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#vivelafeminism: Feminism Was Alive in Renaissance England, Researcher Says
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 2, 2012When one thinks of England in the 1600s, feminism probably isn’t the first word to come to mind. But a researcher says a newly transcribed text shows that some Renaissance women launched battles for e...
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#vivelafeminism: How choice won
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / September 22, 2012Excerpted from “All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s”. In their pursuit of liberty and equality in the marketplace, women’s advocates challenged conven...
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#vivelafeminism: Who needs feminism (another take)
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / September 11, 2012Another take on the “who needs feminism” idea.In an effort to open dialog on the subject of feminism and its importance, the students attending the Women in the Public Sphere course at Duk...
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#vivelafeminism: Rape, abortion and the fight for women’s rights in Turkey
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / September 10, 2012In Turkey, outside big cities, social life concentrates on coffee houses, that is, if you are a man. This week, the customers of a coffee house in a village in the Mediterranean region saw a young wom...
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#vivelafeminism: I need feminism because…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / September 7, 2012[TRIGGER WARNING][via whoneedsfeminism] I need feminism because I lost ALL of my “friends” for being a lying whore after I was raped by my ex-boyfriend (assisted by one of my “good friends”).
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#vivelafeminism: Can men be feminists?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 24, 2012I’ve explored this issue, briefly, before. I’m not sure why the New Statesman piece has a picture of Galloway. Irony, I suppose. (By the by, the first comment on the New Statesman piece, from one Plai...
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#vivelafeminism: Why body hair is on the frontline of feminist action
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 17, 2012If I wasn’t as horribly entrehched in the patriarchial mores that this article describes (you will wax and shave and pluck and scrape until every single hair is vanquished), I’d be up for ...
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#vivelafeminism: Is feminism in Russia a mortal sin?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 16, 2012“They’re just stupid girls who wanted to gain popularity. Young punk bands can’t be that political, they can’t be that patriotic. If they had had a certain degree of intelligence, they would never hav...
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#vivelafeminism: The male feminist: a contemporary player in the fight for women’s liberation
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 16, 2012Here’s a piece about male feminists. Male feminists are not something I have a particular opinion about, provided that they are true allies to the movemement, but several of the comments on the ...
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#vivelafeminism: Is ‘cupcake feminism’ all empty calories?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 13, 2012I’ve discussed “cupcake feminism” with a few people people now. I don’t have as big an issue with people adopting the label “feminist”, and “doing feminisms&r...
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#vivelafeminism: I’m Not A Feminist, But…: How Feminism Has Become A Dirty Word
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 2, 2012Last one.From: inourwordsblog I’m a feminist. Hold your crinkled up noses, shivers, and gasps back for one second. In fact, I would like to politely suggest you please take those reactions and gracef...
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#vivelafeminism: What’s wrong with the word ‘feminist’?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 2, 2012“My conclusion is that it’s not the word ‘feminist’ that people object to. It’s not even the facts – few people, even the most ‘anti-feminist’ I have come across, deny (when pressed) that women should...
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#vivelafeminism: Guess What? You’re a Feminist!
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / August 2, 2012I do so tire of the feminist as a dirty word/ undesirable identity issue, and the fact that that is very often perpetuated by women and not men. What follows today is a series of brief posts about tha...
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#vivelafeminism: It’s not feminism that hurts men
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 14, 2012I expect many of you will be familiar with the recent Observer article by Elizabeth Day about philosopher David Benatar’s claims that “sexism against men is a widespread yet unspoken malaise.” (You ma...
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#vivelafeminism: This Irish feminist zeitgeist is ready for the challenge
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 12, 2012This is a good read for anyone interested in women’s rights in general, and particularly the rights of women in Ireland. Recently, I tuned into Irish radio station 2FM to listen to Anthea McTeirnan, ...
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – MUCH DONE, AND SO MUCH LEFT TO DO
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #humanrights, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 8, 2012On this International Women's Day, Polly Toynbee explains how we are going backwards instead of forwards in our quest for equality. You can thank Dave and his mates for that. Turn back the clocks and...
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IT’S NOT EASY BEING FEMINIST
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 5, 2012My best friend sent me this. It's me; this is actually me. I cannot listen to a piece of music, read a newspaper article, hear a news story, or watch a DVD or television programme without deconstruc...
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WHERE JULIE BINDEL TELLS US ALL WHAT SORT OF FEMINIST WE SHOULD BE
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #thinkyblog / August 28, 2011I’ve put about 100 things aside recently to blog about and none of them are timely or current any longer. I’m not going to blog about the UK riots because I really have to make a commentary on them in...
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16% THINK IT’S OK FOR A MAN TO HIT HIS WIFE? [tw]
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #law, #women, #thinkyblog / August 2, 2011[Trigger warning for violence.] This piece from alternet.org really doesn't require much additional comment. A report (link to PDF) from a group called UN Women has revealed some frightening views o...
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ABOLISH MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE UK?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #sexism, #women, #thinkyblog / July 29, 2011Hat tip to redlightpolitics for this piece. From the article at The Telegraph: Mr Hilton, the Prime Minister’s strategy director, reportedly suggested the radical ideas during discussions on scrappi...
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