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#youngfeminists: The young woman taking on women’s rights in Cambodia – @HuffPostUK
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / April 18, 2018She began to read articles and books on feminism and watching videos on You Tube and she started to notice just how much violence and discrimination there is against women in Cambodia. Worst of all,...
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#guestpost: How common is sexual harassment on airlines? – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #misogyny, #patriarchy, #women / April 4, 2018As you board a plane, it’s not uncommon to scrutinize the size of the seats and wonder where exactly your carry-on bags are supposed to fit. But other than that, we generally feel safe nowadays, havin...
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#youngfeminists: One hundred years later, has enough really changed? – @HuffPostUK
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 2, 2018So we ask ourselves, 100 years later, has enough really changed? Harvey Weinstein has been able to get away with the assault and (allegedly) rape of women for over three decades without consequence ...
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#guestpost: Discrimination against mothers is still a real problem – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / March 18, 2018Throughout history, there have been a variety of ways people have discriminated against mothers. In the 1800s, they were barred from taking certain positions based on the belief that moms should stay ...
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#patriarchiesrealign: The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 18, 2018In spring 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the “elite” TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows – both buddy dramas – back to back. Each was conceived as a short, self-contained season. Each h...
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#anonymouswasawoman: How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women’s rights – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 4, 2018When disaster strikes, it can change the fabric of a society – often through the sheer loss of human life. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami left 35,000 children without one or both parents in Indonesia...
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#research: #womenslives: It’s official: abortion is more regulated than any health care service – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #research, #womenslives, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 3, 2018A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health confirmed what many reproductive rights advocates have long known: abortion is more regulated and legislated than any other health care...
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#womenslives: The Yellow Wallpaper: a 19th-century short story of nervous exhaustion and the perils of women’s ‘rest cures’ – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #humanrights, #womenslives, #womensstories, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 1, 2018The Yellow Wallpaper enlightens the reader on women’s health, motherhood, mental breakdown and its treatment, as well as feminism and gender relations in late 19th-century America. Though many detai...
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#prisonsareafeministissue: inside the fight for menstrual equity in America’s prisons – @feministing
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #humanrights, #womenslives, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / February 21, 2018How many pads does a menstruating person deserve? It’s impossible to answer such a personal question. But for the women incarcerated in American prisons, prison administrators decide for them. In m...
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#vivelafeminism: Hundred years of votes for women: how far we’ve come and how far there’s still to go – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women / February 8, 2018By establishing a higher threshold for membership of this community, the law ultimately reinforced women’s status as second class citizens. Women would have to wait another ten years before achieving ...
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#guestpost: Are women more prone to addiction? – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #gender, #women, #guestposts / February 7, 2018Men are far more likely than women to take risks with their bodies when it comes to experimenting with illicit drugs. Furthermore, more men than women end up dying from overdoses than do women. There...
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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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#feminismisdead: making the political personal: how psychology undermines feminist activism – @feministcurrent
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #feminismisdead, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women / January 26, 2018What do these things even mean, outside of a psychology framework? And how would you determine and measure the results? Personal growth, improvement, realization, actualization, and empowerment sound ...
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#womenslives: #womensstories: women in blue-collar workplaces on harassment – @nytimes
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #gender, #womenslives, #womensstories, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women / January 25, 2018A woman on a repair crew was deliberately stranded on top of a 200-foot wind turbine by her male co-workers after enduring months of lewd taunts. An aerospace worker got the nickname Bird Seed because...
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#guestpost: Women who still support Trump. Why? @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / January 24, 2018America's image is being cheapened by the arrogant behavior of its asinine president — that's a fact. But the damage done goes deeper than just embarrassment in foreign relations, because Donald Trump...
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“Kelly crystallizes an uncomfortable tension that’s risen to the fore since the Weinstein story hit…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / December 10, 2017“Kelly crystallizes an uncomfortable tension that’s risen to the fore since the Weinstein story hit: What happens when #MeToo meets “I’m not a feminist, but”? It goes without saying that men across th...
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#guestpost: India’s sexual assault problem – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / November 23, 2017Statistics about rape are always heartbreaking, but when you look at the numbers coming out of India, it becomes downright terrifying. Did you know that rape is the 4th most common crime in the countr...
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#xisafeministissue: Taking care of each other is activism too – @bitchmedia
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #xisafeministissue, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #women / October 29, 2017(I have been thinking more and more about self-care and co-care in the activist movement. I do feminism all day long - in my research work, in my activism (when I have time - oh, irony!), in my read...
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#malevolentmisogyny: “We are warned not to generalise. We must always be specific about male violence.”
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women / October 21, 2017We are warned not to generalise. We must always be specific about male violence. “Not all men”, we must say, in case someone gets upset. We must not connect the horrendous violence of war zones with a...
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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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