https://youtu.be/lIe14eIqUMo
Why do women need abortion access? Just look at what’s happening now
In 1971, I drove my best friend to have an illegal abortion. Terrified that she would be injured or killed, I had no choice. It was an illegal abortion or suicide. I drove her home and sat up all night watching for any sign of bleeding or fever. Morning dawned anew....
The Structure of Women’s Movements
https://blogforarizona.net/the-structure-of-womens-movements/
Black Women’s bodies once again site of assault.
https://blogforarizona.net/naacp-state-conference-response-to-dobbs-v-jacksons-womens-health/
How do we explain losing control of our bodies?
https://blogforarizona.net/how-do-we-explain-losing-control-of-our-bodies/
WANTED: Owner/operator of her own uterus.
https://blogforarizona.net/wanted-owner-operator-of-her-own-uterus/
Thetans, Cretins, and the Arizona Legislature
https://blogforarizona.net/thetans-cretins-and-the-arizona-legislature/
Religion has everything to do with abortion.
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/01/religion-has-everything-to-do-with-abortion/
NO RE-ASSEMBLY NEEDED: We Are Good as we Are.
INTRODUCTION In 2018, I represented a 16-year-old boy in juvenile dependency court who wanted to be declared an adult. He also said he wanted to become a girl because he liked cooking, wearing make-up, and arranging flowers. I said I most definitely was a girl and had...
Saved by a Biker
https://blogforarizona.net/saved-by-a-biker/
Drop Them Out the Window
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/10/01/drop-them-out-the-window/
Christian Nationalism
Understanding Christian Nationalism: Is the Constitution in Trouble?
Rogue Uteruses Escaping
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/09/15/texas-abortion-law-unleashes-bounty-hunters/
53 YEARS AND WE HAVEN’T LEARNED A THING.
https://blogforarizona.net/53-years-and-we-havent-learned-a-thing/
Free the Nipple
https://blogforarizona.net/free-the-nipple/
“Drag” is cultural misappropriation
https://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/191-191/70292-drag-is-cultural-misappropriation
Defund Police? Yes or no.
https://blogforarizona.net/defund-police-yes-or-no/
What to a woman is the 4th of July?
https://www.globemiamitimes.com/what-to-a-woman-is-the-4th-of-july/
It’s past time for white people to face slavery.
https://blogforarizona.net/juneteenth-its-past-time-for-white-people-to-face-slavery/
Prostitution is not a victimless crime Part III
http://azindiatimes.com/epaper/epaper/edition/82/june/page/1 http://azindiatimes.com/epaper/epaper/edition/82/june/page/10
Arizona House votes on ERA – Messages from Beyond
https://blogforarizona.net/arizona-house-votes-on-era-messages-from-beyond/
Prostitution is not a victimless crime – Part II in AZ India Times
: http://azindiatimes.com/epaper/epaper/edition/81/may
Parallel Universes
https://blogforarizona.net/parallel-universes/
Systemic Police Violence Against People of African Descent
https://blogforarizona.net/systemic-racist-police-violence-against-people-of-african-descent/
Radio Interview on Civic Cipher about racism and activism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9rNQ7WmXw8
Prostitution is not a victimless crime: From Princess to War Hero, Noor Khan
Dianne Post has another frank and honest article about how prostitution is a criminal act that needs to be abolished and rooted out from our society because its victims are mostly women and children. The unspeakable abuses they go through mostly go unrecorded. It's...
The cultivation and maintenance of horror
https://blogforarizona.net/the-cultivation-and-maintenance-of-horror/
Without sex education, children are prime victims of internet pornography.
https://blogforarizona.net/without-sex-education-children-are-prime-victims-of-internet-pornography/?fbclid=IwAR3dpisuvJbkUsU3JLYkQ3TrIRE6brMTPn5cSynOLYTQiILeuhfZ-HAF-Ks
The Erasing of Women in Surrogacy
https://blogforarizona.net/the-erasing-of-women-in-surrogacy/
Prostitution is not a victimless crime.
https://blogforarizona.net/prostitution-is-not-a-victimless-crime/
Violence toward women is not the cause of mass incarceration.
https://blogforarizona.net/violence-toward-women-is-not-the-cause-of-mass-incarceration/
Crime and the Church
https://ffrfvs.org/crime-and-church/
Bizarre Religious Beliefs
https://ffrfvs.org/religious-beliefs/
The Female Face of Mysogny
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol5/iss3/7/
Defund the Police is the Revolution we Need
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/12/02/defund-the-police-is-the-revolution-we-need/
Equality Still Needed
https://www.comparativeequality.com/blog/vdwy00d0x24gejnrtbm8raewqgxdf1
100 Years – We Learn Nothing
https://blogforarizona.net/100-years-we-learn-nothing/
Arizona Women Lost Ground in 2020
https://blogforarizona.net/women-lost-ground-in-2020/
Where in the World is Mark Brnovich?
https://blogforarizona.net/where-in-the-world-is-mark-brnovich/
The 19th Amendment: It’s not what you think
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/08/14/19th-amendment-is-not-what-you-think/
A one-legged stool cannot stand.
https://blogforarizona.net/a-one-legged-stool-cannot-stand/
Femicide: The murder of women who stepped off the plantation – or didn’t
https://readersupportednews.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64128
Femicide: The murder of women and girls who stepped off the plantation – or didn’t.
https://blogforarizona.net/femicide-the-murder-of-women-and-girls-who-stepped-off-the-plantation-or-didnt/
Woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtLt01UPf0
Defund Police: They do not meet international standards
https://blogforarizona.net/phoenix-police-policies-do-not-meet-international-policing-standards-nor-do-departments-in-any-of-the-largest-20-cities-of-the-u-s/
Police Riot, Attack Black Community – Greenwood, OK, 1921
https://blogforarizona.net/police-riot-attack-black-community-greenwood-ok-1921/
What Happened to Guantanamo?
https://blogforarizona.net/what-happened-to-guantanamo/
The 28th Amendment: Finally after 97 years.
https://blogforarizona.net/the-28thamendment-finally-after-97-years/
Good Without God
https://blogforarizona.net/good-without-god/
The Destruction of the Supreme Court
https://blogforarizona.net/the-destruction-of-the-supreme-court/
Democracy or Theocracy – Who Decides?
https://blogforarizona.net/democracy-or-theocracy-who-decides/