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#picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: soldiers in petticoats: portraits of the suffragettes
By feimineach / in #feminism, #picturethis, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / June 25, 2015Mounted on horseback, dressed in white robes, marching on the Royal Albert Hall, this was a pivotal time for the suffragette movement, captured by one of the UK’s first press photographers, Christina ...
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#picturethis: Soldiers in petticoats: portraits of the suffragettes
By feimineach / in #feminism, #picturethis, #quickhits / June 19, 2015Soldiers in petticoats: portraits of the suffragettes – in pictures All photographs: Christina Broom/Museum of London (via the guardian). [gallery link="none" size="full" type="slideshow" ids="21325...
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#womensstories: Adventures in feministory
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / June 15, 2015Adventures in feministory, from Law and Order edition of Bitch Magazine (click on image for larger).
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#womenslives: Virginia Woolf
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #quickhits / June 11, 2015Virginia Woolf.- Rebecca Johnson, opendemocracy
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#womenslives: Before You Watch “Orange is the New Black,” Here Are 5 Facts To Know about Pregnancy in Prison
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #quickhits / June 11, 2015Season three of Orange is the New Black is (almost) here! While creator Jenji Kohan and the whole cast have been pretty tight-lipped about what we can expect this season, which starts streaming on Net...
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#vivelafeminism: Orange is the New Black is fast becoming a feminist classic
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 11, 2015Orange is the New Black is about to return for a third season. If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s time to sit up and take note: the Netflix programme looks set to become a classic of feminist televis...
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#vivelafeminism: Lads’ mags, sexual violence and the need for feminist intervention
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 4, 2015On lads’ mags, consent, post-feminist “empowerment” (“post-feminist” should really be in scare quotes too), and the mainstreaming of sexual violence against women and gir...
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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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#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: 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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#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: Researchers Study Online Antisocial Behavior
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 22, 2015I have been saying for awhile now that, the longer I’veblogged the more adept I’ve become at spotting patterns that help mepredict when a commenter is going to become A Problem.Via The Mary Sue,resear...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism’s ugly internal clash: Why its future is not up to white women
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / April 17, 2015Earlier this week, I received an email from a reader who wondered what my work might look like if I “included the feminist perspective.” Since black feminism infuses and shapes all of my politics, I l...
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#feminismisdead: “You Feminists All Think…”
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / April 16, 2015It’s a recurrent theme in feminist writing – particularly online – that a lot of the effort in activism and education ends up being expended on denying people’s pre-existing assumptions about feminist...
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#research: Only 18 percent of Americans consider themselves feminists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 12, 2015Plenty of people say they believe in equal rights for women, but when you ask those same people if they’re feminists, most of them will say no.That’s what we found in a new Vox poll, which...
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#feminismisdead: what they really mean
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / April 11, 2015What They Really Mean When They Say They’re Not a Feminist (everydayfeminism). Click through for full image. Written and drawn by Ronnie Rene Ritchie (@ronithebear).
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