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#vivelafeminism: Feminist activists today should still look to ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #womensrights, #equality, #humanrights, #quickhits, #women / May 7, 2018The women who wrote the first edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” met at a women’s liberation conference in 1969. They had gathered to discuss the topic of women and their bodies, but it didn’t take...
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#vivelafeminism: Remembering a turning point for feminism – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #quickhits / March 19, 2018No group had ever picketed the White House before, according to Jennifer Krafchik, Acting Director, Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Many viewed women picketing during wartime as unp...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: what the ‘Fearless Girl’ statue and Harvey Weinstein have in common – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #capitalismwilleatitself, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / October 20, 2017Faux-feminism, just lean-in, you do have it all, gals, there’s nothing to see here, oh just stoppit now, etc. (emphasis added, as always). Popular feminism and popular misogyny Together, these two ...
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#picturethis: London – photographed by the young and homeless – @guardian
By feimineach / in #picturethis, #quickhits / June 8, 2017The Guardian is hosting a new exhibition of images by young people affected by homelessness – all of whom have been learning new camera skills at Accumulate. Photographers’ names and captions (and ...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: Defanged and sprinkled with glitter, what does modern feminism offer girls today? – @feministcurrent
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #capitalismwilleatitself, #quickhits / June 2, 2017Today’s girls still grow up surrounded by male contempt. The pornification of mainstream culture, of popular music and videos, and the constant scrutiny of social media sees their sexual objectifica...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #gender, #capitalismwilleatitself, #patriarchy, #quickhits / May 18, 2017You 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...
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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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#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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#vivelafeminism: #WomensMarch needs to care about capitalism (too) – @feministcurrent
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / February 6, 2017On January 21st, an estimated 2.9 million people participated in Women’s Marches around the U.S., setting a record for the largest one-day protest in the nation’s history. For many feminists, a public...
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#vivelafeminism: A vogue for self-exposure has reduced feminism to naked navel-gazing @rafiazakaria
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / July 12, 2016“The current wave of confessional writing from media-savvy young women walks an unsteady line between extending the politics of the personal and unit-shifting titillation.” @rafiazakaria on theguardi...
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#vivelafeminism: ‘Marketplace Feminism’ and the Commodification of Empowerment – Susan J. Douglas
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / July 12, 2016“This feel-good, hip feminism is about style, attitudes and words, Zeisler argues, not about confronting “deeply entrenched forms of inequality.”” Susan J. Douglas on inthesetimes.com: Feminism seem...
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![#vivelafeminism: “[Feminism] is not supposed to be fun. It’s complex and hard and it pisses people off” Zeisler – @MarcieBianco](https://i0.wp.com/feimineach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/feminism-feminism-is-cool-3.jpg?resize=580%2C427 "#vivelafeminism: “[Feminism] is not supposed to be fun. It’s complex and hard and it pisses people off” Zeisler – @MarcieBianco")
#vivelafeminism: “[Feminism] is not supposed to be fun. It’s complex and hard and it pisses people off” Zeisler – @MarcieBianco
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / June 7, 2016Flipping excellent essay on the dilution of feminism to its apolitical, “choice is freedom” state. Instead of upending capitalism, we’ve enhanced it, and instead of smashing patriarc...
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#vivelafeminism: Yes, there is one great contribution men can make to feminism: pick up a mop
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / January 18, 2016Our association of domestic labour with women is so ingrained that it’s hard to see it’s a social construction rather than an immutable natural phenomenon. In her new film Joy, Jennifer Lawrence’s cha...
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#vivelafeminism: ‘Femvertising’ ads: empowering women (and making money for brands)
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / January 14, 2015I’m busy as hell at work these days but I wanted to post a few bits and pieces I’ve been reading about advertising recently. The piece below describes some recent changes to advertising th...
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#maleficentmisogyny: advertising: domestic violence sells
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / January 12, 2015The long and troubling history of using violence against women to sell products. #godblesscapitalism On Nursing Clio: The media’s sexual objectification of women has come under increasing scrutiny, ...
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#vivelafeminism: Why having a woman’s body under patriarchy is a job in itself
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / January 11, 2014Excellent (and damned funny) column by Frances Ryan in the New Statesman. I like my feminist critique tongue-in-cheek when I can get it.Why having a woman’s body under patriarchy is a job in itself: ...
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