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- New York magazine’s ‘Canceled at 17’ isn’t just an article – it’s ammunition | Arwa MahdawiThe moral of the tale of one boy facing consequences for sharing nudes without consent isn’t that #MeToo has gone too far, it’s that it hasn’t gone far enoughAny day now Roe v Wade is expected to be struck down in the US. Any day now women across more than... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 23, 2022 - 3:56 pm
- The female orgasm: lots of throbbing and quivering – but no moaningA woman enjoying a noisy end to sex is a cliche of TV and film. But is there any truth to it?Name: The female orgasm.Age: As old as humans. Continue reading...... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 22, 2022 - 2:12 pm
- US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion‘Desperate’ tourist who fell foul of country’s total ban fears for her life if complications set in while she waits for transfer to UKDoctors have denied an American woman on holiday in Malta a potentially life-saving abortion, despite saying her baby had a “zero chance” of survival after she was... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 22, 2022 - 1:44 pm
- Life inside the wild London club where lesbians were free to be themselvesA new documentary takes viewers back down the rickety stairs to the trailblazing Gateways in ChelseaThe Gateways is back. The longest-running lesbian club of all-time – the one whose actual clientele appeared in the 1968 film The Killing of Sister George; the one where Mick Jagger tried to talk the... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 18, 2022 - 2:00 pm
- ‘Fun and the beautiful game’: rise of women’s recreational footballMore women in England are making up for the decades when they felt shut out of the gameIt’s Saturday-morning 11-a-side at a football pitch squeezed between a scrubby path running along the River Lee Navigation and a technology campus in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney. A dark-haired woman in red... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 17, 2022 - 11:05 am
- Revlon files for bankruptcy in US after supply chain trouble and surging costsCosmetics company hopes to refinance and keep trading, saying demand for products remains strongRevlon, the 90-year-old multinational beauty company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, weighed down by debt load, disruptions to its supply chain network and surging costs.The New York-based company said that on court... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 16, 2022 - 2:34 pm
- The ‘feral girl’ of 2022 doesn’t come close to the real thing | Emma BeddingtonI thought this was a trend I could get behind - until I realised it was all about hard-partying and wearing yesterday’s makeup, rather than wearing a discounted fleece and refusing to wash.I was thrilled to hear that we’re in for a “feral girl summer”: finally, a trend that seems... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 16, 2022 - 6:00 am
- We need stories from older mothers – and from women who don’t want children too | LettersMonica Cardenas advocates a move away from a culture that tends to see all women of child-bearing age as potential parents, and Claire Flood-Page and another reader write about the experiences of those who have been mothers for longerRhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s column on the importance of telling stories of motherhood... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 12, 2022 - 5:34 pm
- At 34, I’m fitter than I have ever been – no thanks to the fat shamers | Evelyn MokLike many women, I always felt as if my body was public property. Last year, I decided the two of us needed to work on our relationshipAs the pandemic eases, the hobbies and interests many of us developed during lockdown start to be forgotten. Half-finished crochet sweaters languish at the... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 12, 2022 - 1:00 pm
- How women saw the world in 1968Actors, bus conductors and accountants offered the female perspective on work, parenting and pervasive attitudesThe Observer Magazine of 28 January 1968 featured women talking about ‘families, life, husbands, sex, love, careers, money, children’. And gnomes.Pamela, a clippie on the buses, may have objectified the passengers when she said, ‘You don’t... Read more »Source: Women | The Guardian | Published: June 12, 2022 - 5:00 am
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- Patients in Texas clinics were waiting to get their abortions. Then Roe fellProviders reported ‘complete despair’ as patients with appointments only minutes away were turned awayOriginally published by The 19thPatients were in the lobby, waiting, the moment it became a post-Roe America. Continue reading...... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 3:35 pm
- Americans take to streets across US to protest for abortion rights – in picturesDemonstrations have kicked off across the US after supreme court ruling to overturn Roe v Wade Continue reading...... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 11:45 am
- How to support abortion access in a post-Roe AmericaFrom stocking up on abortion pills to donating to abortion funds, rights advocates share ways to support reproductive autonomyWith the right to abortion no longer nationally protected in the United States, roughly half of US states are likely to ban the procedure outright. Below, six leaders from the reproductive rights... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 10:00 am
- My state just banned abortion. What are my options?How to get financial help and access pills by mail – and how to protect yourself in this new punitive landscapeThe supreme court this week overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. Abortion restrictions of varying severity are now set to sweep across... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 9:00 am
- US supreme court overturns abortion rights, upending Roe v WadeBiden calls ruling in pivotal case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ‘a tragic error’The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law that... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 24, 2022 - 6:03 pm
- ‘I was worried I had been permanently mutilated’: what abortion was like before Roe v WadeIn 1968, Ann Hill discovered she was pregnant while a law student. With abortion illegal, she was forced to have a backstreet operation. She explains how it inspired her to become a women’s rights campaignerWhen the doctor told me I was pregnant, he said most women were “extremely happy” with... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 24, 2022 - 3:51 pm
- ‘I’m scared’: Florida faces uncertain abortion future as 15-week ban set to take effectIf Roe v Wade is overturned, the state is poised to become an abortion destination. But is DeSantis eyeing a total ban?Originally published by the 19thHerman Miller never asks his patients why they come to his office, but sometimes they tell him anyway. Continue reading...... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 9, 2022 - 10:00 am
- ‘Theocratic’ US abortion bans will violate religious liberty, faith leaders sayThe anti-abortion side has monopolized arguments based on religion. But some say their faith supports the right to choose Misha Sanders was starting over. She had just left an abusive relationship, and she was in her first semester of seminary, all while caring for her child, a teenager with a... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: June 2, 2022 - 12:42 pm
- Will Black churches throw their weight behind reproductive rights?The disproportionate impact of impending bans may dislodge a longstanding ambivalence over abortionEbenezer Baptist Church, once home to Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr, once dedicated a portion of its Mother’s Day service in mid-May to addressing abortion access in the US. During the service in Atlanta, senior pastor and... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: May 30, 2022 - 12:00 pm
