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Welcome!The Transit Lounge is an e-zine that explores issues of faith, Christianity, spirituality, ethics, beliefs and values. The Transit Lounge is themed and updated fortnightly and we invite you to join in online discussions about the very issues we raise about life's wonderful journey. In this edition: Women
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Whatever happened to feminism? |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:10 |
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by Meera Atkinson  Early last century the suffragettes fought for women’s right to vote. During the 60s and 70s, the “second wave” of feminism emerged, demanding a great deal more from equal pay to sexual autonomy.
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Penny Wong: climate change and compassion |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:44 |
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by Meera Atkinson
 The Hon. Penelope (Penny) Ying Yen Wong, Senator for South Australia, was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Water in December last year.
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Friends for life |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:48 |
 There’s a saying that, “friends come for a reason, for a season, or for a lifetime.” Ros Burnell and Jenny Barnett, of the Benalla district in country Victoria, have been friends for 34 years and look set to be life-long companions. They talked to The Transit Lounge about what makes female friendship rewarding and enduring. |
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Reclaiming the feminine face of God |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:00 |
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by Marion Millin  I shall never forget the day I heard a rabbi saying that the Jewish tradition had over seventy different names for ‘God’ including female gender words.
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The Myth of the Superwoman |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:40 |
by Meera Atkinson
 In the last 50 years, Australian women have broken through a number of stereotypes: the baby producing housewife, dowdy career-obsessed spinster, or libertine bad girl. |
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary… |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 15:35 |
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by Nicole Reardon  After the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one of the most universally recognised characters in the Christian tradition is Mary — the mother of Jesus Christ.
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Whatever happened to feminism? Fighting for Peace Penny Wong Reclaiming the feminine face of God Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary…
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In June this year, the Indonesian government issued Joint Ministerial Decree that imposes restrictions on religious practices and interpretations they view as deviating from orthodox Islam.