- US anti-abortion extremists are already waging war on IVF | Arwa MahdawiRepublicans have made it very clear that they aren’t going to stop at abortion: they’re coming for birth control and fertility treatmentsGoing through fertility treatment isn’t fun at the best of times: it’s expensive, invasive and emotionally exhausting. Ever since Roe v Wade was overturned earlier this year, however, getting... Read more »
- Why do I pick fights with my husband? Because I want a happy marriage | Emma BeddingtonThe right kind of argument can apparently bring couples closer together. Is bickering about the bread bin a good start?I want to get better at arguing. Not the bitter, exhausting kind that happens online, and not the kind that occurs when you put two French people in a room and... Read more »
- A shopping guide to the best … women’s cardigansA staple in the changing weather, the humble cardigan is perfect for late summer/early autumn. Here are the best to buy, rent or thrift*** Continue reading...... Read more »
- Thirty-year age gap left House of the Dragon star ‘scared’ ahead of sex scenesNineteen-year-old Emily Carey feared shooting with 49-year-old Paddy Considine in Game of Thrones prequel but said he was a ‘joy’House of the Dragon actor Emily Carey has admitted she felt “scared” to film sex scenes with her co-star Paddy Considine, who is 30 years older than her. Carey plays Alicent... Read more »
- A moment that changed me: ‘As I recovered from spinal surgery, the death of Princess Diana made me value life’At 19, I had an operation that left me in a back brace for a year. But as I lay confined to bed, I realised that I had much to be grateful forDuring a family holiday in 1996, my mum noticed something wasn’t quite right with my back. Sunbathing by... Read more »
Women | The Guardian
- A new generation of voters empowered by Roe: Politics Weekly America – podcastPoppy Noor has been looking into how the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade back in June might influence midterm elections this November.She tells Jonathan Freedland that after Kansas voters chose to keep abortion legal in their state in a surprise result last month, she spoke to... Read more »
- ‘Protesters just scream abuse’: the campaigners battling to make UK abortion clinics saferToo many women complain of being harassed on their way to abortion services. The group Back Off Scotland is fighting backUntil she was targeted, Lily Roberts thought protests outside abortion clinics only happened in the US.Roberts was in her first year at university in Glasgow when she needed an abortion.... Read more »
- ‘I wish this on no one’: navigating pregnancy in the year since Texas’s abortion banA Texas law in effect since last September provided a preview of life without Roe v Wade. Three women describe the struggle to secure abortion care in the stateOriginally published by The 19thTiff found out she was pregnant on New Year’s Day. Continue reading...... Read more »
- Dorothy Roberts on reproductive justice: ‘Abortion isn’t the only focus’The scholar discusses why the movement needs to bring reproductive justice out of the margins and into the centerFor many women of color, the right to control one’s reproductive destiny has always been about much more than the right to abortion.With the recent loss of the constitutional right to abortion... Read more »
- California budget to cover some out-of-state abortion travelUS state to spend up to $20m to bring women to its abortion clinics from parts of country where procedure is now outlawed California is preparing to spend up to $20m (£17m) to bring women from other states to its abortion clinics, a policy aimed at increasing access to a... Read more »
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- It is great that little girls now have role models so they, too, can grow up to be crazed world leadersBritain has its third female prime minister and Italy is likely to get its first. That’s progress, right? Well, only if you can ignore their policies What a fine few weeks for feminism it has been! First Liz Truss became Britain’s third female prime minister and now Giorgia Meloni is... Read more »
- Barbara Ehrenreich obituaryAmerican journalist and author of the bestselling Nickel and Dimed, her 2001 memoir of living undercover on the breadlineWhile having lunch one day in the 1990s with Lewis Lapham, the editor of Harper’s magazine, and discussing whether it was possible to live on the lowest wages, Barbara Ehrenreich, who has... Read more »
- Astronomer Virginia Trimble: ‘There were 14 women on the Caltech campus when I arrived in 1964’As her book of essays by female astronomers is published, the veteran scientist reflects on her career as an astronomy prodigy, the face of the Twilight Zone and Richard Feynman’s life modelVirginia Trimble, 78, is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, whose astronomy career... Read more »
- Terri Lyne Carrington on her mission to correct jazz history: ‘Women don’t get called geniuses enough’The best-known book of jazz standards contains 399 pieces written by men and just one by a woman. With the all-female New Standards, the pioneering drummer-bandleader is undoing the idea of jazz as a boys’ clubImagine for a moment that you are a jazz musician looking for a standard to... Read more »