- DC wants to be a sanctuary for abortion. Could Congress stop it?Congress holds power over the district’s laws and finances. A Republican majority could overrule local pro-choice legislationThe patient came from Texas. Her pregnancy was too far along to end it in that state, where abortions are banned after six weeks of pregnancy.She was a bundle of nerves: terrified a bounty... Read more »Source: Reproductive rights | The Guardian | Published: May 29, 2022 - 10:00 am
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- Merry widows? How attitudes to bereaved women have changedSocieties around the world have always had a problem with a wife who no longer has a husband. But what does the W word mean in the modern era?There’s a downside to “till death us do part” – it does. For example, 60s model Jan de Souza, co-host of Tramp... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 2:00 pm
- It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution | Jill FilipovicWith its decision on Roe v Wade, the court has signaled its illegitimacy – and thrown the American project into questionAs of 24 June 2022, the US supreme court should officially be understood as an illegitimate institution – a tool of minority rule over the majority, and as part of... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 25, 2022 - 6:40 am
- A Woman’s Game by Suzanne Wrack review – taking back the pitchA fascinating history of women’s football from early 20th century heights, through suppression, to its present-day resurgenceSuzanne Wrack argues that for women the mere act of playing football is a feminist one, a form of activism. Her book begins as a historical survey, but ends as a manifesto.Wrack is women’s... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 22, 2022 - 6:30 am
- ‘Women are treated like walking incubators’: Malta’s fight for abortionThe island nation is the only country in the EU in which termination is still illegal under any circumstances, forcing women to have the procedure abroad or else risk prosecution. But women’s rights groups are pushing for changeElle doesn’t find it easy to talk about her abortion, not because she... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 19, 2022 - 6:00 am
- The ‘feral girl’ of 2022 doesn’t come close to the real thing | Emma BeddingtonI thought this was a trend I could get behind - until I realised it was all about hard-partying and wearing yesterday’s makeup, rather than wearing a discounted fleece and refusing to wash.I was thrilled to hear that we’re in for a “feral girl summer”: finally, a trend that seems... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 16, 2022 - 6:00 am
- ‘I was a misogynist’: Caroline Criado Perez on finding solutions to living in a man’s worldThe author, who wrote about a world biased against women, is back with answers in a new podcast. She talks about not fitting in, compassion for her younger self and finding her feminismIt’s one of those things that once seen, can’t be unseen. But sometimes Caroline Criado Perez wonders if... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: June 10, 2022 - 2:00 pm
- The end of men: the controversial new wave of female utopian fictionThere have been many novels that imagine a world without men – but are these books reductive or freeing?All the men are gone. Usually this is conceived as the result of a plague. Less often, the cause is violence. Occasionally, the men don’t die and the sexes are just segregated... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: May 25, 2022 - 7:00 am
- Macron accused of betraying pledge to stamp out violence against womenCampaigners protest against ‘government of shame’ after minister accused of rape by two women is kept in placeEquality campaigners have accused Emmanuel Macron of betraying his promise to stamp out violence against women and girls after the French government kept in place a new minister accused of rape by two... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: May 24, 2022 - 5:09 pm
- In capturing the changing face of Britain, playwrights explain us to ourselves | Michael BillingtonBeth Steel’s The House of Shades unites national politics and private lives through the fortunes of a working-class family from 1965 to 2019Old myths die hard. One of the greatest in theatre is that the large-scale play that unites public issues and private lives is the special province of male... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: May 23, 2022 - 4:17 pm
- #MeToo is over if we don’t listen to ‘imperfect victims’ like Amber Heard | Martha GillWhen even young women join the actor’s male tormentors, ideas of justice soon begin to unravelThe backlash to the #MeToo movement was always coming. We know this because a backlash has followed every single step forward feminists have ever made. This backlash was always going to be big, too. Not... Read more »Source: Feminism | The Guardian | Published: May 22, 2022 - 6:30 am
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- Crying Over Gochujang
It is good to be a Korean today because the world is fascinated with Koreanness, from K-pop to K-dramas, K-movies, K-food, K-fashion, and K-beauty. It is no exaggeration to say that Korean culture has become synonymous with being cool and being hip. Things were quite different, however, not too long... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: March 20, 2022 - 6:49 pm - Happy New Year?
As the new year brings in a new peak in COVID cases across the country, we all have a right to feel a little down in the dumps. One trend picked up by surveys earlier in the pandemic was a drop in self-reported happiness. Now, with a new year of... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: January 9, 2022 - 10:15 pm - Back to Basics: Selling Sociology
Despite, well, everything, we are trying to get back into the classroom as much as we can at the start of a new academic year. I am scheduled to teach Introduction to Sociology for the first time this coming spring and planning the course this fall. Whether in person or... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: August 31, 2021 - 3:24 pm - VideoWork Ahead: Cones, Vests, and Masks
A few years ago, I bought two orange traffic cones at a hardware store for twenty bucks. It was one of the best, most stress-relieving purchases I made. Parking space is scarce in big cities. In our car-centered culture, the rare days you absolutely need a large truck in a... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: May 20, 2021 - 2:20 pm - Happy Birthday, W. E. B. Du Bois!
“W. E. B. Du Bois and his Atlanta School of Sociology pioneered scientific sociology in the United States.” – Dr. Aldon Morris I had the good fortune to see Dr. Morris give a version of this talk a few years ago, and it is one of my favorites. If you... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: February 23, 2021 - 3:09 pm - The Mask of the “Middle Class”
I love this podcast conversation with Rachel Sherman and Anne Helen Petersen about Sherman’s recent book, Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence. It is a great source for introduction to sociology courses looking to open up a conversation about differences in social class, especially because it draws attention to the... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: February 1, 2021 - 2:00 pm - Sociology IRL
One of the goals of this blog is to help get sociology to the public by offering short, interesting comments on what our discipline looks like out in the world. We live sociology every day, because it is the science of relationships among people and groups. But because the name... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: October 12, 2020 - 2:35 pm - VideoIs Knowing Half the Battle?
