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#afeministtakeon: Black Mirror: White Christmas

Awareness of stalking is increasing, but so are the tools with which the crime can be committed. Spoilers ahead (though if you haven’t seen Brooker’s 2014 Xmas special, Black Mirror: Whit...

#patriarchiesrealign: young children must be protected from ingrained gender stereotypes

The piece below (from Laura Bates on the Guardian) shows a few examples of the everyday sexism that feeds into children’s education - “One [parent] referenced their son’s physics homework,...

#todayin: fighting back: the academics tackling everyday sexism in university life

At a recent academic conference, I stepped back in time, and not because we were all talking about history. Here was a group of men who announced they were “redefining” modern history. They swaggered ...

#afeministtakeon: lip magazine’s review of #50Shades

“The film is at best pedestrian and uninspiring and at worst a meandering love story with incredibly boring leads.” Another review of #50shades and its dreadfulness. It includes an intere...

#maleficentmisogyny: feminist writers besieged by online abuse and threats

Excerpts quoted from a piece this morning by Michelle Goldberg on the Washington Post. Emphasis added. Jessica Valenti is one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation. As a colu...

#anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: Report: Magdalene Laundries, Ireland: “Death, Institutionalisation and Duration of Stay”

@maireadenright and others tweet about a new report from the Justice for Magdalenes advocacy group. 41.3% of those who entered the laundry before 1922 and remained thereafter, died behind laundry w...

#vivelafeminism: The feminism of Game of Thrones

Happy Wednesday morning read: feminism and Game of Thrones. I’m not sure which one I like the best. I’m also not sure that I agree that Game of Thrones is as feminist a show as people seem...

#anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: Rare pictures of infamous 1950’s London Girl Gang

Wonderful. From bust (images via essynessychic, Flavorwire, Sissydude):Surprises come in all sizes—some as small as a box full of archived negatives, recounting a female sub-culture in London that was...

#vivelafeminism: The sort of feminism that sells is the sort of feminism

The sort of feminism that sells is the sort of feminism that can appeal to almost everybody while challenging nobody, feminism that soothes, that speaks for and to the middle class, aspirational femin...

#feminismisdead: A Valentine’s Day letter for the feminist in your life

A Valentine’s Day letter for the feminist in your life Now, I’m not saying I deserve or merit one of these but I’m posting it for the sentiments anyway. I’ve highlighted one particu...

femocracy: I am not of the view that a bunch of angry men congregating online to hurl abuse at women constitutes a legitimate movement, even if they hold a conference to put a friendlier face on the ...

femocracy: I am not of the view that a bunch of angry men congregating online to hurl abuse at women constitutes a legitimate movement, even if they hold a conference to put a friendlier face on the ...

#saturdaysatire: reasons you were not promoted that are totally unrelated to gender

[...] You’re not seasoned. Oh, wait, you’re 35? Well, you look young. Maybe if you were more mature, like if you were married or had kids (why don’t you have kids, by the way? We’re all a little curio...

HARRIET: PINK OR MAGENTA, IT’S STILL PATRONISING AND SEXIST

I was asked on a comment elsewhere today: “I wonder what Elizabeth Cady Stanton would think of it all?” Good question, I thought. Though the question related to another issue, it could easily be aske...

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Fifty Shades of Consent

Another excellent piece. This time about consent. On genderfocus: What is consent? How does one give consent? Where is the line between consent and coercion? In the book Fifty Shades of Grey, billio...

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Just a few reminders before you buy those “50 Shades” Valentines

This post has taken good time to identify specific, detailed problems with the book and to show some solid examples of abuse and control. From feministe: Just a few reminders before you buy those “50 ...

#afeministtakeon: #50ShadesofAbuse: Violence dressed up as erotica: Fifty Shades of Grey and abuse

Disclosure: I’ve yet to see this film (is it even out here?) but I have read the book. Regardless, I’m glad that I’m seeing a lot of posts on 50ShadesofAbuse before most people hav...

#study: racist and sexist micro-aggressions on college campuses

This is the first study I have read which examines on such a large scale (n=200) experiences of sexism and racism by women and people of colour (POC) on college campuses. Importantly, the study explor...

#guestpost: Gender Neutral Parenting (GNP) and gender neutral clothing

This is a guest post on the blog from Monica Lowry: If you saw the recent post on femineach on "Five Reasons Why Gendered Products are a Problem," you likely have a better understanding of the harm c...

All three of the women who accused Paul Nungesser declined Cathy Young’s interview requests… understandably. Young resorts to the most basic, sexist code words and depictions typically used against fe...