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#research: #womensstories: when the personal becomes political: exploring the power of abortion storytelling – @msmagazine
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensrights, #humanrights, #womenslives, #law, #womensstories, #quickhits, #women / September 28, 2017Kate Cockrill and her research parter Antonio Biggs wanted to know if storytelling could help reduce the stigma around abortion. Aware of the harsh judgement often associated with abortion and other...
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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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#guestpost: My journey with and guide to intersectional feminism, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #women, #guestposts / September 20, 2017The topic of intersectional feminism has been in the news a lot lately, especially with the controversy surrounding the Women’s March earlier this year. Intersectional feminism directly contrasts the ...
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#guestpost: Barbie lawyer: my thoughts on Eboni Williams’ “Dress for Success” advice – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / September 7, 2017Eboni Williams was recently featured in the news due to her focus on appearance to get results. Some of what she says is fairly decent advice. Other pieces of her advice, particularly her focus on "pr...
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#research: #maleficentmisogyny: Evidence of a toxic environment for women in economics
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / August 22, 2017The 30 words most uniquely associated with discussions of women make for uncomfortable reading. In order, that list is: hotter, lesbian, bb (internet speak for “baby”), sexism, tits, anal, marrying, ...
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#guestpost: Four fem-power bands that are #smashingpatriarchy by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #equality, #patriarchy, #women, #guestposts / July 31, 2017Guestpost by Kate Harveston, Political Journalist & Blogger. Kate writes at onlyslightlybiased.com and tweets @kateharveston. The music scene these days is bursting with awesome fem-power bands y...
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#womenslives: costly, traumatic nightmare of being undocumented and pregnant – @Madame_George on @broadly
By feimineach / in #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #womenslives, #law, #womensstories, #quickhits, #women / June 2, 2017Undocumented migrants already struggle to access healthcare, but doctors warn that the problem is especially acute among pregnant women. Li fled to the UK in 2012, escaping persecution in China for ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: women as incubators: How US law dehumanizes pregnant women -@broadly
By feimineach / in #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #humanrights, #law, #misogyny, #quickhits, #women / June 1, 2017Today, many American women find themselves the subject of intense surveillance during pregnancy. Even as pregnant women happily anticipate the birth of a healthy child, families, friends, health car...
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#patriarchiesrealign: what does it mean when we call women girls?
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / May 26, 2017Tackling the “girl” trend has become a bit of a trend in itself, but often these pieces elide a meaningful distinction between two kinds of “girl” book: those whose plots revolve around actual, unde...
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#research: Women “display femininity” by doing housework, men “display masculinity” by not
By feimineach / in #research, #gender, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / April 26, 2017[First I laughed. Then I wondered. Then I shook my head. Then I thought: ‘that makes some sort of sense’. Because patriarchy and gender and women long knowing the division of labour (and men benefit...
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#picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action was 26 and had a brilliant career ahead of…
By feimineach / in #picturethis, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits, #women / April 21, 2017[gallery type="slideshow" columns="5" link="none" ids="2132566694,2132566695,2132566696,2132566693,2132566692"] #picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action w...
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#guestpost: the 2.2%: meet the women who drive London’s cabs
By feimineach / in #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / November 1, 2016This is a man's world. And if you have any reservations about that statement, we're about to hit you with some pretty depressing statistics. Buckle up… 36% of secondary school headteachers are w...
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#guestpost: Catching whores and sluts: sexism and fishing
By feimineach / in #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / July 28, 2016This is a guestpost by Elin Weiss. Elin has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies. Her interests include feminism, gender stereotypes, the sexualization of women and the portrayal of women and men in m...
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#vivelafeminism: Why are we so afraid of the f-word?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 2, 2015So how do we change the perception that “feminism is scary”? The answer is that we shouldn’t have to. Instead of teaching women to shy away from feminism we should be empowering women to speak up. Ed...
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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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#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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#saturdaysatire: Female Trump Supporters Just Feel More Comfortable With GOP Candidate Who’s Openly Horrible To Them
By feimineach / in #politics, #women, #saturdaysatire / September 12, 2015Some honest-to-god, does exactly what it says on the tin, misogyny. What's not to love? MANCHESTER, NH—Describing the current Republican frontrunner’s frankness on the topic as a welcome change of pa...
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#vivelafeminism: It’s time we stopped assuring people that feminism isn’t a threat
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 15, 2015Finn Mackay made the following speech at Feminism in London 2013 and moved our Editorial Assistant to tears. It was originally published by Open Democracy and is reprinted here under a Creative Common...
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#vivelafeminism: The oversimplification of feminism, and how it’s destroying us
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 9, 2015Some very good points, well made here. By frothydragon on aroomofourown. 2011. Sat in Gatwick airport, I found myself reading a quote from Caitlin Moran’s How To Be A Woman, in which Moran described ...
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#vivelafeminism: Orange is the New Black is fast becoming a feminist classic
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 11, 2015Orange is the New Black is about to return for a third season. If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s time to sit up and take note: the Netflix programme looks set to become a classic of feminist televis...
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