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#vivelafeminism: Feminism for the 99% – @jacobinmag
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / March 2, 2017Clinton’s feminism was intensely individual: one could never stop hearing a silent “it’s my turn” in every public speech. Deeply neoliberal, her feminism was hopelessly attached to a political world t...
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#anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: Marsha P. Johnson, the hero. Not some white man.
By feimineach / in #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / August 11, 2015graemefullwood: Marsha P. Johnson, the hero. Not some white man.
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#study: racist and sexist micro-aggressions on college campuses
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 10, 2015This 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...
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#maleficentmisogyny: sp!ked compiles a free speech university rankings table
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / February 2, 2015On the face of it, you might think that examining the extent to which free speech is thwarted on university campuses is a warranted and important exercise - after all, universities are the site of ide...
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#feminismisdead: An Open Letter To All Men Concerning #YesAllWomen
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / September 25, 2014Guy 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...
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#research: Seven studies on mansplaining. Conclusion: it definitely exists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 15, 2014Below are summaries of studies into the idea of “mansplaining”, which describes the act of a man speaking to a woman with the assumption that she knows less than he does about the topic being discusse...
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#research: White Americans Believe They Experience More Racism Than African Americans
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / January 7, 2014I shall let these findings speak for themselves but I think that the first thing that the respondents need to do is a crash-course on the nature of -ism and -obia and the power dynamics therein and th...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Where do all the angry white men come from?
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / November 9, 2013“When one looks at the horrific abuse meted out to feminist campaigners such as Caroline Criado-Perez, it is hard to see it as anything but aggrieved entitlement. […] The common feature, he argues, is...
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ON PRIVILEGE, INTERSECTIONALITY AND TWITTER
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #thinkyblog / April 21, 2013I haven't commented upon the recent, several, controversies on twitter and the blogosphere that have been about privilege (the idea that some of us are better off than others because of our social, ec...
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#vivelafeminism: Can men be feminists?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 24, 2012I’ve explored this issue, briefly, before. I’m not sure why the New Statesman piece has a picture of Galloway. Irony, I suppose. (By the by, the first comment on the New Statesman piece, from one Plai...
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CALLING OUT DARFUR IS NOT RACIST
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #humanrights, #women, #thinkyblog / August 12, 2010Violence, rape and little or no education is a fact of life for many women all over the globe. While the feminist movement took off in parts of the Western world, many women are still treated as secon...
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SWEETHEARTS MAKE BETTER MOMMAS
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #thinkyblog / October 27, 2009I always naively think that the British Times is above your common-level misogyny, but it seems I'm wrong again. A piece today on Sandra Bullock's legal battle to secure her husband's custody of his d...
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UNGRATEFUL WOMEN AND THEIR FEMINISM
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #patriarchy, #religion, #women, #thinkyblog / March 2, 2009I always listen to Radio 4 in the mornings on my way to work. I'm in that demographic now, don't you know. I'm nearly always leaving as 'Thought for the Day' begins. For those of you unfamiliar with T...
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REPOST OF ANOTHER ENTITLED ‘SHALL WE TALK ABOUT PRIVILEGE’
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #thinkyblog / September 12, 2008I struggle with my privilege, mostly because I know that I've got bucketfuls of it. I'm western, white, straight, middle-class, able-bodied, and educated. The only area I don't have privilege in is my...
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