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#research: Laughing till you cry: why rape jokes are never ok

“That awkward moment when you randomly target a girl for rape and it turns out to be your sister… Christmas is going to be uncomfortable this year”Here’s a post with some findings on why rape jo...

#patriarchiesrealign: “If Dad made more money, you wouldn’t work, right?”

What unnerves me is realizing that somehow, my own daughter has picked up on the idea that for a mother to not work is the optimum situation, the one that, if money were no object, of course one would...

why do you hate men?on anonymous was a woman: pinterest: feimineach.

why do you hate men?on anonymous was a woman: pinterest: feimineach.

#study: women trapped in sexist universities’ ivory basements

Some findings from a new study on women academics’ experiences in British universities.In one account, “Sarah” describes how she took on a job as a university lecturer, having ignore...

#vivelafeminism: Imperialist feminism and liberalism

I’ve posted several pieces about this lately (e.g. “Or You Could Ask Us”: On Talking Over Muslim Women, Muslim feminists reclaim the hijab to fight the patriarchy, and Why Being a Muslim Woman M...

#feminismisdead: What we are seeing here is an informal campaign of gaslighting feminists

What we are seeing here is an informal campaign of gaslighting feminists, scolding and scorning us for seeing the sexism they claim isn’t there. To classify those women who work in science and f...

#feminismisdead: There is nothing wrong with the word “feminism”

There is nothing wrong with the word “feminism” This week was also the week that TIME Magazine suggested that we ban the word “feminist“. On its poll of the words/ phrases that it thinks should be ba...

#vivelafeminism: Dear Feminists: I’m One of You! Please Don’t “Save” Me

As feminism becomes more mainstream, there’s been a great deal of discourse online regarding different cultural perspectives for various feminist issues. The more I read through these discussions, the...

#feminismisdead: Feminists Are NOT Humanists – And We Should Not Be Renamed

Can everyone please stop asking us to “rebrand” already? Regardless of the differences in the principles of the three theoretical positions (feminism, humanism and egalitarianism), the real issue is t...

#maleficentmisogyny: one in four young female internet users

Timely. All graphs from Pew Research. Click for larger.We’ve been talking about online harassment a lot in the past few weeks and now a timely new study from the Pew Research Center offers some hard d...

#vivelafeminism: Universities won’t be a safe place for women until they’re a safe place for feminism

If feminism cannot engage in a critical analysis of gender and sexual objectification then feminists can only ever be on the defensive. Glosswitch on feminism, university campuses, university study, ...

LOVE/ HATE: MORE ON TV’S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (TW)

Ages ago, I wrote about the very problematic portrayal of women's bodies, and violence against women, in True Detective and TV in general. This post is on the same theme. Love/ Hate is a crime/ gangl...

#research: Science. FOR GIRLS!

Science. FOR GIRLS! Actually pretty funny. From bitchmagazine:When I got a copy of Megan Amram’s new book Science… for Her!, I decided to run a little experiment. I host a weekly science night at my h...

#feminismisdead: An Open Letter To All Men Concerning #YesAllWomen

Guy writes about what he and other men can do to (1) stop reacting to women’s stories of violence and fear of violence with the “not all men/ not me” auto-response and (2) work towards challenging vio...

#vivelafeminism: “I’m tired of talking about feminism to men”

I’m tired of talking about feminism to men.I’m tired of explaining to men that the feminist movement will, in fact, benefit them as well as women. I’m tired of trying to hawk gender equality like I’m ...

#research: Why There Aren’t More Top Female Scientists: The Leaky Pipeline

I posted another piece about this issue yesterday. The discussion about the gender imbalance in science is finally gaining some traction. The piece below discusses the findings from a small piece of r...

#research: Patriarchy’s Magic Trick: How Anything Perceived As Women’s Work Immediately Sheds Its Value

I’ve posted quite a bit about gender imbalance in the workplace this week (particularly in terms in science careers) and here is another. This post (from cratesandribbons) is from a while back but it’...

#research: Nature vs Nurture: Girls and STEM: Soapbox Science

This is a very good read for those interested in the gender imbalance in science (specifically STEM fields). Brief summary: apathy (it was ever thus); stereotypes that start early and that enforce the...

#feminismisdead: The Eight Biggest Lies Men’s Rights Activists Spread About Women

A few examples: Feminists hate men, and are out to turn the world against them.Feminists are hypocrites, because chivalry is a female privilege.The courts are biased against men and in favor of women...