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#guestpost: Ireland’s referendum marks substantial progress for women’s reproductive rights #repealthe8th: @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #politics, #womensrights, #humanrights, #womenslives, #law, #patriarchy, #religion, #women, #guestposts / June 12, 2018As Irish citizens recently voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment and thereby allow legislation for abortion, it earned headlines and worldwide attention during what is being hailed as one of the most i...
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#guestpost: Implications of the Trump administration changing the definition of sexual assault – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / April 30, 2018Trump’s arrival at the White House did not inspire much hope for women’s rights activists, and unfortunately, his administration has not done much to change that. In one year, he has revoked the 2014...
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#guestpost: Discrimination against mothers is still a real problem – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / March 18, 2018Throughout history, there have been a variety of ways people have discriminated against mothers. In the 1800s, they were barred from taking certain positions based on the belief that moms should stay ...
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#guestpost: Discussions we should be having in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #guestposts / February 21, 2018A Michigan Court has now stacked several full lifetimes atop the prison sentence of Larry Nassar. This is a man who, in November 2017, pleaded guilty to three incidences of “criminal sexual conduct” p...
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#guestpost: Are women more prone to addiction? – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #gender, #women, #guestposts / February 7, 2018Men are far more likely than women to take risks with their bodies when it comes to experimenting with illicit drugs. Furthermore, more men than women end up dying from overdoses than do women. There...
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#guestpost: Women who still support Trump. Why? @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / January 24, 2018America's image is being cheapened by the arrogant behavior of its asinine president — that's a fact. But the damage done goes deeper than just embarrassment in foreign relations, because Donald Trump...
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#guestpost: #rapeculture and sexualizing children – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #guestposts / January 9, 2018While Honey Boo-Boo brought viewers a lighthearted look at the world of children's beauty pageants, the reality is closer to the tragic tale of Jon Benet Ramsey. While children's beauty pageants conti...
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#guestpost: Domestic abuse’s ties to homelessness is a serious women’s issue – @kateharveston #xisafeministissue
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #xisafeministissue, #guestposts / December 28, 2017Imagine for a moment that the only option you have to escape daily violence is life on the streets. That's the reality millions of women across America face every day. In fact, 50% of all homeless wo...
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#guestpost: India’s sexual assault problem – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / November 23, 2017Statistics about rape are always heartbreaking, but when you look at the numbers coming out of India, it becomes downright terrifying. Did you know that rape is the 4th most common crime in the countr...
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#guestpost: girls don’t need to join Boy Scouts — we need to revamp what it means to be a Girl Scout – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #equality, #patriarchy, #sexism, #guestposts / November 7, 2017Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are the same things, right? Don’t they both learn camping, hiking and survival skills? Don’t they both build fires, tie knots, climb rocks and shoot bows and arrows? Doesn’t...
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#guestpost: the terrifying labiaplasty trend – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #gender, #womenslives, #patriarchy, #guestposts / October 19, 2017As women, we will do just about to achieve the perfect look. Some of what we do to improve our appearance is harmless: we shave our legs, cut and color our hair, stay up with the latest fashion trends...
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#guestpost: Football and dangerous masculinity stereotypes, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #guestposts / October 5, 2017Guestpost by Kate Harveston, Political Journalist & Blogger. Kate writes at onlyslightlybiased.com and tweets @kateharveston. -- Does football encourage dangerous masculinity stereotypes? Fall i...
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#guestpost: My journey with and guide to intersectional feminism, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #women, #guestposts / September 20, 2017The topic of intersectional feminism has been in the news a lot lately, especially with the controversy surrounding the Women’s March earlier this year. Intersectional feminism directly contrasts the ...
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#guestpost: Barbie lawyer: my thoughts on Eboni Williams’ “Dress for Success” advice – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / September 7, 2017Eboni Williams was recently featured in the news due to her focus on appearance to get results. Some of what she says is fairly decent advice. Other pieces of her advice, particularly her focus on "pr...
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#guestpost: Debunking the myths: the #paygap is very real, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #guestposts / August 21, 2017People should earn what they deserve. It's a simple concept. It seems fair that if a white male makes a certain amount doing a given job, their counterpart with the same job and level of qualificati...
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#guestpost: Four fem-power bands that are #smashingpatriarchy by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #equality, #patriarchy, #women, #guestposts / July 31, 2017Guestpost by Kate Harveston, Political Journalist & Blogger. Kate writes at onlyslightlybiased.com and tweets @kateharveston. The music scene these days is bursting with awesome fem-power bands y...
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#guestpost: “Liking” gender stereotypical norms and disablism on Facebook
By feimineach / in #sociology, #gender, #guestposts / July 27, 2017During the summer I have seen several videos and posts online that have caught my attention. Social media can a great way to study people and what a person or several people ”like” on social medias su...
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#guestpost: advancements in the sex industry that should concern women by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #guestposts / June 24, 2017Guestpost by Kate Harveston, Political Journalist & Blogger. Kate writes at onlyslightlybiased.com and tweets @kateharveston. It seems like there are articles in the news every other day about ch...
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#guestpost: Heteronormativity and the family
By feimineach / in #sociology, #equality, #gender, #guestposts / May 24, 2017By 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...
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#guestpost: different nudes
By feimineach / in #guestposts / March 29, 2017We all have different nudes A few years ago my sister and I wrote a piece titled What colour is nude? for the British feminist website The F Word, The piece discussed the use of the word nude in orde...
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