We seem to have been struggling with science for the past few…well…decades. The CDC just updated what we know about COVID-19 in the air, misinformation about trendy “wellness products” abounds, and then there’s the whole climate crisis. This is an interesting pattern because many public science advocates put a lot... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: September 23, 2020 - 5:54 pm - Survivors or Victims?
The #MeToo movement that began in 2017 has reignited a long debate about how to name people who have had traumatic experiences. Do we call individuals who have experienced war, cancer, crime, or sexual violence “victims”? Or should we call them “survivor,” as recent activists like #MeToo founder Tarana Burke... Read more »
Source: Sociological Images | Published: September 21, 2020 - 1:00 pm - Officer Friendly’s Adventures in Wonderland
Many of us know the Officer Friendly story. He epitomizes liberal police virtues. He seeks the public’s respect and willing cooperation to follow the law, and he preserves their favor with lawful enforcement. The Officer Friendly story also inspired contemporary reforms that seek and preserve public favor, including what most... Read more »
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- Not Completely Off Topic Sunday: A Musical F*ck You to five members of the Supreme Court
On Saturday, singer Olivia Rodrigo, performing at the Glastonbury festival, offered a literal “Fuck You” to the five Supreme Court members who voted to kill Roe — by doing a duet with Lily Allen of Allen’s song of the same name. Kudos to both of them. Here’s video of the... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 26, 2022 - 11:37 pm - Incel on the end of Roe: “Now finally justice is served”
Incels cheer on anything that hurts women, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they’re hailing the death of Roe with shouts of “HOES MAD” and celebratory animated emojis. When the Supreme Court decision was leaked in May, one commenter on Incels.is happily predicted that “it will destabilize whoredom.”... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 25, 2022 - 9:34 pm - MRAs gloat over the death of Roe v Wade, demand the “right” to not pay child support
Today is a day of mourning and rage amongst those who believe in the rights of pregnant people. The Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe V. Wade is a massive step backward, and may presage similarly retrograde attacks on everything from contraception to gay marriage. It’s bad news all around.... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 25, 2022 - 2:08 am - The end of Roe v. Wade: Open Thread
Well, we knew it was coming. Though that doesn’t really help much. What a fucking disaster this is. Discuss, rant, post links, whatever. Here are some Tweets I thought made good points.... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 24, 2022 - 9:52 pm - Lesbian feminists “want to spoil women,” by encouraging them to slut it up, destroying any value they could have had for men, Reddit weirdo explains
So over on the AntiFeminists subreddit they’re discussing the important issues of the day. Like whether or not feminism is a giant grooming operation operated by “predatory lesbians” who want all the ladies to themselves. No seriously, that’s what they’re discussing, in a thread asking the question To what extent... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 24, 2022 - 1:53 am - Disney/Pixar’s “Lightyear” stumbles at the box office and homophobic culture warriors couldn’t be happier
So Disney/Pixar’s new Toy Story movie, Lightyear, came up a bit short at the box office last weekend, taking in 50 million dollars, some 20 million dollars less than Disney was expecting. And homophobic culture warriors are over the moon, insisting that the poor performance of Lightyear was the result... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 22, 2022 - 8:43 pm - Women Celebrating Alone With Cell Phones
To hear some romantically challenged manosphereans tell it, cell phones have ruined modern women by delivering them so much attention — from Facebook and Instagram likes to countless messages on dating apps. This, the misogynists claim, makes women too stuck-up to date the regular hardworking men that are their “looksmatches,”... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 21, 2022 - 8:30 pm - The continuing battle over right-wing dick
Every few months, it seems, I run across another article talking about how hard conservative men are having it in the dating world just because they’re gross fascist turdballs that no sensible person wants to fuck. And somehow, as noted by @guy_freire on Twitter, “this supposedly reflects negatively on Democrats.”... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 20, 2022 - 6:48 pm - Other songs by Kate Bush that should be #1
Off Topic Sunday is here, and the off topic today is Kate Bush. You may have already heard the good news: 37 years after its release, Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill has hit number one in the UK charts after being featured on the 80s-centric Netflix show Stranger Things.... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 19, 2022 - 8:03 pm - Snip snip! MRAs freak out over the exceedingly unlikely prospect of mandatory vasectomies
Men’s Rights Activists have discovered a new entirely hypothetical danger — that evil feminists, mad about the end of Roe V Wade, will force the government to mandate vasectomies for all pubescent boys. Do you think vasectomies will become mandatory for boys at puberty in the future? asks a Men’s... Read more »
Source: We Hunted The Mammoth | Published: June 19, 2022 - 2:01 am
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- 2022UK women killed by men or where a man is the principal suspect 5 January 2022: Brenda Blainey, 88, was found dead in Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon, 33, has been charged with her murder. 6 January 2022: Judith Armstrong, 78, was found dead in a house in Herefordshire by... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: April 28, 2022 - 11:00 am
- Remember her too
The speech I gave at the femicide vigil at FiLiA 2021 In the first three days of 2012, 8 women in the UK were killed through men’s violence. Three days, 8 dead women: 3 shot, 1 stabbed, 1 stabbed and beaten so hard with her own walking stick that the... Read more »
Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: October 19, 2021 - 7:34 pm - Sex differences in intimate partner homicide (England and Wales) April 2009 to March 2020
One day, people might stop asking me ‘What about the men?’ but that day isn’t here yet. This is the third time I’ve written a blog comparing sex differences in intimate partner homicide but it’s five years since the last time and so it’s time for an update. This information... Read more »
Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: August 23, 2021 - 2:17 pm - Truth, lies and Storytelling
I overheard a discussion on Radio Four’s Today programme this morning (8 June 2021) that contained such a blatant piece of misinformation imparted by Benjamin Cohen, CEO of Pink News, that I felt compelled to transcribe it. Justin Webb: Just on the point about abolishing legal provisions for single sex... Read more »
Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: June 8, 2021 - 9:17 am - Can we talk about the claim that since lockdown, five women a week have been killed by men in the UK, because I don’t think it’s trueI’ve been Counting Dead Women, women killed by men in the UK since January 2012 and as one of the founders of the Femicide Census have access to records of women killed by men in the UK going back to 2009. From this, I can say that we know that... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: April 28, 2021 - 8:35 pm
- Counting Dead Trans PeopleNo, Angela Crawley, in the UK, it’s not the same and it’s not a greater risk In the Women and Equalities Select Committee on reform of the Gender Recognition Act on 21 April 2021, Angela Crawley, Scottish National Party MP for Lanark and Hamilton East and the SNP Shadow Attorney... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: April 21, 2021 - 9:13 pm
- Is it enough if a person in a position of responsibility apologises for an offensive joke?
