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This week’s news cycle dominated by earth-shattering revelation that Hillary Clinton is made of flesh and blood – @ESTBLSHMNT

This week’s news cycle was dominated by the apparently earth-shattering revelation that Hillary Clinton is made of flesh and blood. That’s right: Her immune system sometimes gets overtaxed, and stan...

“The act of trusting women shouldn’t be a radical act” @JessicaValenti

The notion that women are fundamentally untrustworthy snakes through almost every area of our lives. Managers distrust women who ask for flextime; women who show anger are less trusted than their male...

Advertising and women: “teases”, “pieces of meat” and “conquered” – @ConversationUK

By Lauren Gurrieri, Helen Cherrier, Jan Brace-Govan, The Conversation Advertisers, challenged with cutting through a cluttered marketing environment, sometimes aim to shock. Unfortunately while t...

“Decades later, the notion that women’s bodies are somehow less suited for political life remains” – @JessicaValenti

"Decades later, the notion that women’s bodies are somehow less suited for political life remains" - @JessicaValenti: [I]t’s not hard to imagine why Clinton wasn’t keen on sharing her diagnoses. Any t...

#womenslives: ‘“Bro talk” produces a force field of disrespect and exclusion’ –  @SamPolk

#womenslives: '“Bro talk” produces a force field of disrespect and exclusion' - @SamPolk: For my entire life, I’ve heard men talk about women. On baseball fields, in wrestling locker rooms, at frat pa...

“Young men think sexism is thing of the past” (@schemaly, @RoleReboot)

"Young men think sexism is thing of the past" (@schemaly, @RoleReboot): The majority of men reject the idea that women face obstacles, but it is young men, in particular, who doubt that sexism exists...

Resignation is a feminist issue – @saranahmed

To live a feminist life is to be a feminist at work. Until I resigned, my own working life had been based in universities: I was a student for around 10 years and I have been an academic for over 20 y...

“A woman’s right to choose her own beach outfit has long been an area of controversy”

Sheryl Garratt on the guardian about our long and shameful history of policing women's swimwear. (NB. The addition is the racial angle.) Emphasis added: A woman’s right to choose her own beach outfit...

Gender and salaries: “Teaching isn’t charity work. It’s a job.” @estblshmnt

But one element is missing in the conversation about why teachers are undervalued: gender. Is it a coincidence that teaching, a mostly female profession, is often perceived as low- to mid-skill work, ...

She’s “the manliest woman I have ever seen”: gender and the Olympics – @ConversationUK

From The Conversation: Why are Olympic athletes copping so much abuse? It all comes down to gender This widespread sexism at the Olympics shows us that women and men who do not conform to expectation...

“Or “doing women’s work,” as it’s usually called” – @glosswitch

Well, fellow dreamers, we’re in luck. It may seem as though contemporary politics is meaner than ever before, but there’s a backlash – a kindness revolution – taking place, and it’s not just about ind...

“We need to call it what it is: Female Reproductive Mutilation” – @glosswitch

We need to call the rise of binding, puberty blocking, mastectomy, testosterone prescriptions and hysterectomy for girls and young women what it is: Female Reproductive Mutilation. Just as with FGM, i...

#womenslives: he thinks you’re a hoe anyway! the -1 vs. +1 woman’s value theory – @thefeministwire

By the by, this is a really great series of posts (feministwire) where women talk about their lives, stories, experiences, and feminisms. Look for emerging feminisms on feministwire. This one: He Thi...

“The gender pay gap is caused by structural factors, not women’s occupational choices” – @rewire_news (@Kathy__Gee)

Folks, this is not news (but it does bear repeating). We've known this all along - women do not make less money because of the jobs they choose or because they are less good at some roles (srsly. that...

#todayin: srsly! Can we stop calling inspirational women ‘badass babes’? – @bellejarteam

Actually seriously. It's offensive and it MAKES NO SENSE. BelleJar: A trend has arisen in popular feminist discourse where people have opted for the terms ‘babes’ and ‘badasses’ (and even the combine...

#guestpost: Catching whores and sluts: sexism and fishing

This is a guestpost by Elin Weiss. Elin has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies. Her interests include feminism, gender stereotypes, the sexualization of women and the portrayal of women and men in m...

Theresa May is not my feminism – @osha001, @thefworduk

"The idea that May’s appointment will now signify that politics is open for all women is superficial and flawed." ⇨ Guest post by Osha Al-Mossallami (@osha001) on thefword: The UK recently found its...

The difference between sex and sexism in advertising – @ConversationUK

From @ConversationUK: Linda Brennan, RMIT University; Colin Jevons, Monash University, and Glen Donnar, RMIT University [...] Sex and sexism, however, are different things. One is fun and most people...

“Feminism is a ball being thrown around by people for whom politics is a mere playground”

"The term ‘feminism’ has become a ball that is being thrown around by people for whom politics is a mere playground – too far away from the effects of their policies to ever feel them." Really liking...

#todayin: misogyny: How ‘hysteria’ has been used to degrade and control women – @ConversationUK

By Paula Michaels, Monash University: [...] hysteria’s long, dark past as a medical diagnosis casts a shadow over our modern colloquial use. With a genealogy that can be traced back 4000 years to anc...