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#guestpost: Heteronormativity and the family

By Elin Weiss A while back I visited a friend who recently had a baby. During the visit we ended up talking a lot about expectations on mothers and fathers. The coupled that I visited, a man and a wo...

#womenslives: Will I be next? South Africa women ask – BBC News

Caption: Karabo Mokoena’s killing is being seen as symbolic of the wider violence faced by women in South Africa Gender violence in South Africa1 in 5 women are assaulted by their partnerMore...

#saturdaysatire: empowering Ivanka quotes that are things other people said – @reductress

In her new book, Ivanka Trump proves herself one of the foremost feminist thinkers of our time with her original words – each a rare gem of wisdom you’d never find elsewhere, aside from in other books...

#capitalismwilleatitself: Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have

You can tell a lot about an era by its fashion models. In the 60s, the spirit of the youthquake was personified by the wide-eyed, Bambi-limbed Twiggy. In the early 90s, nothing said “sod the recessi...

#womenslives: If you want to know about Muslim women’s rights, ask Muslim women

Islam’s patriarchy and western feminism have said a lot. Now Muslim women who fight sexism (yes we exist) must be heard Within minutes of arriving to collect my professionally bound thesis, I found...

#research: medical abortions online safe and effective

[Though still illegal for the women of Ireland.] A study into women who seek abortion pills online in the face of strict laws against terminations has found that almost 95% safely ended their pregn...

#womenslives: Irish women relieved and grateful after using abortion pills

[Only regret is that they are illegal. NB. Packages are STOPPED going into the Rep. of Ireland.] Women in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland who have obtained abortion pills online in def...

#vivelafeminism: @BitchMedia: An alternative 100 days

We're living dystopia but by gods, we got game. From bitch email dispatch: Brown Girls appeared onscreen. [OpenTV] The newly-announced Poetry Coalition gathered to defend the value of poetr...

#saturdaysatire: seven acts of resistance I stopped doing a month ago – @reductress

In this challenging political climate, it’s very easy to become complacent in the face of our rapidly diminishing democracy. And that’s exactly why I have. If you still have the strength to #resist th...

#academia: misogyny is to blame for the gender gap in stem – @rolereboot

As a female scientist, I have had my fair share of misogynistic experiences. Some of them were covert attempts to remind me of my pre-determined role, while others were more flagrant. My male post-d...

#research: Women “display femininity” by doing housework, men “display masculinity” by not

[First I laughed. Then I wondered. Then I shook my head. Then I thought: ‘that makes some sort of sense’. Because patriarchy and gender and women long knowing the division of labour (and men benefit...

#vivelafeminism: going on the offensive for abortion rights – @msmagazine

“We are seeing the Whole Woman’s Health Acts in particular being introduced in some states deeply hostile to reproductive rights,” Amanda Allen, senior state legislative counsel for the Center for R...

#picturethis: Eight years of American strip clubs (NSFW) 

All photographs © Juliana Beasley/Contact Press Images, 1992–2001. Ms. Beasley’s book on New York’s Rockaways is forthcoming. “I realized that there are many motives behind why women, myself includ...

#saturdaysatire: seven misconceptions people have about the working class – @whispersnewsltd

WITH a new awareness campaign being launched by the government to combat welfare fraud, the spotlight has fallen on a rarely covered criminal conspiracy known as ‘the working class’. WWN, keenly aware...

#vivelafeminism: a movement, not a moment: inside the outrage – @msmagazine

The Outrage launched six months ago with a focus on feminism and women’s empowerment. CEO Rebecca Lee Funk sought to blend style and activism. When Donald Trump became president, sales immediately s...

#feminismisdead: Feminism: an excuse to exploit women? – @PatriarchTree

These are really disturbing allegations about the goings-on in the Thinx company, which is, apparently, based on “beliefs in gender equality”. This piece, however, is written by someone who is so cle...

#picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action was 26 and had a brilliant career ahead of…

[gallery type="slideshow" columns="5" link="none" ids="2132566694,2132566695,2132566696,2132566693,2132566692"] #picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action w...

#research: U of T: racial bias may begin in babies at six months

In the first study, published in Developmental Science, Lee  showed that six- to nine-month-old babies begin to associate faces from their own race with happy music and those from other races with s...

#research: bad chart thursday: the unbearable whiteness of being a Trump voter – @skepchicks

Well, okay, the chart does have one problem. The far-left column does not clearly label what the percentages mean. Those are each the percentage of total voters each group represents. This is partic...

#anonymouswasawoman: British women, the vote, and the fascist movement

Excerpted from Hurrah for the Blackshirts!: Fascists and Fascism in Britain Between the Wars by Martin Pugh. Published by Penguin Random House UK. Sir Oswald Mosley’s immediate appeal consisted in ...