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#todayin: labor history: December 30, 1936
By feimineach / in #quickhits / December 30, 2015todayinlaborhistory:Today in labor history, December 30, 1936: Autoworkers at the General Motors Fisher Body No. 1 plant in Flint, Michigan, occupy the factory and begin a sit-down strike that lasts 4...
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#vivelafeminism: More than equality: reasons to be a feminist socialist (on @5050oD)
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / December 22, 2015I’ll mention two or three ‘tools’ that I learnt through my feminism, and why I talk about a feminist socialism. I think feminist socialism hasn’t been realised, and yet I also think that it’s so obvio...
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#anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: the forgotten history of women who worked on NASA’s space programs
By feimineach / in #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / December 6, 2015bitch-media:On this podcast episode, we uncover the forgotten history of women who worked on NASA’s space programs (and look to the future for women who want to fly to Mars!). Lots of love for math, s...
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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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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – MUCH DONE, AND SO MUCH LEFT TO DO
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #humanrights, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 8, 2012On this International Women's Day, Polly Toynbee explains how we are going backwards instead of forwards in our quest for equality. You can thank Dave and his mates for that. Turn back the clocks and...
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IT’S NOT EASY BEING FEMINIST
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 5, 2012My best friend sent me this. It's me; this is actually me. I cannot listen to a piece of music, read a newspaper article, hear a news story, or watch a DVD or television programme without deconstruc...
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BREIVIK’S FAR-RIGHT FRIENDS IN AMERICA
By feimineach / in #sociology, #politics, #humanrights, #religion, #thinkyblog / August 4, 2011If you give Breivik’s 1,500 manifesto a good read (though why would you, I suppose), you’ll see that his political influences (particularly with regard to his hatred of Islam) did not come from Europe...
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#research: Her Husband’s Last Name: Does a Woman’s Identity Change, Too?
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 26, 2010Her Husband’s Last Name: Does a Woman’s Identity Change, Too?(via godsmokesparliaments) … A group of Dutch researchers recently found that women who change their name at marriage make nea...
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#vivelafeminism: For me feminism is, more than any other single thing, not a movement
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 25, 2010“For me feminism is, more than any other single thing, not a movement, not a cause, not a revolution, but rather a profoundly new way of interpreting human experience. It is a vital piece of informati...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism works so well for women we should try it on men
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / March 14, 2010Feminism works so well for women we should try it on men And what exactly is the state of feminism? The problem, as Joan Smith acknowledged in a piece in last week’s issue of this newspaper, has esse...
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#maleficentmisogyny: #research: Women should be hit for wearing sexy clothing in public, one in seven believe
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #research, #quickhits / March 2, 2010Women should be hit for wearing sexy clothing in public, one in seven believeOne in seven people believe it is acceptable in some circumstances for a man to hit his wife or girlfriend if she is dresse...
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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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SOUTH AFRICAN RAPE SURVEY
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #humanrights, #women, #thinkyblog / June 18, 2009I don’t think there is one word I could add to this story to make its message any plainer or any more disturbing. These are the cruel realities of life in South Africa. Some key statements: One...
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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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