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#womenslives: Prisons that withhold menstrual pads humiliate women and violate basic rights
By feimineach / in #womenslives, #quickhits / July 28, 2015Everyone laughed when Piper Chapman emerged from the shower during the first season of Orange Is the New Black with bootleg shoes made of maxi pads – and inmates do sometimes waste precious resources ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism: the individual and society
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / January 7, 2015“The relationship between society and individuals is a complex one. Take the feminist: we recognise that dominant societal norms have considerable power. We recognise that the constant bombardment of ...
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#research: The worst breastfeeding initiative I’ve ever come across
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 13, 2013Heard this yesterday morning. Nearly fell off chair. As cynical and manipulative initiatives go, this ticks several boxes.“It adds insult to injury that the scheme is being tried out among “disadvanta...
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#research: Honour Killing: Blame the System not the Faith
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 1, 2013“The main motivation behind all such crime against women is cultural and patriarchal beliefs that women are the property of male guardians.”We all have a lot to say about “honour killings” and why the...
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NO SEX PLEASE; WE’RE BRITISH. AND WE’RE CALLED DAVE.
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #education, #patriarchy, #thinkyblog / June 7, 2011Below is an excellent and interesting critique of the recent announcement by Dave (Cameron) et al that said that we need to halt the over-sexualisation of our young girls. Dave et al are backing sever...
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FEAR DICTATES IRELAND’S ABORTION POLICY
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #misogyny, #religion, #women, #thinkyblog / July 21, 2010I'm very much behind on my posts and have too many posts sitting in drafts waiting to be finished or, at the very least, cobbled together. This piece which was recently published in the Guardian re...
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#vivelafeminism: Racism, feminism and banning the veil
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 20, 2010Racism, feminism and banning the veil The vote in the French lower house to ban the wearing of the face veil in public is a dangerous development in the intensification of Islamophobia in Europe (Rac...
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