March 2010
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Womanish Words: Who Cares About International... →
genderacrossborders:bonesarecoralmade:
On March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD) will be marked around the world with large scale events to celebrate the advancement of women and to remind us of the continued vigilance and action required to ensure that real equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of our lives. I’m quite sure there will be no events, large or small, held in this place...
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International Women's Day: A Collective
Happy International Women’s Day! Some history of the day, which is more popular and more often recognized in other countries but has finally hit home in the US, can be found here.
Articles of Interest for IWD:
NYT: Three Proven Steps to Advance the World’s Women
HuffPo: 11 Women Who Are Changing the World
Gender Across Borders held a celebration via blogs! They asked all bloggers...
February 2010
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Watchgauntlet:
Kathleen Hanna came into a music scene in the 90s that was angry, violent, and full of men. She and her bandmates in Bikini Kill, along with the rest of the riot grrrl movement, pushed back against that culture and helped usher in a new “wave” of feminism.
After Bikini Kill, Hanna went on to make feminist dance music with Le Tigre and has kept pushing boundaries ever since....
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Hookup Culture, Marriages, and the Relationships... →
“With the options for young women seemingly either the decried “hook-up culture” or settling in for “college marriage,” I have to pause and ask: These are our options?”
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50 percent of women blame rape victims →
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“The Supreme Court has held that in rape cases the testimony of the victim cannot...”
– Rape Victim’s Testimony ‘Not Always True,’ a report on India’s new policy.
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The Ms. Myth: Boston Globe →
More and more women are opting to take their partners’ last name.
The Boston Globe thinks this is something public opinion should make sense on: “ A recent poll of US men and women by researchers from Indiana University and the University of Utah found that 71 percent of those surveyed agreed, either strongly or somewhat, that it was beneficial for a woman to take her husband’s name....
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GWU Faces Another Sexual Assault →
“On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, GWPD received a report of a forcible fondling that occurred in Gelman Library on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at approximately 11:30pm. The victim reported that she was assisting the suspect when he unexpectedly put his hands down her pants and up her shirt. The victim pulled away and fled the area and the suspect left the library.
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION:...
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“Hollibaugh also became involved in a number of political movements, and...”
– A Missing History: Former sex worker and AIDS activist Amber Hollibaugh shows a complex and contradictory picture of lesbianism: Arts: Feature (via tissie)
Announcing: Blog for International Women’s Day! →
(via genderacrossborders)
Songs For The Lonely On V-Day: The Five Stages of... →
The Daily Cardinal thinks being alone requires five stages to overcome on Valentine’s Day.
I think I’m glad I don’t read the Daily Cardinal.
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The Anti-War Superbowl Party →
Feminist Summer Camp: REGISTER NOW! →
Exhibition Review - 'Rubbers - The Life,... →
(via tissie)
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N.H. House Bill Treats Fetus as a Person →
The New Hampshire House is considering a bill which would allow prosecutors to charge people who kill a fetus with murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide.
Supporters say the bill is in response to a 2006 case where a speeding driver hit a cab driven by a pregnant woman. The passenger was killed, and the seven-month-old fetus was born not breathing. The fetus died after briefly being on life...
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HollaBack 2.0: From a Blog to a Revolution →
“Today, journalists, citizens, and public advocates have no access to reliable data on incidents of street harassment and assault. By providing a platform for citizens to “hollaback” against street harassers, Hollaback!’s bottom-up, crowd-sourced reporting strategy creates a pipeline of data that can be used by advocates, media, and policymakers. This information will be...
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Join Me On The Bridge: International Women's Day... →
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WatchCelebrate Valentine’s Day with THE LINE Campaign!
SexIs Magazine →
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Brightest Young Things: Jane Jetson, the New Gay... →
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Pushing Babies: The Assault on Childless Women →
Childless women of all ages are under assault in America. If you’re a teenager, you’re pushed toward motherhood by “moralizers” bent on denying you information about, and access to, birth control. If you’re a women 35 and older, you’ve been subject to a decade of news stories set to the ominous sound of a ticking clock and bent on creating fertility anxiety—if you wait, you’ll be too late. And...
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– Shakesville: Rape Culture 101
(via loudandsoft) : ratsandcandy666: penismonolog: sexismandthecit: that-neffster: desordremuetprecaire: rararara: carmyn
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“Of course, the political blogosphere is pugnacious. It’s ugly, and it’s...”
– Women, political blogging and the future of the left (via azspot) (via bmckinney) (via amberlrhea) (via gauntlet)
Call For Submissions: Queering Sexual Violence
mrsexsmith:
Queering Sexual Violence (working title)
An anthology of LGBTQ writers, survivors and activists confronting heterosexual privilege and the gender binary system while creating a dialog about the limitations of the anti-sexual violence movement in hopes of creating change.
Edited by Jennifer Patterson
Queering Sexual Violence seeks 20- 25 LGBTQ writers who are interested in...
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Report: Sexual Victimization in Youth Juvenile... →
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Longtime Reproductive Justice Advocate Dies at 102 →
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Victim-Blaming, Straight from University Police →
The Valdosta University Police Department have taken a step toward “helping” the women on their campus by providing them with tips on how to be the perfect victim.
The website, headed with “Sexual Assault Prevention,” tells women that the three things that end sexual assault are all- surprise- within their own control! (Body language, being ‘aware of your...
“Don’t insult us with the usual defense: this is not real girl power; this...”
– End the sexualization TODAY!
January 2010
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1/3 of Women in US Military Raped →
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Feminist Issues Addressed in the State of the... →
December 2009
60 posts
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A Feminist Resolution: To Respect/Be Respect →
(Please comment on this post at Where Is Your Line!)
My last days at school were nothing if not thoughtful. It had been a rough ‘n tumble semester, but I found time once again for my feminism. I began at the American Democracy Institute’s Pathways to Power Conference.
Women at the conference were frustrated with workplaces in which their work was seen as unimportant. Women wanted resources,...
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“I’ve been involved since I was 15, so we’re talking almost 30 years now.
My...”
– Cynthia Nixon (via ihatethismess) (via mry)
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Here’s Your Fucking Jetpack: The 00’s & the Sex... →
carmyn: ah, melissa gira. (i am an inspired and hopeful future web-queen, too)
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How to start your own consciousness-raising group →
sexismandthecity:
Reprinted from a leaflet distributed by The Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (1971)
“I find that men get away with saying a lot in this business and that women get...”
– Lady Gaga, LA Times (via allecto)
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Neither Whores Nor Submissives →
sawdustess:
Neither Whores Nor Submissives is a French feminist movement founded in 2002.
Ni Putes Ni Soumises — I like that. And yes I am a feminist in denial.
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