- A faith in fabric: can Farwa Moledina’s art change perceptions of Muslim women?Drawing on Islamic design, the Birmingham-based artist offers detailed, colourful depictions of female strength, bravery and independenceSince moving to the UK from Dubai in 2010, Birmingham-based artist Farwa Moledina has set about reclaiming the narrative around Muslim women. “I think there’s an erasure of Muslim women in contemporary art. There’s... Read more »
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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 » - 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 » - 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 » - 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 » - 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 »
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- ● That big report on incels that came out last week doesn’t live up to the hype
It’s not that complicated. If you want to learn what’s going on in the heads of the regular contributors to the incels.is forum, one of the best (and quickest) ways is to simply read an assortment of comments posted there (or perhaps several of my posts on the subject, all... Read more » - The “Airport Books” that destroyed the world. Tell me some big popular books that you actually hate
So I’m working on a bigger piece on a recent report about incels, but in the meantime I found myself a little distracted by a thread on Twitter about harmful “Airport Books” — that is, those non-fiction books usually with one big and possibly very bad idea that are waiting... Read more » - “Men in history did things for ungrateful women,” and other things I learned on Reddit today
I learn so many things by reading Reddit on the regular. Here are a few historical insights I picked up on the Antifeminist subreddit today. We invented the chainsaw for you to have babies with Men in history still did things for ungrateful women. The man who invented the prototype... Read more » - Transphobia as Entertainment: Megyn Kelly takes on a trans teacher with huge prosthetic boobs
The trans panic has reached an alarming stage: transphobes, most notably Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, have escalated their rhetoric and become more obvious about their stochastic terrorism, with Tucker Carlson broadcasting the names and faces of board members of Vanderbilt Hospital, which offers gender affirming care to children. Bill O’Reilly... Read more » - VideoScott Adams implies Dilbert was “cancelled” in 77 papers for taking on “woke” corporations. But the papers also dumped Blondie, Mr. Boffo, The Family Circus, and Ziggy
Yesterday, Scott Adams the Dilbert Guy brought us some truly tragic news: The tragedy? That the strip hasn’t been shitcanned by all the other papers that still run it. In another tweet, Adams strongly hinted that his alleged “cancellation” was a response to recent comics he did taking aim at... Read more »
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- My speech at the Labour Women’s Declaration Fringe Meeting at the Labour Party Conference 2022
What do women need from the Labour Manifesto? The last Labour manifesto fell well short of pledging to develop an ambitious strategy to end sexual and domestic violence and abuse, and prostitution. However, it did say that a Labour government would, “Ensure that the single-sex-based ‘exemptions’ contained in the Equality... Read more » - 202280 UK women killed by men or where a man is the principal suspect Waiting for further information regarding charging or other circumstances in relation to the deaths of Zoe Nicklin, Charlotte Hibbert, Naomi Hunte, Susan Ioannou, Shannon Beirne, Danielle Ejogbamu, Monika Eisen, Saffia Jameelia Davy, Woman, Scarborough, Sarah Ashcroft,... Read more »
- 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 » - 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 » - 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 »
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Feminism - “the personal is political”
- A Year After the Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico: What Latin America Can Teach the Rest of the WorldThis month, we mark the one-year anniversary of two significant moments in reproductive rights history: the landmark decision in Mexico to decriminalize abortion, and the near-total abortion ban in Texas. With reproductive rights moving in such different directions, what can the U.S. learn from the progress feminists are seeing in... Read more »
- It’s Abortion, Stupid: How Dobbs May Have Cost Republicans the MidtermsWill historical trends in midterm elections be uprooted? Will the party in the White House not face devastating losses in Congress? Is it possible that Republican promises to pass legislation that would ban abortion in every U.S. state could, in fact, help Democrats hold on to their majorities in both... Read more »
- ‘The Second Half’: Ellen Warner’s Portraits of Life Over 50Over the course of 15 years, Ellen Warner—American photojournalist, portrait photographer and author—interviewed and photographed women from different cultures about life after age 50. These women ranged from an author and translator in Connecticut, to a sacred healer in Indonesia, a doctor in Saudi Arabia, a retired cook in Antigua,... Read more »