Steve Reddy Liverpool Domestic Abuse Strategic Lead and mother-in-law jokes about women’s suspicious deaths Steve Reddy, Director of Liverpool City Council Children & Young People Services and Domestic Abuse Strategic Lead tweeted the following ‘joke’: “Friday [clown face emoji]. Mrs R still angry with me because I didn’t open the... Read more »
Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: April 10, 2021 - 5:40 pm - Counting Dead Women is a project about women killed by menMy name is Karen Ingala Smith and I prioritise women. I prioritise the well-being of women who have been subjected to men’s violence. I try to make sure I see the women that many others disregard. I’d like to contribute to ending men’s violence against women and girls. If I... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: March 16, 2021 - 5:37 am
- 20212021 At least 143 UK women have been killed by men (or where a man is the principal suspect) so far in 2021: 4 January 2021: Eileen Dean, 93, was found badly injured on her bed in a care home in South London. She had suffered injuries to her head... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: February 8, 2021 - 9:27 am
- Trauma-Informed Services for Women Subjected to Men’s Violence Must be Single-Sex ServicesFor many women and girls, the boundaries between domestic and sexual violence and abuse, are very much blurred. For some this abuse includes prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation too. It’s not unusual for women who’ve been subjected to men’s violence to develop a trauma response. These sometimes develop... Read more »Source: Karen Ingala Smith | Published: July 8, 2020 - 5:51 pm
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- ● French lawmakers to propose bill inscribing abortion rights in constitution | The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, stripping women’s constitutional protections for abortion | well at least it's troubles helped others sisters
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Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 27, 2022 - 1:50 am - Transportationhttps://elevatedaccess.org/ Share this far in wide! If you need reproductive care these pilots are working for you right now. submitted by /u/InTheLavender [link] [comments]... Read more »Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 7:56 pm
- Voters Must Elect Persons In Midterms Who Would Nix Filibuster To Codify Roe
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Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 7:03 pm - These are the people who now control women’s bodies.
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Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 6:21 pm - These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016
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Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 6:20 pm - A London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK's gender violence epidemic;
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Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 5:59 pm - No money, can't attend protests. How do I help?I want to do everything I can to help now that Roe v Wade was overturned. But I don't have any money to donate, and I cannot safely attend any protests in my area. How can I help? I have tried looking for resources on Google, but I can't find... Read more »Source: Feminism - “the personal is political” | Published: June 26, 2022 - 5:39 pm
- Rhode Island senator nominee punched in the face at protest by former cop, Republican opponent
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- Bitch Comes to a CloseBitch Media has been an independent-media presence like no other. Since 1996, we have provided nuanced, thoughtful, and resonant media criticism and have never wavered from our original mission to look at popular culture through a feminist lens—and encourage others to do the same. Over the past 25 years, Bitch’s... Read more »Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 12, 2022 - 9:33 pm
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Jenna Wortham The year 2020 revealed several uncomfortable and enraging truths, one of which was the fact that many U.S. newsrooms do not reflect the demographics and issues that they cover. The gatekeepers who have controlled our national narratives and conversations for decades remain overwhelmingly white, perpetuating cycles of harm... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 11, 2022 - 4:38 pm - “X” Is a Slasher Film with an Important Message about Sex Work and Pornography
Laura LeMoon (Photo credit: Christopher Moss) Let’s be real, most of us have probably seen porn at some point in our lives. If you haven’t, you’ve definitely seen a horror movie. In the newly released slasher film X, a group of young adults take a road trip to a remote... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 11, 2022 - 12:43 pm - 10 Essential Books About Writing
writing Nylah Burton (Illustration: Monika Jurczyk/stock.adobe.com) Writers have long been fascinated with themselves and their craft, seeing a wealth of material in what is seemingly a rather mundane art—merely putting words on paper, or words onscreen. But in their own reflections, which can often border on myopic, writers have developed... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 6, 2022 - 7:07 pm - Anonymous Instagrams Are Unionizing Staffs From Capitol Hill to Hollywood
Instagram Sophie Hayssen (Photo credit: @dear_white_staffers) A quiet revolution began on Capitol Hill earlier this year when a handful of staffers began anonymously exposing uncomfortable truths about their prestigious workplaces: Unpaid Senate interns clocking 16-hour days. A white colleague who complained about working “like a slave.” Hill mental-health counselors ghosting clients... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 4, 2022 - 7:12 pm - BitchReads: 10 Books Feminists Should Read in April
bitchreads Nylah Burton This month, we’re checking out haunting poetry collections, meditations on menstruation, funny and sweet comics exploring our favorite supervillan’s backstory, and insightful historical fiction about the sterilization of Black women in post-segregation Alabama. Curl up with your favorites and let us know how you liked them! Every... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 1, 2022 - 9:47 pm - Battle Cry
The Touch Issue sailor moon Rosa Cartagena Illustration by Loe Lee In the very first episode of Sailor Moon (1992), the teen superhero—overwhelmed and terrified after learning that she’s a magical guardian who must fight cosmic evils—breaks down sobbing in front of her enemy. Through her tears, Sailor Moon (a.k.a. Usagi)... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 1, 2022 - 7:54 pm - Refreshing Our Memory
The Touch Issue Jenna Mahale Illustrations by Ariel Davis Whoever is in charge of Snapchat’s yearly recap needs to be fired,” Mya Roschel, a high school student from Arizona, wrote on TikTok in late 2021. The visual that she deems, in all caps, “OUTTA POCKET” is a computer-generated graphic of... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 1, 2022 - 7:49 pm - In Safe Hands:
The Touch Issue Nicole Gordon Illustration by Jianan Liu Massage and other touch therapies, such as acupressure and reflexology, have a PR problem. In media, jokes about happy endings abound, and practitioners are often characterized as ditzy free spirits or muscle men and “mannish” women who emasculate straight, cis-male characters.... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 1, 2022 - 7:49 pm - Tongue-Tied
The Touch Issue Free Speech s.e. smith Photography by Elizabeth Renstrom Political correctness is coming for your guns. It will force-feminize boys and eliminate police departments, compel children to read seditious texts such as The Color Purple and teach kindergarten classes about slavery. It will invade workplaces with “codes of conduct”... Read more »
