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#vivelafeminism: We are all revolutionaries here review: beyond stereotyped discourse around Pakistani women and hijabs – @feminisminindia
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #gender, #patriarchy, #religion, #quickhits, #women / January 29, 2018What stands out in this narrative is that it stays far away from the overused and tired rhetoric around Pakistani women. That of stereotypes about women who are “oppressed” ( the favourite word used i...
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#vivelefeminism: prayer and protest: Mormon women join the Trump resistance.
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #religion, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / September 26, 2017Mullins Glenn has inadvertently become the face of an unprecedented political movement among Mormon women. It started the week after Trump’s inauguration, when she and a group of writer friends were...
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#research: medical abortions online safe and effective
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #research, #law, #religion, #quickhits / May 17, 2017[Though still illegal for the women of Ireland.] A study into women who seek abortion pills online in the face of strict laws against terminations has found that almost 95% safely ended their pregn...
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#womenslives: Irish women relieved and grateful after using abortion pills
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #womenslives, #law, #religion, #quickhits / May 17, 2017[Only regret is that they are illegal. NB. Packages are STOPPED going into the Rep. of Ireland.] Women in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland who have obtained abortion pills online in def...
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#saturdaysatire: Pope Francis Forgives Women for Having Periods
By feimineach / in #religion, #saturdaysatire / November 14, 2015In an act of unprecedented grace, Pope Francis has announced that the Catholic Church will allow priests to forgive women who have committed the “original sin” of menstruation. “It is important, in ...
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#saturdaysatire: Heartwarming Moment 78-Year-Old Celibate Man Forgives Women He’s Never Met
By feimineach / in #religion, #women, #saturdaysatire / September 12, 2015God bless him (pun totally intended and make no mistake). THIS 78-Year-Old man totally won the internet yesterday with this amazing gesture. Get the tissues ready, it’s a tearjerker. This celibate m...
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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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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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STILL VICTIM-BLAMING
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #religion, #women, #thinkyblog / July 3, 2010I actually had an argument about this issue elsewhere on the web some weeks ago. It was all over the blogsosphere that the Church of Scientology (yeah, that's not a terrifying crowd at all!) is forcin...
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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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