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#guestpost: Women who still support Trump. Why? @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / January 24, 2018America's image is being cheapened by the arrogant behavior of its asinine president — that's a fact. But the damage done goes deeper than just embarrassment in foreign relations, because Donald Trump...
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#todayin: rape culture: The infamous “friend zone” is a desolate place, corroded with bitterness
By feimineach / in #quickhits / March 3, 2016The infamous “friend zone” is a desolate place, corroded with bitterness. When a woman makes the choice to not get involved with a man who is trying to initiate a romantic or sexual relationship, the ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: On Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after these dual encounters…
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / February 4, 2016On Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after these dual encounters, I learned that 29-year-old Janese Talton-Jackson, a mother of two, had been killed in Pittsburgh after declining a stranger’s...
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#todayin: srsly! See a woman reading? Leave her alone.
By feimineach / in #quickhits / November 24, 2015A few months ago, I went to meet with a colleague at his apartment. Since I wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood and I’m paranoid about being late, I budgeted extra time to find the address. It turne...
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#todayin: srsly! See a woman reading? Leave her alone.
By feimineach / in #quickhits / November 24, 2015A few months ago, I went to meet with a colleague at his apartment. Since I wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood and I’m paranoid about being late, I budgeted extra time to find the address. It turne...
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#womensstories: “I was travelling in Europe and drinking at a bar with a group of people…”
By feimineach / in #womensstories, #quickhits / November 1, 2015I was travelling in Europe and drinking at a bar with a group of people I had just met. One guy invited me over to his place for the night, and I said ‘no’. He said it wasn’t very Canadian...
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#womensstories: “I was 18 and working as a waitress at a chain restaurant…”
By feimineach / in #womensstories, #quickhits / October 31, 2015I was 18 and working as a waitress at a chain restaurant. He was twenty [or more] years my senior and working in the kitchen.He took an interest in me, and by that, I mean that when I talked to him, h...
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#womensstories: “A friend of mine asked me to be his girlfriend…”
By feimineach / in #womensstories, #quickhits / October 31, 2015A friend of mine asked me to be his girlfriend. I told him I would think about, talked about it with my mom, and decided I didn’t want to be in a relationship in middle school. He whispered ‘Bitch’ in...
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#research: Seven studies that prove mansplaining exists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 11, 2015Statistics and studies galore. Fill your boots. from bitchmag: 1. Women get interrupted more than men. Both men and women interrupt women more often than they interrupt men, according to a paper publ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: the taming of the shrew
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / September 11, 2015Plasticdollheads on Charlotte Proudman, everyday sexism, and online misogyny: Charlotte Proudman, a barrister and Ph.D researcher, received an inappropriate comment on professional networking website...
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