Source: Latest Articles | Published: April 1, 2022 - 7:46 pm
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- Supreme Court Displays Contempt for Women’s Rights in Unprecedented DecisionIn a cruel betrayal of the women of this country, and for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court and the United States, a fundamental constitutional right has been taken away. The opinion will have wide-ranging consequences not just for abortion access and women's health—but for rights like... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 7:39 pm
- President Biden Condemns Supreme Court Decision: ‘This Is Not Over … Roe Is on the Ballot’Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion overturning constitutional abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, U.S. President Joseph Biden delivered scathing remarks condemning the decision and announced actions he will take to ensure abortion healthcare access for all Americans. In its sweeping decision, the Supreme Court eliminated 50... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 7:37 pm
- The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Roe AmericaThe Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is a devastating blow. What comes next? The post The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Roe America appeared first on Ms. Magazine.... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 4:09 pm
- Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. WadeOn Friday, June 24, the United States Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for the right to abortion. The sweeping decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and leaves legal protections at risk for contraception, same-sex marriage and IVF. The decision... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 3:09 pm
- Senators Introduce Bill To Protect Reproductive Health Data: ‘My Body, My Data’The digital surveillance threats to women’s reproductive health information are likely to escalate dramatically if the Supreme Court repeals abortion rights. U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) introduced the My Body, My Data Act—a federal law protecting personal reproductive health data by minimizing the information... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 7:06 pm
- The Importance of Talking About Women in the Fight Against Abortion BansThe most powerful argument for abortion rights is to highlight the sex-based nature of these restrictions and argue that they violate equal rights. To succeed in arguing that sex equality requires the right to abortion, we need to be able to talk about how sex shapes access to abortion and... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 6:42 pm
- The Equal Rights Amendment Will Help Protect Abortion RightsAs the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the push to pass the ERA takes on new urgency as an avenue for shoring up women’s rights, especially our reproductive rights. Polls show massive public support for the ERA. The vast majority of respondents—men and women; Republicans, Democrats... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 5:59 pm
- Nationwide Campaign To Create an Abortion Sanctuary Network Starts in New YorkFaced with the likely end of Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights advocates are seeking to create a nationwide sanctuary network for abortion services by passing interlocking legislation in blue states to ensure every American can safely access legal abortion services. Celebrities and high-profile activists rally behind the Geraldine Santoro Act—named after... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 5:33 pm
- As We Mark the Anniversary of Title IX, I Regret I Never Met Toni Stone—The First Black Woman To Play Professional BaseballAs we mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation that enabled girls and women to participate fully in interscholastic sports, I regret that I never met Toni Stone. Unfamiliar with the name? I’m not surprised. Instead, my editors directed me to write articles about a white, San Francisco... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 4:59 pm
- Title IX Reverberates Through Three GenerationsWhen Title IX was passed 50 years ago this month, it helped girls gain access to spaces that they were not able to enter. In my own family, Title IX changed the course of the lives of my activist grandmother, Silicon Valley executive aunt and my student-athlete cousin. The post... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 3:58 pm
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- Supreme Court Displays Contempt for Women’s Rights in Unprecedented DecisionIn a cruel betrayal of the women of this country, and for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court and the United States, a fundamental constitutional right has been taken away. The opinion will have wide-ranging consequences not just for abortion access and women's health—but for rights like... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 7:39 pm
- President Biden Condemns Supreme Court Decision: ‘This Is Not Over … Roe Is on the Ballot’Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion overturning constitutional abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, U.S. President Joseph Biden delivered scathing remarks condemning the decision and announced actions he will take to ensure abortion healthcare access for all Americans. In its sweeping decision, the Supreme Court eliminated 50... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 7:37 pm
- The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Roe AmericaThe Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is a devastating blow. What comes next? The post The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Roe America appeared first on Ms. Magazine.... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 4:09 pm
- Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. WadeOn Friday, June 24, the United States Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for the right to abortion. The sweeping decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and leaves legal protections at risk for contraception, same-sex marriage and IVF. The decision... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 24, 2022 - 3:09 pm
- Senators Introduce Bill To Protect Reproductive Health Data: ‘My Body, My Data’The digital surveillance threats to women’s reproductive health information are likely to escalate dramatically if the Supreme Court repeals abortion rights. U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) introduced the My Body, My Data Act—a federal law protecting personal reproductive health data by minimizing the information... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 7:06 pm
- The Importance of Talking About Women in the Fight Against Abortion BansThe most powerful argument for abortion rights is to highlight the sex-based nature of these restrictions and argue that they violate equal rights. To succeed in arguing that sex equality requires the right to abortion, we need to be able to talk about how sex shapes access to abortion and... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 6:42 pm
- The Equal Rights Amendment Will Help Protect Abortion RightsAs the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the push to pass the ERA takes on new urgency as an avenue for shoring up women’s rights, especially our reproductive rights. Polls show massive public support for the ERA. The vast majority of respondents—men and women; Republicans, Democrats... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 5:59 pm