- In Swing State of Arizona, a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 Takes EffectOn Saturday in Arizona, a 15-week abortion ban—signed into law on July 6 by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey—was set to take effect. But before it could, a late Friday ruling from Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson green-lighted an anti-abortion law from 1864 that supersedes all other bans, outlawing... Read more »
- Civil Rights Lawyer Julie Rikelman Is the Jurist Our Courts DeserveLast week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on six more of President Biden’s nominees to U.S. federal courts. Included among the impressive slate of nominees was civil rights lawyer Julie Rikelman, who is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. "I wanted to be an attorney because... Read more »
Ms. Magazine
- A Year After the Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico: What Latin America Can Teach the Rest of the WorldThis month, we mark the one-year anniversary of two significant moments in reproductive rights history: the landmark decision in Mexico to decriminalize abortion, and the near-total abortion ban in Texas. With reproductive rights moving in such different directions, what can the U.S. learn from the progress feminists are seeing in... Read more »
- It’s Abortion, Stupid: How Dobbs May Have Cost Republicans the MidtermsWill historical trends in midterm elections be uprooted? Will the party in the White House not face devastating losses in Congress? Is it possible that Republican promises to pass legislation that would ban abortion in every U.S. state could, in fact, help Democrats hold on to their majorities in both... Read more »
- ‘The Second Half’: Ellen Warner’s Portraits of Life Over 50Over the course of 15 years, Ellen Warner—American photojournalist, portrait photographer and author—interviewed and photographed women from different cultures about life after age 50. These women ranged from an author and translator in Connecticut, to a sacred healer in Indonesia, a doctor in Saudi Arabia, a retired cook in Antigua,... Read more »
- In Swing State of Arizona, a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 Takes EffectOn Saturday in Arizona, a 15-week abortion ban—signed into law on July 6 by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey—was set to take effect. But before it could, a late Friday ruling from Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson green-lighted an anti-abortion law from 1864 that supersedes all other bans, outlawing... Read more »
- Civil Rights Lawyer Julie Rikelman Is the Jurist Our Courts DeserveLast week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on six more of President Biden’s nominees to U.S. federal courts. Included among the impressive slate of nominees was civil rights lawyer Julie Rikelman, who is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. "I wanted to be an attorney because... Read more »
Ms. Magazine
- FM Sept 28 2022: ReproJustice & WhiteSupremacy / RevolutionaryMothering / Pumpkin Spice everythingTHIS WEEK – on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … We know that achieving reproductive justice is more than just about securing the right to an abortion – it’s not a single-issue struggle. Anti-abortion legislation is not pro-life, but it’s definitely pro-white supremacy. We talk to Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, interim vice... Read more »
- FM 9-21-22: Traditional African American Plant Healing / Salima AllenTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … How do you use art as part of your social justice work? Salima Allen is a Queer, Black Latina, multimedia artist and she’s doing just that … with still lives and portraits and as the co-owner of... Read more »
- FM Sept 14, 2022 : Heatwaves & Energy Poverty / Holding Change – adrienne maree brownTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … When temperatures rise to the point where they become dangerous, what happens to people who can’t escape the heat? As temperatures continue to soar and extreme heatwaves become the norm, a lack of resources to stay cool — so, having access to... Read more »
- FM Sept 7: To Aid&Abet: Writers for Abortion /Seeking Shelter: LGBTQ Elder HousingTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … We hear about TO AID & ABET: A Reading and Fundraiser for Abortion Access – an afternoon of poetry and storytelling dedicated to uplifting community voices protesting the recent overturn of Roe V. Wade. Hosted by Shout Your Abortion at Beyond... Read more »
- FM July 20, 2022: “Crip Kinship” / Expansion of Gender IdentityTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … What transformational lessons can we be we learning from the Disability Justice movement? Today we talk to Shayda Kafai author of Crip Kinship – a radical new book that explores the art and activism of Sins Invalid, a queer disability... Read more »
Feminist Magazine
- Biden Moves to Reduce Student DebtStudent loan debt disproportionately affect students of color and women. On August 24th, President Biden announced new student loan debt relief. The relief is up to $10,000 for individuals earning less than $125,000 per year and for households earning less than $250,000 a year. Those that received Pell grants for... Read more »
