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#research: Sexualisation of little girls linked with negative body image

On collectiveshout: “A new study from Flinders University has found that little girls are adopting potentially sexualised behaviours usually associated with teenage girls. Little girls’ engagement wit...

#vivelafeminism: Feminism in China: Risky, But Rising

Interesting post (msmagazine) about the growing feminist movement in China an the risks women are taking (facing the wrath of the Party) in being active. Emphasis added. This summer I taught a course...

burning bras. © bellbis.tumblr.com via upworthy. (Rest of image on link.)

burning bras. © bellbis.tumblr.com via upworthy. (Rest of image on link.)

#research: women who read 50 Shades more likely to tolerate abusive and controlling behaviours

From mic.com: “Anastasia Steele’s biggest defeat may not have been submitting to her abuser’s sexual desires, but convincing other women that the behavior was okay. At least that’s the finding of a ne...

#research: study raises questions about why women are less likely than men to earn tenure at research universities

Fault of (sexist?) tenure process and not research productivity: ‘“It’s not that we need to make women more productive. It’s that we need to change the processes,” said Kate Weisshaar, a graduate stud...

#vivelafeminism: Who Needs Feminism Anyway?

AMEN! On huffingtonpost: I once asked my friend if she was a feminist. Her response: Of course not. This aversion to the word “feminism” is not uncommon: The well-publicized portrayal of feminists a...

The fact is, like it or not, you still live a world where gender matters. Where gender controls not just the entire course of your life – but the lives of women all over the world. Every second, a chi...

#research: Department for International Development’s quarterly Violence Against Women and Girls Evidence Digest

Linked below is a PDF of the Department for International Development’s quarterly Violence Against Women and Girls Evidence Digest, summarising the latest evidence on drivers of VAWG and what works to...

#vivelafeminism: It’s time we stopped assuring people that feminism isn’t a threat

On Feminist Times: Finn Mackay made the following speech at Feminism in London 2013 and moved our Editorial Assistant to tears. It was originally published by Open Democracy and is reprinted here und...

#research: Honor killings condoned by third of teens in Amman, Jordan

Emphasis added:Almost half of boys and one in five girls in Jordan’s capital city, Amman, believe that killing a woman who has “dishonored,” or shamed, her family is justifiable, a study of teenagers’...

#feminismisdead: #WomenAgainstFeminism, Privilege and Feminist Activism

The tweets and posts on Women against Feminism demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding as to what feminism actually is: the liberation of women. More excellent commentary by Louise Pennington (ele...

#feminismisdead: For some reason, feminism is seen as super anti

For some reason, feminism is seen as super anti: anti-men, anti-sex, anti-sexism, anti-everything. And while some of those antis aren’t bad things, it’s not exactly exciting to get involved in somethi...

#research: Racism And Sexism Look Different Than You Think

Racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination don’t look the way they used to. Today it’s more about giving a leg up to people who are similar to you than trying to hurt people who are...

#feminismisdead: Critiquing the #WomenAgainstFeminism tag doesn’t require insulting the appearance

Critiquing the #WomenAgainstFeminism tag doesn’t require insulting the appearance & intelligence of the women posting on it. It doesn’t require replicating misogynistic language or insults. It req...

#research: Seven studies on mansplaining. Conclusion: it definitely exists

Below are summaries of studies into the idea of “mansplaining”, which describes the act of a man speaking to a woman with the assumption that she knows less than he does about the topic being discusse...

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: TV’S SHAME. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

I've just finished watching True Detective. I started watching it, twice, but left it both times because of the ways in which violence against women, and women characters, were being portrayed.* In te...

#research: What Looks Like Sexism and Why? The Effect of Comment Type and Perpetrator Type on Women’s Perceptions of Sexism

Very interesting indeed. We (potentially) grade sexist comments and perceive some comments (hostile and from strangers or bosses) to be more sexist than others (benevolent and from boyfriends).Abstrac...

These are actual human beings - who kiss their kids goodnight hours after smirkingly calling women whores - who are doing this, not just anonymous trolls. Jessica Valenti (facebook) on the abuse she ...

#research: Poll: One in four British women think their main role is in home

Unexpected statistic here. Also, some interesting international comparisons.Almost one in four British women believe their main role in life is to be a good wife and mother, an international study has...