- Nationwide Campaign To Create an Abortion Sanctuary Network Starts in New YorkFaced with the likely end of Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights advocates are seeking to create a nationwide sanctuary network for abortion services by passing interlocking legislation in blue states to ensure every American can safely access legal abortion services. Celebrities and high-profile activists rally behind the Geraldine Santoro Act—named after... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 5:33 pm
- As We Mark the Anniversary of Title IX, I Regret I Never Met Toni Stone—The First Black Woman To Play Professional BaseballAs we mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation that enabled girls and women to participate fully in interscholastic sports, I regret that I never met Toni Stone. Unfamiliar with the name? I’m not surprised. Instead, my editors directed me to write articles about a white, San Francisco... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 4:59 pm
- Title IX Reverberates Through Three GenerationsWhen Title IX was passed 50 years ago this month, it helped girls gain access to spaces that they were not able to enter. In my own family, Title IX changed the course of the lives of my activist grandmother, Silicon Valley executive aunt and my student-athlete cousin. The post... Read more »Source: Ms. Magazine | Published: June 23, 2022 - 3:58 pm
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- FM June 1, 2022 : Together Over Violence / Afrofuturism / Asset AchieversTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … More children die in the US from gun violence than any other reason. We talk to Patti Giggans, the Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, about Actions Over Gun Violence – what she calls the common sense applications... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: June 7, 2022 - 5:26 am
- FM May 24, 2022: CHOICE AFTER ROETHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : – Kate Jessica Raphael talks about Choice After Roe. With guests Vylma V, activist, attorney, radio producer; Laura Weide Vyda, long-time pleasure and repro-justice activist, early and long-time member of Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) and Angela Hume, author... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: May 25, 2022 - 5:47 am
- FM May 11, 2022 : After Roe / Abortion ACCESS / “The Janes”THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen FIRST… ACCESS Reproductive Justice is California’s only statewide abortion fund, removing barriers that exist – even in a state with strong reproductive rights. We talk to Executive Director Jessica Pinkney about their work: an info and support Healthline and their Reproductive Justice in Action... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: May 12, 2022 - 7:32 pm
- FM April 27, 2022: Sima Samar on Afghan Women / author Reyna GrandeTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … Sehba Sarwar talks to Sima Samar, the former Minister for Women’s Affair of Afghanistan, about the current situation for Afghan women in education, health, and the global landscape. We hear how Samar’s family have been impacted by... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: April 27, 2022 - 4:24 pm
- FM April 20, 2022 :: Missy Fuego / You Are Here – Public ArtThis week on Feminist Magazine, with host Lynn Harris Ballen: FIRST … “Talking with Meliza Bañales is like riding some amazing, brightly colored rollercoaster through the church of creativity” says the SF Storymakers Show. And it’s true! Lynn talks to Author, Advocate and Adventurer Meliza Bañales aka Missy Fuego about... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: April 20, 2022 - 7:54 pm
- FM April 12, 2022 :: Reproductive Freedom Week / California Indigenous resistance & Climate ChangeThis week on Feminist Magazine, with host Lynn Harris Ballen: April is Black Maternal Health month & Earth month! FIRST … It’s Reproductive Freedom Week in California. This week of action gives people in all regions of the state the chance to learn about cutting edge policy issues in the reproductive movement, and... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: April 12, 2022 - 11:55 pm
- FM April 6, 2022: Feminist Frequency Culture Shift / Love Letters to WaterTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … Feminist Frequency fights abuse and challenges sexism in online Gaming. They began in 2009, when founder Anita Sarkeesian started making videos examining pop culture from a feminist perspective – analyzing how media – games, movies and tv shows – kept repeating... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: April 6, 2022 - 9:22 pm
- FM Mar 30, 2022 : Self Care for Activists / Three Afrofuturist authorsTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST – How do activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles take care of their mental health? People who work in the service of others are particularly at risk of burnout and compassion fatigue. In this special “Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: March 30, 2022 - 7:22 am
- FM Mar 23, 2022 : Women in Ukraine / HER Theater CompanyTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … we hear about the situation for women in Ukraine. Christina Aanestad talks to Oleksandra Matviichuk – a Kyiv-based human rights lawyer and civil society leader. And then Margo Okazawa-Rey talks to Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, a Stanford... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: March 29, 2022 - 5:33 pm
- FM Mar 16, 2022 : Women’s History Month / Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché / She’s Beautiful When She’s AngryTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : Two doc films for Women’s History Month! FIRST … As the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene was the first woman of color in the UK to front a successful rock band and was also a key inspiration for the... Read more »Source: Feminist Magazine | Published: March 16, 2022 - 4:28 am
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- Tragic and Cruel: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade today in a 5-4 decision. Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal and Feminist Majority Executive Director Katherine Spillar released the following statement: “Today’s Supreme Court tragic and cruel decision to overturn Roe v Wade is catastrophic and endangers the lives and futures of millions of... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: June 24, 2022 - 6:48 pm - Afghan Women Reject Taliban Decree That Women Must Wear Head-to-Toe Coverings
A new Taliban decree requires Afghan women to cover themselves from head to toe, and deputizes men to force women to follow the rule. In the eight months since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the group has reinstated its repressive rules in full force, specifically targeting women and girls.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: May 16, 2022 - 12:27 pm - Ketanji Brown Jackson: Making History
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the United States’ 116th Supreme Court Justice by a 53 to 47 vote in the U.S. Senate today. She will be seated as a Justice on the Court after Justice Stephen Breyer retires, which is expected this summer after the end of the... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: April 8, 2022 - 2:10 am - Taliban Reverses Pledge and Keeps Girls Schools Closed
Despite much anticipation, the Taliban regime announced today that girls’ schools from grades 7-12 would remain closed until they have a plan. The Taliban statement read that “we inform all girls’ high schools and those schools with female students above class six that they are off until the next order.”... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: March 23, 2022 - 11:59 pm - Equal Rights Amendment Going Strong At 50 Years
