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#womenslives: I lost my whole family for reporting my rapist
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 28, 2015smitethepatriarchy: survivorspeaks:I knew my family would be upset, but I never expected the intensity of their rage and their unabashed support of my rapist. They repeatedly reminded me that I was ru...
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#research: Paul Willis: Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 27, 2015- Paul Willis: Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs (p2)Re-reading some books I haven’t read in years (because I remember nothing). None better than this beautifully writte...
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#research: The Big Five, self-esteem, and narcissism as predictors of the topics people write about in Facebook status updates
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 26, 2015Abstract: Status updates are one of the most popular features of Facebook, but few studies have examined the traits and motives that influence the topics that people choose to update about. In this st...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminists don’t care if you like hot pink, eat salads or shave your crotch
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 24, 2015Women around the world will be treated to such an extraordinary feat of feminism in 2016 that they’ll scarcely know what to do with it. No, I’m not talking about the first female president of the Unit...
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#research: In new study, 1 in 3 college women had experienced sexual assault by sophomore year
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 21, 2015A new study published in The Journal of Adolescent Health confirms that about 1 in 5 college women experience rape or attempted rape on campus. Professor Kate Carey of Brown University’s School of Pub...
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#womensstories: these Muslim women are not like those Muslim women, Hajjaj’s images say
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 21, 2015#womenSstories: these Muslim women are not like those Muslim women, Hajjaj’s images say. The opening scenes of Karima: A Day In The Life of a Henna Girl feature close-ups of her beautiful henna’d han...
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#womenslives: Women in Saudi Arabia have two choices: ‘Either lose your mind or become a feminist’
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 15, 2015Mona Eltahawy, journalist, activist and author of new book “Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution,“ moved with her family from the UK to Saudi Arabia when she was...
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#vivelafeminism: On ‘corporate feminism’ and the appropriation of the women’s movement
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 14, 2015On Monday, Lisa Wade wrote, for Sociological Images, that Playboy (you know, the multi-million dollar porn empire) has been shopping around for writers who can bring some feminist cred to the magazine...
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#womensstories: “I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 8, 2015I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist, and I guess, person. I managed a women’s center, and one morning I had a predictably frustrating meeting with the male leader of a local crisis pre...
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#womensstories: “I started working as an escort when I was 19…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 7, 2015I started working as an escort when I was 19. I was in my second year of college and struggling to make ends meet. I knew I didn’t want to take out student loans, but I didn’t really know what else to...
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#womensstories: “I Won’t #ChangeTheDialogue: Why I Won’t Write About My Rape”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 7, 2015There’s a movement right now to #changethedialogue about rape. By encouraging women to write about their assaults, the campaign seeks to destigmatize rape and to raise awareness about its prevalence. ...
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#womensstories: Feminism doesn’t need more inspiration—it needs more anger
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 6, 2015From the stage of the Women in the World (WITW) conference, a summit organized by media powerhouse Tina Brown for the sixth year in a row, Sunitha Krishnan, a feisty Indian anti-trafficking activist, ...
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#vivelafeminism: No, feminism is not about choice
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 3, 2015Feminism is back in fashion. As the push to claim the “f-word” has intensified, public figures, corporations and much of the mainstream media have propelled a largely unchallenging version of feminism...
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#research: Support for the Death Penalty at Lowest Point in 40 Years
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 1, 2015Support for the Death Penalty at Lowest Point in 40 Years. While most Americans still favor the death penalty for those convicted of murder, support for capital punishment is lower than it has been i...
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#research: chilvary could indicate hidden sexism, study finds
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 30, 2015Men who demonstrate ‘well intentioned’ sexism are said to see women as warm and pure yet helpless and incompetent. Men who open doors for women are as guilty of sexism as those who are ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: A peer reviewer’s suggestion that two female researchers
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / April 30, 2015Because women are just too flipping subjective and they can’t do data. A peer reviewer’s suggestion that two female researchers find “one or two male biologists” to co-author and help them stre...
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#vivelafeminism: feminism isn’t perfect, but it sure beats #womenagainstfeminism
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 24, 2015As most feminists know, the Women Against Feminism blog has blown up over the past couple of days. Hundreds of women have taken to social media to discuss why they are against the feminist movement, m...
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#vivelafeminism: feminism isn’t perfect, but it sure beats #womenagainstfeminism
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 24, 2015As most feminists know, the Women Against Feminism blog has blown up over the past couple of days. Hundreds of women have taken to social media to discuss why they are against the feminist movement, m...
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#feminismisdead: ‘Those women are more oppressed’ is a terrible argument against feminism
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / April 24, 2015When I wrote last week about the #WomenAgainstFeminism campaign, I expected some pushback: arguing that women are a victimized class is a surefire way to rile people up. But the theme of this recent c...
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#research: New study finds girls view sexual violence as normal
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 23, 2015A new study titled ‘Normalising Sexual Violence: Young Women Account for Harrassment and Abuse’, published in Gender & Society, has found that girls and young women will rarely report incidents of...
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