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"AFFLUENZA" AND THE CHILDREN OF THE OTHER 99%
By feimineach / in #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #humanrights, #thinkyblog / December 15, 2013In case any of you, like me, couldn't believe their eyes when they first read this, it is actually all true. Affluenza (the notion that the rich can be forgiven for being feckless and irresponsible be...
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RADIO 4, VICTIM-BLAMING AND RAPE MYTHS
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #misogyny, #sexism, #thinkyblog / November 26, 2013I am determined to blog properly more often and here is as good a place to start as any. A report – It's Wrong But You Get Used To It – on sexual violence and attitudes to sex has been compiled by the...
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#vivelafeminism: What armchair commentators say about your feminism doesn’t matter
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 24, 2013On commentisfree: I am a professional feminist. Much to my father’s stated disappointment, I make my living from feminist commentary and advocacy. I write articles, organise marches, host a talkshow,...
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#vivelafeminism: A Movement Divided?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 18, 2013Here is a piece I wrote for Varsity Comment about responses to current ‘sextremist’ feminisms and whether these are received positively within and external to the’feminist movement’.Once a Davison Gir...
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#vivelafeminism: Nine inspiring lessons the suffragettes can teach feminists today
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 30, 2013About 10 days behind on blogging. No chance of catching up at this stage. Anyway, this on the guardian: On 4 June 1913, Emily Wilding Davison travelled to Epsom Downs to watch the Derby, carrying two...
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#vivelafeminism: Is ‘#ladculture’ causing a surge in student feminist societies?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 8, 2013I’ve not noticed this at all on the campus on which I teach but, ear to the ground as I am, that doesn’t mean it’s not going on. With reports of slutshaming websites and pimp and hoe student nights ...
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ON PRIVILEGE, INTERSECTIONALITY AND TWITTER
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #thinkyblog / April 21, 2013I haven't commented upon the recent, several, controversies on twitter and the blogosphere that have been about privilege (the idea that some of us are better off than others because of our social, ec...
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#vivelafeminism: We are Femen, the naked shock troops of feminism
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 14, 2013In case, like me at times, you are wondering who and what Femen are, here is a helpful article from the leader of the group (quoted below). (Well, I thought it was helpful anyway; some may call it hy...
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#vivelafeminism: International Feminism: Battling Street Harassment
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / February 25, 2013Wir haben uns so an sexuelle Übergriffe jeglicher Art im Alltag gewöhnt, dass wir manchmal vergessen, uns dagegen zu wehre “We have become so accustomed to sexual assault of any kind in everyday life ...
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#vivelafeminism: what would the suffragettes be fighting for today?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / January 26, 2013On June 4 1913, Emily Wilding Davison ran in front of the King’s horse during the Epsom Derby, was knocked unconscious, and died of her injuries four days later. Denied the right to be law-makers, vil...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminist Arguments Against Industry of Prostitution
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / December 28, 2012Earlier I linked to a piece from Meghan Murphy about the decriminalisation of prostitution. Here is Finn McKay’s take. Debates over legal approaches to prostitution have been awakened once agai...
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#vivelafeminism: Stephanie Coontz on feminism and the American family
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 19, 2012All too often, people mistake fiction for fact. Considering that we live in an era where the lines between entertainment and information have been blurred almost beyond comprehension, this becomes an ...
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#vivelafeminism: My thoughts on Femen and feminism
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 18, 2012All of this post is worth reading. I have quoted the end of it. Feminism can only succeed if we accept diversity. There is no way we can fight against a system as strongly entrenched as patriarchy if...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminist in High Heels (feminism and fashion)
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 18, 2012I confess: I love shoes. Especially when they’re high. Until they wore out, my go-to faves were a pair of black leather ankle boots with dangerously high heels. They were actually pretty comfortable...
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#vivelafeminism: Not My Struggle: Motherhood, Feminism, and Women of Color
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 12, 2012Photo courtesy of author (use not necessarily endorsed here). This piece, “I’m Not A ‘Mother First’” by Jessica Valenti, dropped on The Nation a few weeks ago and has ...
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#vivelafeminism: No More Boobs in the British News?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 11, 2012If American feminists think that U.S. media leads the way in objectifying women, they might be surprised to learn that buttoned-up Britain has been receiving a dose of naked breasts with breakfast for...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism is more advanced in Australia than in Britain
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 31, 2012The Australian prime minister Julia Gillard’s labelling of the leader of the opposition, Tony Abbott, a “misogynist” has become the focus of intense debate both in Australia and here...
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#vivelafeminism: The end of feminism? There are more of us than you think
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 31, 2012Last week there was much ado about Netmums, the website which produced a poll pronouncing the end of feminism, on the basis that only one in seven of a group of women they surveyed self-defined as a f...
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#vivelafeminism: What is feminism? Diverse range of women writers discuss their definition, idea, or experience of feminism
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 25, 2012Editor’s note: The following post is part of a series in which a diverse range of women writers discuss their definition, idea, or experience of feminism. For more background, take a look at our Fall ...
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#vivelafeminism: Kat Banyard: ‘We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over’
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 17, 2012I adore this woman. Britain’s leading young feminist talks about the global exploitation of pornography, women’s right to an abortion, and the mass lobby of parliament she is leading. […] UK Femi...
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