The Equal Rights Amendment, which was 50 years ago approved by the Senate and sent to the states for ratification, received strong support today from leading Constitutional scholars. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, released today opinion letters from Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School, Carl M.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: March 22, 2022 - 8:30 pm - Texas Supreme Court Ends Federal Court Challenge to State’s Abortion Ban
The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that abortion providers can’t sue state officials to block Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion at roughly six-weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. The unanimous decision closed the narrow pathway to challenge the law left open by the U.S. Supreme... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: March 12, 2022 - 9:00 pm - Taliban conducts ‘horrific’ door-to-door searches in Afghanistan
In late February, the Taliban launched a house-to-house search operation called “search and clear” supposedly to address the rising criminalities in Kabul. The search operation is throughout Kabul and also other areas of Afghanistan, especially Kapisa, Parwan, Bamiyan, and Panjshir provinces. Photos and videos on social media show Taliban’s security... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: March 9, 2022 - 3:26 pm - Even after the Oslo meeting, the Taliban continues to arrest and torture Afghan women protestors
On January 19th, a video circulating on social media showed Tamana Zaryab Paryani, an Afghan women’s rights activist and journalist, pleading for help moments before armed men claiming to be Taliban intelligence broke into her apartment and abducted her and three of her sisters. Paryani recorded the video on her... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: February 3, 2022 - 1:31 pm - “The Equal Rights Amendment Has Been Ratified. It Is the Law”: U.S. House Resolution Declares ERA 28th Amendment
by Carrie N. Baker for Ms. Magazine In an opinion issued on Wednesday, Jan. 26, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) helped clear the way for the Equal Rights Amendment, according to leading ERA advocates. In January of 2020, under Trump, the OLC issued an opinion arguing that Congress had... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: January 27, 2022 - 9:50 pm - ERA Coalition and Partners to Rally at White House, Host Virtual Press Conference Marking Date Equal Rights Amendment Must Be In Effect
Sen. Cardin, Chairwoman Maloney, Congresswoman Speier To Speak at Press Conference Washington, D.C. –– After nearly a century of work, Thursday, January 27 marks the end of the two-year waiting period for the Equal Rights Amendment to go into effect across the country after meeting all of the constitutional requirements. To... Read more »
Source: Feminist Majority Foundation | Published: January 27, 2022 - 1:00 pm
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- GGM WINS BLACK GIRLS FREEDOM FUND!We’re proud to be one of 68 grantee partners of the @BlackGirlFreedomFund (BGFF), an initiative of @GrantmakersForGirlsOfColor. Selected by their Grantmaking Council of Black girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth ages 14-22, these grants will support the leadership and organizing capacity of Black girls in 23 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: May 5, 2022 - 11:45 am
- GGM GREECE WINS GRACIE AWARD!We are so honored to announce that our Greek chapter’s documentary short film “Escape to Justice” is among the winners of 47th Annual Gracie Awards. Congratulations to the film’s team of producer/directors/editors: Eli Fazlohah Sude Faslohah Andriana Theochari Eleni Spyrou Sara Pata We want to congratulate all the inspirational women... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: May 5, 2022 - 11:34 am
- GGM GREECE HOSTS EVENING “OVER TO HER”Global Girl Media Greece hosts a very special evening in Athens, October 2, 2021. OVER TO HER is a podcast and video series produced by GGM Greece to promote the goals of the United Nation’s Gender Equality Forum. Six videos and an ongoing podcast celebrate the current #metoo movement, broken... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: October 2, 2021 - 11:14 am
- GlobalGirl from Greece gets credit in The GuardianWe are proud to announce Andriana Theocaris, one of our global girl reporters from Greece worked on a photo-journalism project this summer about the devastating wildfires on the Greek island of Evia, with award-winning photojournalist Gideon Mendel. Their work garnered a huge spread in the U.K. paper, The Guardian, and... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: September 25, 2021 - 4:42 pm
- 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
We have uploaded our 2020 annual report!... Read more »
Source: Global Media Girl | Published: June 15, 2021 - 6:16 am - BELONGINGDila and Isabella discuss what it’s like to grow up in an ethnically diverse country, the U.K., but still be facing systemic racism and prejudice from primary school to employment. Produced for the GGM UK Summer Digital Training Academy.... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: April 22, 2021 - 12:32 pm
- ACTIVITSA! BEV DITISIE FROM SOUTH AFRICAGrowing up in 80s Soweto, Ditsie was immersed in the struggle against apartheid. But she knew racial oppression was only part of the fight – and organised the first Pride march in Africa.... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: April 1, 2021 - 3:02 pm
- ZOOM UNIVERSITYGGM Los Angeles reporters investigate how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted their education, and how online classes, school administrators, students, and teachers are coping.... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: December 7, 2020 - 5:37 pm
- ACTIVISTA: HOLLY MITCHELLProfile of the incredible former CA State Senator Holly Mitchell, who recently won a seat on the L.A. County Supervisor in the November 2020 election. This is a big job: each Supervisor represents a little over 2 million people and controls the annual Los Angeles County budget. We talk about... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: December 7, 2020 - 5:32 pm
- ACTIVISTA: LENEE RICHARDSFor this second in the Activista Series, we talk with SUPER STAR campaign manager Lenee Richards– the woman in charge of Holly Mitchell’s campaign for LA County Supervisor. She tells us what motivates her work…and her view that being authentic & embracing who we are is the key to our... Read more »Source: Global Media Girl | Published: December 7, 2020 - 5:26 pm
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- How Do I Stay Motivated?
It's a bit like a job: sometimes you like it, sometimes you don't, but you go either way.... Read more »
Source: The Hairpin | Published: January 24, 2018 - 4:45 pm - Sex Tips From Queen Elizabeth I
This virgin knows what's up.... Read more »
Source: The Hairpin | Published: January 22, 2018 - 3:57 pm - Please Do Accept “Weird Pitches”
"Weird pitches" meaning blog posts that bring joy rather than pain.... Read more »
Source: The Hairpin | Published: January 17, 2018 - 4:01 pm - Bruce Springspoon
Two Spoon fans talk about Spoon for roughly one second.... Read more »
Source: The Hairpin | Published: January 11, 2018 - 5:30 pm - Would You Rather Be A Person Who Smells Peonies All The Time Or A Person Who Smells Gasoline All The Time?
A January question to inspire you.... Read more »
Source: The Hairpin | Published: January 10, 2018 - 9:13 pm
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- ‘Pure Cruelty’: Florida Is Stepping Up Its War on Trans People
Gov. Ron DeSantis is severely limiting access to transgender healthcare for kids and adults in his state.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: June 3, 2022 - 5:14 pm - VideoWhy Don't Men Ever Change Their Bed Sheets?
