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#womenslives: “Why i’m done trying to get you to help fight rape culture” – @wearyourvoice
By feimineach / in #womenslives, #quickhits / April 19, 2017Sometimes it feels as if no matter how many times we write our stories, no matter how many statistics we show you, you don’t really care.(Content warning: discussion of sexual assault/rape) I’m not...
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#vivelafeminism: being a libertarian and a feminist
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / April 18, 2017Libertarians despise racism and sexism as much as anyone because it is a form of collectivism that strips someone’s individual identity with a set of traits and stereotypes. Rugged individualism is ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism in the age of Trump – @wync
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / April 18, 2017#vivelafeminism: Feminism in the age of Trump - @wync: ‘On this episode of Indivisible, we’re talking about feminism in the age of Trump. Are we all seeing politics and life through the lens of ge...
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#feminismisdead: #todayin: feminists doing feminism wrong: the problems with feminism
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 18, 2017(Written by bloke who doesn’t like the femisinisms.)Based on research done by YouGov, an internet research firm, only 26 percent of the population in the U.S. identify as being a feminist. A more re...
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#patriarchiesrealign: Women who perform femininity are judged to be less suited to science #academia #research – @socimages
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 17, 2017Sexism in American society has been on the decline. Obstacles to female-bodied people excelling in previously male-only occupations and hobbies have lessened. And women have thrived in these spaces,...
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bonus e. monday satire: dystopian novels to read while they’re still fiction – @reductress
By feimineach / in #saturdaysatire / April 17, 2017Dystopian fiction can give a jarring glimpse into worlds not all that far removed from our own, which can either make you feel better that society hasn’t become quite so scary yet, or terrified that w...
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#vivelafeminism: How Romania’s feminists are fighting back
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 16, 2017Abortion has been legal in Romania since the fall of Ceausescu. Under his rule, it’s estimated 10,000 women died as a result of so-called illegal abortions. For post-communist Romania, legalising ab...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: fast feminism, cheap talk. Marketplace feminism’s fragile bargains – @bitchmedia
By feimineach / in #capitalismwilleatitself, #quickhits / April 15, 2017Fast feminism, cheap talk. marketplace feminism’s fragile bargains - @bitchmedia “Jennifer Lawrence’s New Dior Campaign Has a Feminist Message,” read the headline on VanityFair.com. In smaller type...
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#saturdaysatire: male feminist tells women to continue not smiling – @reductress
By feimineach / in #saturdaysatire / April 15, 2017An inspiring video made by self-described “male feminist” Duncan Wizell has gone viral this week. In the video, Wizell approaches women on the street to give his approval of their decision to not smil...
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#todayin: academia: #research: women academics do more “servce work” to their possible professional detriment
By feimineach / in #academia, #quickhits / April 14, 2017Women shoulder a disproportionately large workload at home in ways that might disadvantage them professionally. But are female professors also “taking care of the academic family” via disproportiona...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: many of the self-styled ‘feminist’ corporate CEOs aren’t as empowering as they think they are @alternet
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #capitalismwilleatitself / April 14, 2017The Thinx debacle demonstrates that “feminist hypocrisy is the new trend in startup narratives”. While there is certainly some truth to this, it’s important to point out that the hypocrisy isn’t that ...
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#research: Sociologists urge use of big data to study human interaction
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 10, 2017The internet dominates our world and each one of us is leaving a larger digital footprint as more time passes. Those footprints are ripe for studying, experts say. A new paper urges sociologists an...
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(more) #saturdaysatire: “Again, again!” says delighted Trump after big bang sparkly flash zoom – @whispersnewsltd
By feimineach / in #saturdaysatire / April 8, 2017“OOOOH that was a BIG one!” exclaimed a giddy Donald Trump in an adorable clip posted to YouTube showing the 45th President of the United States in his situation room, watching missiles launched from ...
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#saturdaysatire: ‘Devil’s Advocate Boy’ statue erected on Wall Street next to ‘Fearless Girl’
By feimineach / in #saturdaysatire / April 8, 2017Bravely staring down the financial district’s ‘Charging Bull,’ many women have found the popular ‘Fearless Girl’ statue’ on Wall Street a source of inspiration in the ongoing fight for gender equality...
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#maleficentmisogyny: slut shaming and the friend zone: two sides of the objectification coin – @FeminismInIndia
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / April 7, 2017#maleficentmisogyny: slut shaming and the friend zone: two sides of the objectification coin - @FeminismInIndia Side 1: Slut Shaming Slut shaming only needs the smallest of excuses to manifest it...
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#research: one third of Americans uncomfortable with lgbtq colleagues – @broadly
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 6, 2017Between 2014 and 2015, rates of participants’ discomfort with LGBTQ people dropped an average of 3 percent, but percentages have remained stagnant from 2015 to 2016. GLAAD attributes the stasi...
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#todayin: misogyny (and politics): Vulgar misogyny didn’t harm Donald Trump – it helped him
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 6, 2017But six months on, and liberals still don’t get why the “pussy” moment was not instrumental in raising questions about Trump. In fact it had the opposite effect. It galvanised his support. It boosted ...
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#research: gender, socialisation and early sexism – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 6, 2017Researchers have shown that by age one (and in some studies, as early as three months old), children show clear preferences for gender-consistent toys (eg trucks for boys, dolls for girls). This occ...
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#todayin: fighting back: from pink collars to pink hats: working-class feminism and the resistance
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #quickhits / April 5, 2017Tightly gripping a “Firefighters for Women’s Rights and Equality” banner at the Women’s March on Washington, a group of women who had once made history as New York City’s first female firefigh...
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#patriarchiesrealign: The simple truth about the gender pay gap (Spring 2017) – @aauw From introduction to report: In 2015, women…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 5, 2017#patriarchiesrealign: The simple truth about the gender pay gap (Spring 2017) - @aauw From introduction to report: In 2015, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 8...
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