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#guestpost: Ireland’s referendum marks substantial progress for women’s reproductive rights #repealthe8th: @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #politics, #womensrights, #humanrights, #womenslives, #law, #patriarchy, #religion, #women, #guestposts / June 12, 2018As Irish citizens recently voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment and thereby allow legislation for abortion, it earned headlines and worldwide attention during what is being hailed as one of the most i...
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#guestpost: As female representation increases, these four industries may not be male-dominated for long – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #womensrights, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women / May 15, 2018Success for women in the workforce becomes more prevalent as time goes on. Slowly but surely, women have spoken up with courage and paved the way for others, starting with things like voting rights an...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminist activists today should still look to ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #womensrights, #equality, #humanrights, #quickhits, #women / May 7, 2018The women who wrote the first edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” met at a women’s liberation conference in 1969. They had gathered to discuss the topic of women and their bodies, but it didn’t take...
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#guestpost: Implications of the Trump administration changing the definition of sexual assault – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / April 30, 2018Trump’s arrival at the White House did not inspire much hope for women’s rights activists, and unfortunately, his administration has not done much to change that. In one year, he has revoked the 2014...
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#vivelafeminism: How feminists in China are using emoji to avoid censorship
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / April 20, 2018Shortly after the close of this year’s International Women’s Day, China’s Twitter-like service Sina Weibo shut down Feminist Voices. With 180,000 followers, the group’s social media account was one ...
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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: The difference between emotional and psychological abuse against women – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 16, 2018In the United States alone, more than 20 people get abused by their partner every minute. In Ireland, one in five women has been abused by their partner. While most reported forms of domestic abuse ar...
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#womeninpolitics: A different measure of success: we all win when women run – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #quickhits, #sexism / April 13, 2018By this point in 2018, you would have to be under a rock to have missed stories about the “pink wave” or “surge” of women candidates this year. Data from the Center for American Women and Politics (...
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#youngfeminists are leading the fight for black lives in Chicago – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #protest, #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #quickhits / April 12, 2018Founded by 18-year-old Maxine Wint and Natalie Braye and 19-year-old Sophia Byrd and Eva Lewis,Youth for Black Lives has transformed the Black liberation movement in the windy city and beyond. Their...
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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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#vivelafeminism: The future is female – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #quickhits / March 27, 2018A national poll released in January by the Washington Post/ ABC News predicts that women’s strong preference for Democratic over Republican candidates (57-31) in congressional races could play a dec...
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#vivelafeminism: Remembering a turning point for feminism – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #quickhits / March 19, 2018No group had ever picketed the White House before, according to Jennifer Krafchik, Acting Director, Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Many viewed women picketing during wartime as unp...
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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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#guestpost: Discussions we should be having in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #guestposts / February 21, 2018A Michigan Court has now stacked several full lifetimes atop the prison sentence of Larry Nassar. This is a man who, in November 2017, pleaded guilty to three incidences of “criminal sexual conduct” p...
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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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