A new survey found that almost half of single men don't change their bedding for up to four months. We asked some serial offenders why.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: May 6, 2022 - 8:00 am - Why Is Reality TV Obsessed With Making Women Beg for Marriage?
“The Ultimatum” is one of a few recent shows where would-be brides demand proposals—even as American women are marrying later, or not at all.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: April 21, 2022 - 5:27 pm - Marsha Blackburn Is Pushing Anti-Trans Talking Points During KBJ’s Hearing
“Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” the senator asked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: March 23, 2022 - 2:06 pm - Chained Mother of 8 Exposes Horrors of Human Trafficking in China
The story of a woman kept in a shed like a neglected pet raises questions about girls who’ve disappeared into unknown fates.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: March 4, 2022 - 12:04 pm - The Genderless Clothing Brand Setting Itself Apart By Prioritizing Community
Unlike the major labels that were pushing boxy sweaters and basic jeans as “unisex,” No Sesso creates garments with upcycled fabrics and patchwork designs that everyone could look sexy in.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: December 22, 2021 - 3:33 pm - The Taliban Thinks Banning Forced Marriage Makes Men and Women Equal. It Doesn’t.
The group banned forced marriages – but didn’t mention education or work rights. Many remain unconvinced that they will follow through.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: December 6, 2021 - 6:31 am - TikToker Kills Herself on Livestream. Then Her Ashes Are Stolen for a ‘Ghost Marriage.’
The ashes are worth an estimated $11,000.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: November 24, 2021 - 8:12 am - Chinese Censorship in Overdrive After Tennis Star Accuses Ex-Top Leader of Sexual Assault
Former Wimbledon champion Peng Shuai has accused ex-Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: November 3, 2021 - 10:44 am - This Band Thought Their Biggest Hurdle Was the Patriarchy. It’s Actually the Internet.
This all-women Sufi band is trying to break into a traditionally male genre of music, but that's the least of their problems.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - GENDER | Published: October 25, 2021 - 6:54 am
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- Video● Why do children need ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’
Drag is adult entertainment, so why are parents, teachers, and librarians forcing it on kids? The post Why do children need ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 27, 2022 - 12:00 am - What’s Current: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
What's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 25, 2022 - 5:21 am - What’s Current: Female athletes & campaigners will rally to protect women’s sport June 23 in Washington
What's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Female athletes & campaigners will rally to protect women’s sport June 23 in Washington appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 23, 2022 - 4:40 am - What’s Current: Rugby league joins swimming in banning males from women’s competitionsWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Rugby league joins swimming in banning males from women’s competitions appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 22, 2022 - 3:54 am
- What’s Current: FINA votes to restrict trans-identified males from elite women’s swimming competitionsWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: FINA votes to restrict trans-identified males from elite women’s swimming competitions appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 21, 2022 - 2:18 am
- What’s Current: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health says hormone treatment for kids can start at 14
What's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health says hormone treatment for kids can start at 14 appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 17, 2022 - 5:35 am - What’s Current: Lesbians United fights back against gender ideology homophobia with ‘Save the Tomboys’ campaignWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Lesbians United fights back against gender ideology homophobia with ‘Save the Tomboys’ campaign appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 16, 2022 - 5:18 am
- What’s Current: Mother ordered to pay £300 to trans-identified male over ‘transphobic’ comments on Twitter
What's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Mother ordered to pay £300 to trans-identified male over ‘transphobic’ comments on Twitter appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 15, 2022 - 4:00 am - What’s Current: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 yearsWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 13, 2022 - 2:28 pm
- What’s Current: Campaigners in Ottawa protest the transfer of male offenders to women’s prisonsWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Campaigners in Ottawa protest the transfer of male offenders to women’s prisons appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »Source: Feminist Current | Published: June 11, 2022 - 3:24 am
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- The GOP Paved the Way for the Far-Right to Terrorize Pride This Year
Pride Month events around the country are stepping up security alongside a wave of attacks and violent threats from the far-right.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 22, 2022 - 3:33 pm - Texas GOP Calls Being Gay ‘Abnormal,’ Bans Gay Conservative Group From Convention
The Log Cabin Republicans were denied a table at the state party convention.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 21, 2022 - 3:39 pm - Arrested Patriot Front Brothers Have Ties to Apocalyptic Christian Nationalist Church
Two brothers and members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front are affiliated with On Fire Ministries, founded by ex-Washington state Rep. Matt Shea.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 21, 2022 - 1:04 pm - Anti-Drag GOP Candidate Forgot She Was Friends With a Drag Queen for Years
Kari Lake, the Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate in Arizona, says drag queens are a danger to kids. But a drag queen has come out saying Lake let him perform in front of her kid.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 20, 2022 - 2:46 pm - Japan Court Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, Says Union Should Be Between Men and Women
Less than a week after Tokyo expanded recognition of LGBTQ couples, a Japanese court ruled it was constitutional to ban same-sex marriage.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 20, 2022 - 11:46 am - A Year After a Gay Bar Was Protested for Racism, Activists Say It Hasn't Changed
Preston Mitchum, who organized protests after a student was reportedly assaulted by a bouncer at Nellie's, said the D.C. bar still needs to repair its relationship with Black LGBTQ people.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 17, 2022 - 9:20 pm - VideoTransmasculine Actors Are Still Waiting for Their “Tipping Point”
Actors like Chella Man and Marquise Vilson are calling on Hollywood to more fully represent a community that has historically been ignored.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 17, 2022 - 4:36 pm - Neo-Nazis Are Trying to Dox the Cops Who Arrested Patriot Front Members
After police arrested 31 members of Patriot Front in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, this weekend, the extreme-right sprang to their defense.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 13, 2022 - 7:52 pm - VideoPolice Arrested 31 White Supremacists Crammed Into a U-Haul With a Detailed Riot Plan
Members of the Patriot Front were allegedly planning to disrupt a pride parade in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.... Read more »
Source: VICE US - LGBTQ | Published: June 12, 2022 - 5:23 pm - Texas Investigated a Trans Boy’s Family After He Tried to Kill Himself
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