- Year In Review: The Taliban in PowerHuman rights were curtailed, women were relegated to their homes and a worsening economic crisis The Taliban has been in power in Afghanistan for one year, and during this year, the Afghan people, especially Afghan women, have experienced a systemic reduction of their human rights and freedoms. The Taliban regime... Read more »
- United Nations Assistance Mission in AfghanistanHuman Rights in Afghanistan: 15 August 2021 to 15 June 2022 Following the withdrawal of foreign troops and the establishment of the Taliban as the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, there has been a sharp reduction in civilian casualties. Without ongoing hostilities between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces... Read more »
- Kansans Kill Restrictive Abortion InitiativeOn August 2, Kansas voters whether to amend the state constitution to say it does not include a right to abortion. Nearly 60 percent voted against the measure, affirming that a majority of Kansans support abortion access. The measure was part of a primary ballot, which are closed in Kansas.... Read more »
- President Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Traveling for Abortion CareWith continuous restrictions and bans on abortion across the country, the need to travel for abortion care has risen astronomically. Additionally, certain states have tried to further restrict access to reproductive healthcare by hindering cross-state traveling for abortions in any way they can. To combat these restrictions, President Biden has... Read more »
Feminist Majority Foundation
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
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- University Staff Warned They Could Be Fired for Providing Birth Control
A memo also warned faculty they must “remain neutral” in speaking about abortion at all.... Read more » - 21 Women Accuse Chinese Film Veteran of Sexual Abuse in One of China’s Largest #MeToo Cases
“It was implied that unless you submitted to him, you would not be able to pass the exam,” an alleged victim says.... Read more » - The Story Behind That Pole Dancer Gender Reveal Party
It's less wild than you might assume.... Read more » - Dudes Are ‘Waking Up’ and Scrambling for Vasectomies Post-Roe
An Iowa doctor who normally does 40-50 vasectomies a month is on track to do 100 in July.... Read more » - Doctor Who Performed Abortion on 10-Year-Old Is Planning to Sue Indiana’s AG
Todd Rokita claimed Dr. Caitlin Bernard was an “abortion activist acting as a doctor” and had a “history of failing to report” child sex abuse. ... Read more »
VICE US - GENDER
- The Business of Birth ControlIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Abby Epstein and Holly Grigg-Spall about the profit motive compromising the pill and women's health, and why women need to think more critically about hormonal birth control. The post The Business of Birth Control appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- VideoWhat’s Current: Iranian women burn head coverings in protest of death of woman arrested due to hijab laws
What's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Iranian women burn head coverings in protest of death of woman arrested due to hijab laws appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more » - VideoWhat’s Current: Gays Against Groomers banned by PayPal and VenmoWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news round up. The post What’s Current: Gays Against Groomers banned by PayPal and Venmo appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Why are Canadian schools allowing men to advertise their fetishes in the classroom?
An Ontario teacher has been wearing a wig and large, prosthetic breasts in the classroom, and the school board is defending him. How did we get here? The post Why are Canadian schools allowing men to advertise their fetishes in the classroom? appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more » - What’s Current: Trans activists assault 74-year-old gay rights pioneer at Vermont pride eventWhat's Current is Feminist Current's daily news roundup. The post What’s Current: Trans activists assault 74-year-old gay rights pioneer at Vermont pride event appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
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- Libraries Across the US Are Receiving Violent Threats
Librarians and patrons believe the threats were part of a coordinated effort to limit information access, and come amids a recent wave of book bans.... Read more » - New Report Links Rise in Book Bans to Anti-LGBTQ Groups
PEN America has found that relatively obscure conservative groups are driving efforts to ban books from school and libraries.... Read more » - Woman Charged With Threatening Boston Children's Hospital Was a Huge Trump Fan
“There is a bomb on the way to the hospital. You better evacuate everybody, you sickos.” ... Read more » - Inside Keffals’ Battle to Bring Down Kiwi Farms
“I don’t want to hide anymore,” Keffals, the trans Twitch streamer working to take down a far-right hate forum, told VICE News.... Read more » - Teens Are Fighting Back Against LGBTQ Book Bans
As right-wing groups push to remove books from schools and libraries, students across the country are getting organized.... Read more »
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