Tag: Housekeeping

Originally posted on glosswatch:
<deep breath> Hi! Most of you know me as a woman but today I’m coming out – as a human being. I know this might be confusing to some folks but I’ve felt this way for a long time. It’s something I’ve found myself suppressing due to fear of violence, isolation, being…

Originally posted on glosswatch:
In 1980’s The Sceptical Feminist Janet Radcliffe Richards makes the simple but important point that “it is quite misleading to think of masculinity and femininity as similar sorts of things; equal degrees of adaptation to different situations”: In fact masculinity has traditionally been no different from general success in whatever is…

Originally posted on Anti-Porn Feminists:
As Anne Thériault suggests in Vice, Ghomeshi will most likely recover from this scandal. “Men in his position very rarely suffer any real and lasting consequences for these types of allegations — look at Roman Polanski, or Woody Allen, or Chris Brown,” she writes. “Even when there is plenty of…

Originally posted on Anti-Porn Feminists:
On April 6, 2016, France adopted a new law in the country’s fight against prostitution, inspired by the so-called “Nordic Model” — a model which seems to be frequently condemned, little understood and often mocked. We would, therefore, like to help clarify the ins and outs of this new law…

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“Violence against women is not about the behavior of the women.”–Gillian Hnatiw, lawyer for Lucy DeCoutere By his own admission Jian Ghomeshi likes rough sex. The legal question is whether the three women who met Ghomeshi in 2002 and 2003 like it too. Jian Ghomeshi was charged with four counts of sexual assault and […] via […]

Originally posted on Our Rape Blog:
There’s a question people keep asking about the Ghomeshi trial, and I was up most of last night trying to think of how to answer it. I finally shut my brain off by picturing, in as much detail as possible, a solid wall of packed dirt in the dark…

Originally posted on Purple Sage:
From the Independent, former porn actress Bree Olson has a message for young women, which is “Don’t do porn.” She entered the porn industry voluntarily, but no longer wants to be a part of it. She no longer wants her pictures on the Internet and doesn’t want to be treated…

Originally posted on Anti-Porn Feminists:
Patriarchy is a caste system which takes humans who are born biologically male or female and turns them into the social classes called men and women. Male people are made into men by socialization into masculinity, which is defined by a psychology based on emotional numbness and a dichotomy of…

Originally posted on ValerieTarico.com:
Amy Hagstrom Miller has defended her group of Texas clinics, Whole Woman’s Health, all the way to the Supreme Court despite tremendous personal cost. Here’s why. Amy Hagstrom Miller will face the Supreme Court tomorrow in defense of her group of abortion clinics, Whole Woman’s Health. Hagstrom Miller is a…

Originally posted on Dr. Jen Gunter:
Ashley Graham, a gorgeous woman and plus-sized model, is on one of the three Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition covers. Sports Illustrated ? This is what Cheryl Tiegs, a former swimsuit model herself, had to say: “I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women, because it’s glamorizing them, because…

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Source: Some Great Feminist Links!Filed under: Housekeeping

Originally posted on Dating Tips for the Feminist Man:
The opposite of masculine rape culture is masculine nurturance culture: men* increasing their capacity to nurture, and becoming whole. The Ghomeshi trial is back in the news, and it brings violent sexual assault back into people’s minds and daily conversations. Of course violence is wrong, even when the court system…

Originally posted on Dr. Jen Gunter:
The story is a sad one, a set of twins where one is not expected to survive due to complex anomalies. As the mother of a set of triplets where one did not survive I understand this kind of pain. A couple in such a situation spoke with their…

Originally posted on The Melodramatic Confessions of Carla Louise:
As many of you know, I’ve not been on the internet (that is, WordPress) for very long. In fact, I’ve just gone past three months, yet I’ve encountered SO many trolls. One, in particular, was rather aggressive and persistent. I originally saw this video on the…

Source: QotD: “The legacy of identity politics has produced a problematic language idealism where we focus more on correct words and phrases rather than the material basis of oppression”Filed under: Housekeeping

Originally posted on Everysaturdaymorning's Blog:
When my husband and I had children we always agreed to be open and honest with our kids. When we ended up having two daughters, my husband informed me that “those talks” were all mine. I’ve always been pretty open about women’s rights and at an early age they…