Feminism – Page 4

Everyday Sexism Project gets 50,000 entries.. Join in now!

reblogged from feimineach / with thanks!

The fourth wave of feminism seems to be A Thing now and it’s all about the technology.

http://everydaysexism.com/

The campaign for women’s liberation never went away, but this year a new swell built up and broke through. Since the early summer, I’ve been talking to feminist activists and writers for a short book, All The Rebel Women, and as I tried to keep up with the protests, marches and talks, my diary became a mess of clashing dates. Continue reading “Everyday Sexism Project gets 50,000 entries.. Join in now!”

Amina with Feminism Attack: Anarcha-Feminism in Tunisia

Anarcha-Feminism in Tunisia

Below I reproduce an unattributed translation from the French anarchist publication, Le Monde Libertaire, of an interview with the Tunisian anarchist feminist group, Feminism Attack! I follow that with an earlier report about the Tunisian feminist activist, Amina Sboui, leaving the Femen group and declaring herself an anarchist. Femen is a radical feminist group founded in Ukraine which has captured some media attention through its topless protests where Femen activists paint various political slogans across their chests.

Continue reading “Amina with Feminism Attack: Anarcha-Feminism in Tunisia”

The Art and Heart of Teaching Feminism and Queering

This is the second of Kurt Love`s sledeshares uploaded here.
Another eye opener on Patriarchy in the USA, with the same technique of teaching
by stimulating you to think and feel.

Feminist & Queer Pedagogies 2011 from Kurt Love

Feminism | Murky waters: Trying to explain feminism to others without losing your faith in humanity (thongexcavationpoetry.wordpress.com)
The Gladies Podcast Episode 4: Dirty Feminism (gladies.com.au)
7 Phrases Most Feminists Despise /and/ You’re pretty HAIRY for a feminist
Birth as feminist issue (birthbelongstomamas.com)
Phyllis Schlafly: Not all feminists are ugly (theblaze.com)
Abortion is a Not Evil and Anti’s Are Not Pro-Life (truthfultragedy.wordpress.com)
Minimum age of consent to rise from 13 years to 16 (elpais.com)
Jornades d’acció feminista autònoma /feminist action days

Escrache feminista: 1000′s se movilizó contra la prohibición del aborto
Elvira, the Street Brigade and the Sex-work Network
Blessed be our struggle… Feminism that Sins (thefreeonline.wordpress.com)
Spanish government prepares new abortion law (kansascity.com)
http://www.feminicidio.net/noticias-de-asesinatos-de-mujeres……
victory! Tunisia frees Femen activists: Now Free AMINA! (thefreeonline.wordpress.com)
Feminist Protests go Worldwide: Free Amina..Free all Women!
Attention Men: If You Attack a Woman
Houston, is my Vagina a Problem for you?
Womens ‘Red Brigades’ confronts India sex abuse

7 Phrases Most Feminists Despise /and/ You’re pretty HAIRY for a feminist

((this is 2 posts in one ..the HAIRY one is below) Images added later when re-blogging.

Seven Phrases most Feminists despise

by slcfeminist

1. You must be a lesbian.

I might be a lesbian. I might be pansexual, genderqueer, bisexual, asexual, heterosexual, etc. My sexuality doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with my political ideology. Unless I’m a political lesbian, but you wouldn’t understand. Continue reading “7 Phrases Most Feminists Despise /and/ You’re pretty HAIRY for a feminist”

Blessed be our struggle… Feminism that Sins

(Within the women’s movement there are a lot of feminisms..- more than ever we need a feminism that SINS (more transgressive)

PRESS NIPPLE HERE

■ blessed be the poor of the neighborhood for they are suffering precarious employment… Continue reading “Blessed be our struggle… Feminism that Sins”

Lesbians/singles excluded from Health Benefits, police attack demo

enjoyable sex, chosen motherhood, I CHOOSE, where, how and when!!

Last Monday a feminist picket was called at the Health Ministry in Madrid to protest exclusion of single women and lesbians from health benefits, the latest neo-fascist law, as well as new restrictions on abortion rights, ,exclusion of violence victims with less than 24 hrs in hospital from statistics, closure of hospirals, etc etc. Men were invited.

Well over 500 people showed up, to a festive atmosphere, but the pòlice aggressively identified people, harrassing old people and then attacked without warning, causing many injuries. The press were attacked first, so there are few images of the violence. Continue reading “Lesbians/singles excluded from Health Benefits, police attack demo”

Patriarchal power: from Witch Dunking to Family Courts

According to a report released by the United Nations World Heath Organization (WHO), 35 percent

of women around the world experience some form of physical or sexual violence, whether by an intimate partner or stranger, and the problem is so widespread that it is now considered a global public health problem.

While legislative actions are commendable, to date these measures have not led to a world free from violence—women continue to be subject to it, the media continues to report it, activists continue to fight against it and we end up in a perpetuating cycle of institutional inertia.

Perhaps we need to look more closely at the history and present day use of Patriarchal Power…..