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#feminismisdead: These are the actual divides among feminists -@msafropolitan
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #feminismisdead, #quickhits / June 2, 2017[T]he audience’s comments largely revealed the gimmick that western feminism is rapidly becoming. The audience was diverse, with a slight leaning toward young women in their late 20s or so. There wa...
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#maleficentmisogyny: women as incubators: How US law dehumanizes pregnant women -@broadly
By feimineach / in #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #humanrights, #law, #misogyny, #quickhits, #women / June 1, 2017Today, many American women find themselves the subject of intense surveillance during pregnancy. Even as pregnant women happily anticipate the birth of a healthy child, families, friends, health car...
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#feminismisdead: The challenge for western feminism in the 21st century – @msafropolitan
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #feminismisdead, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #quickhits / May 29, 2017Feminism in the west is failing. For one, the west has seen the smallest changes in closing the leadership gender gap. Latin America has fared best in this matter, but also voters in sub-Saharan Afr...
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#maleficentmisogyny: “alpha” women need to learn to be nice – @broadly
By feimineach / in #sociology, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / May 27, 2017“That’s what men like: women who are easy to love,” writes Suzanne Venker, a family and marriage author, intent on teaching “alpha” women how to embrace their femininity and stop scaring off men, who ...
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#patriarchiesrealign: what does it mean when we call women girls?
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / May 26, 2017Tackling the “girl” trend has become a bit of a trend in itself, but often these pieces elide a meaningful distinction between two kinds of “girl” book: those whose plots revolve around actual, unde...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Bikini Season. Sarah Kiefer on @FemReligion
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / May 25, 2017When I was about thirteen I went to a conference with the rest of the girls in youth group. It was a “modesty conference” geared at teaching young women the “biblical” truth of their role as a femal...
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#capitalismwilleatitself: Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #gender, #capitalismwilleatitself, #patriarchy, #quickhits / May 18, 2017You can tell a lot about an era by its fashion models. In the 60s, the spirit of the youthquake was personified by the wide-eyed, Bambi-limbed Twiggy. In the early 90s, nothing said “sod the recessi...
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#womenslives: If you want to know about Muslim women’s rights, ask Muslim women
By feimineach / in #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 17, 2017Islam’s patriarchy and western feminism have said a lot. Now Muslim women who fight sexism (yes we exist) must be heard Within minutes of arriving to collect my professionally bound thesis, I found...
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#research: medical abortions online safe and effective
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #research, #law, #religion, #quickhits / May 17, 2017[Though still illegal for the women of Ireland.] A study into women who seek abortion pills online in the face of strict laws against terminations has found that almost 95% safely ended their pregn...
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#womenslives: Irish women relieved and grateful after using abortion pills
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #womenslives, #law, #religion, #quickhits / May 17, 2017[Only regret is that they are illegal. NB. Packages are STOPPED going into the Rep. of Ireland.] Women in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland who have obtained abortion pills online in def...
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#vivelafeminism: @BitchMedia: An alternative 100 days
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #humanrights, #patriarchy / May 6, 2017We're living dystopia but by gods, we got game. From bitch email dispatch: Brown Girls appeared onscreen. [OpenTV] The newly-announced Poetry Coalition gathered to defend the value of poetr...
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#vivelafeminism: going on the offensive for abortion rights – @msmagazine
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #womensrights, #law / April 26, 2017“We are seeing the Whole Woman’s Health Acts in particular being introduced in some states deeply hostile to reproductive rights,” Amanda Allen, senior state legislative counsel for the Center for R...
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#vivelafeminism: a movement, not a moment: inside the outrage – @msmagazine
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / April 21, 2017The Outrage launched six months ago with a focus on feminism and women’s empowerment. CEO Rebecca Lee Funk sought to blend style and activism. When Donald Trump became president, sales immediately s...
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#feminismisdead: Feminism: an excuse to exploit women? – @PatriarchTree
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / April 21, 2017These are really disturbing allegations about the goings-on in the Thinx company, which is, apparently, based on “beliefs in gender equality”. This piece, however, is written by someone who is so cle...
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#picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action was 26 and had a brilliant career ahead of…
By feimineach / in #picturethis, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits, #women / April 21, 2017[gallery type="slideshow" columns="5" link="none" ids="2132566694,2132566695,2132566696,2132566693,2132566692"] #picturethis: #anonymouswasawoman: The first female war photographer killed in action w...
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#anonymouswasawoman: British women, the vote, and the fascist movement
By feimineach / in #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / April 20, 2017Excerpted from Hurrah for the Blackshirts!: Fascists and Fascism in Britain Between the Wars by Martin Pugh. Published by Penguin Random House UK. Sir Oswald Mosley’s immediate appeal consisted in ...
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#vivelafeminism: being a libertarian and a feminist
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / April 18, 2017Libertarians despise racism and sexism as much as anyone because it is a form of collectivism that strips someone’s individual identity with a set of traits and stereotypes. Rugged individualism is ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism in the age of Trump – @wync
By feimineach / in #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / April 18, 2017#vivelafeminism: Feminism in the age of Trump - @wync: ‘On this episode of Indivisible, we’re talking about feminism in the age of Trump. Are we all seeing politics and life through the lens of ge...
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#feminismisdead: #todayin: feminists doing feminism wrong: the problems with feminism
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 18, 2017(Written by bloke who doesn’t like the femisinisms.)Based on research done by YouGov, an internet research firm, only 26 percent of the population in the U.S. identify as being a feminist. A more re...
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#vivelafeminism: How Romania’s feminists are fighting back
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 16, 2017Abortion has been legal in Romania since the fall of Ceausescu. Under his rule, it’s estimated 10,000 women died as a result of so-called illegal abortions. For post-communist Romania, legalising ab...
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