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#vivelafeminism: Slip away the modesty cloth of faux-feminist posturing over the veil…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 30, 2010“Slip away the modesty cloth of faux-feminist posturing over the veil and you’ll find an ugly skin of nationalism, male intolerance and misogyny. The veil: a modesty slip for misogyny
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#vivelafeminism: Women Are To Blame For The Death of Family Dinners?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 28, 2010Women Are To Blame For The Death of Family Dinners?(via herowhore) Pollan’s recent piece in the New York Review of Books discusses the death of the family meal and puts the blame on women who wanted ...
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#vivelafeminism: 40 years of change in the lives of Irish women
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 28, 201040 years of change in the lives of Irish women 8 Refuse to have sex with her husband In 1970 the phrase “marital rape” was a contradiction in terms. A husband was assumed to have the right to have se...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism is hated because women are hated
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 25, 2010“Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating. Andrea Dworkin
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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: #research: Study says most women don’t regret abortion
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 5, 2010Study says most women don’t regret abortion: …a study out this month finds that 80% of women were not depressed after having an abortion. In fact, the rate of depression in the postabortion group was ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism is your pain reflected in another woman’s voice
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 2, 2010“Feminism is your pain reflected in another woman’s voice, and realizing there is nothing wrong with you, and nothing wrong with her, but something wrong with the world that makes you think that way. ...
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#vivelafeminism: Men come to me or to other feminists and say…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / March 30, 2010“Men come to me or to other feminists and say: “What you’re saying about men isn’t true. It isn’t true of me. I don’t feel that way. I’m opposed to all of this.” And I say: don’t tell me. Tell the por...
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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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#vivelafeminism: The rights of woman: How far have they advanced?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / March 7, 2010The rights of woman: How far have they advanced? It was in a dingy socialist meeting hall a century ago in Copenhagen that women from 17 countries gathered and launched the idea of a day which would ...
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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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#vivelafeminism: But feminists are the man-haters
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 30, 2009But feminists are the man-haters it’s a standard issue feminist-baiting piece—-basically, look at this feminist talking about how feminists are so stupid!—-but as usual, the only people looking stupi...
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#vivelafeminism: Nonmonogamy and Feminism: A Happy Couple
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 15, 2009Nonmonogamy and Feminism: A Happy Couple When I started reading about nonmonogamy, I began to realize that a lot of the appeal for me came from how closely it fell in line with my feminist beliefs. B...
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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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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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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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