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#anonymouswasawoman: How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women’s rights – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 4, 2018When disaster strikes, it can change the fabric of a society – often through the sheer loss of human life. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami left 35,000 children without one or both parents in Indonesia...
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#vivelafeminism: No more cupcakes! A call to action on International Women’s Day
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / March 8, 2017What is clear in the standard attempts of workplaces to “celebrate” IWD is that women = frivolity. Rather than using the occasion to address the pay gap, sexual harassment, domestic violence leave pro...
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#research: What can the history of divorce tell us about the future of marriage? @socimages
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 20, 2017What can the history of divorce tell us about the future of marriage? @socimagesRather than a conservative turn toward family values, I think this represents an improving quality of marriages. When ma...
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#vivelafeminism: No, feminism isn’t over, but it needs to change – @addiestan
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / January 18, 2017That’s all well and good, but framing alone won’t fix the problem. The problem is structural, both in the make-up of feminist leadership, and in the dominance of men as the leaders funders turn to whe...
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#vivelafeminism: What is feminism in the age of Trump? – @melissagira on @TheWeek
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / January 10, 2017What was “white feminism” — if it was a phenomenon divorced from what’s been lately dubbed “mainstream feminism,” or previously “liberal feminism,” or sometim...
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#vivelafeminism: “Discourse on feminism in Muslim-world largely revolved around women’s rights compatibility with Islam” – @_DinaYazdani
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / November 24, 2016Historically, agency of women is egregiously reduced in a time of war. Even in stable countries like Tunisia and Egypt, women pursuing the advancement and codification of their political, social and e...
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#vivelafeminism: If feminist icons lose their way the movement continues without them
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / September 22, 2015On feminism and “old” vs. “new” activism. Bottom line: young women are not apathetic or frivolous any more than older women are redundant, but there does seem to be a case for more listening and learn...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism in China: Risky, But Rising
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 26, 2014Interesting post (msmagazine) about the growing feminist movement in China an the risks women are taking (facing the wrath of the Party) in being active. Emphasis added. This summer I taught a course...
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