October 2011
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Street Harassment is Everywhere; What do We Tell... →
Street harassment is NOT about sex. It’s about power. It’s subtle and pervasive social control. It says to girls and women, “you can never be sure you are safe out here and I can control where you go, when you walk, whether or not you smile, what you wear and how you feel.” It’s not flattering. It’s not fun. We aren’t “asking for it.” The...
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This short piece tells the story and evolution of the V-Day movement, from one event in 1998 to over 1,500 events annually in over 140 countries! We invite you all, regardless of how long you have been V-Day activists, to watch this new video. For more information visit vday.org
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Million-dollar bad decision? Boxing federation... →
Apparently a lot of boxing fans are having trouble telling men and women apart in the ring.
At least that’s what Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said when announcing that the organization is asking female boxers to wear skirts in the ring. “I’ve heard many times, people say, ‘We can’t tell the difference between the men and the women,’ especially on...
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WatchGoing to see Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler tomorrow at Ciné 13 Théâtre, in Paris. Very excited!
(Apparently, they’re only playing it tonight and tomorrow)
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“I wasn’t treated well in society as a butch woman. To then transition and...”
– Rocco, founder of the magazine Original Plumbing, interviewed by Valérie Mitteaux for her documentary Fille ou garçon, mon sexe n’est pas mon genre, 2011 (watch the trailer - English, French, Spanish with French subtitles)
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Reporter: So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Joss Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
Red Light Politics: In other news →
redlightpolitics:
Black Face Season is officially in full swing in The Netherlands. This is the time of the year when my mood alternates between a deep desire to cry out of frustration, resentful resignation and plain old rage because any attempt at explaining the many ways this is wrong are met with irate…
I knew nothing about this Dutch tradition. I’ve read a little about it via...
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Dimanche: Un docu passionnant qui navigue entre... →
Dimanche soir, à 22h50, Arte diffuse «Ni fille ni garçon, mon sexe n’est pas mon genre», un docu sur quatre trans FtM. TÊTUE a demandé à Valérie Mitteaux, l’auteure, et à Lynee, un des participants, de revenir sur ce projet commencé il y a plus de cinq ans.
[…] quand tu passes du féminin au masculin avec tous les entre-deux possibles, c’est comme une pochette surprise: tu...
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Facebook could face €100,000 fine for holding data... →
Facebook could face a fine of up to €100,000 (£87,000) after an Austrian law student discovered the social networking site held 1,200 pages of personal data about him, much of which he had deleted.
Max Schrems, 24, decided to ask Facebook for a copy of his data in June after attending a lecture by a Facebook executive while on an exchange programme at Santa Clara University in California.
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WatchFille ou garçon, mon sexe n’est pas mon genre (Girl or Boy, my sex is not my gender)
Documentary by Valérie Mitteaux (61 min, 2011) Coproduced by Ostinato Production, CHAZ Productions and ARTE France. Trailer in English, French and Spanish with French subtitles
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undilutedsoul replied to your photo: week eighteen. como miel pa ochun. by jcowsaymoo
where did you get this photo?
I was just looking for posts tagged with “ochun” and saw that beautiful pic! Just like that!
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“What I think men can learn from the feminist movement is consciousness. Like any...”
– Yashar Ali in Isn’t He Lovely: Male Body Image Standards Are “Virtually Non-Existent.” for Bitch Magazine
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Cyber anarchists blamed for unleashing a series of... →
petitefeministe:
The Sunday Telegraph:
Nobody knows better than MJ Stephens that rape is no laughing matter. So as the survivor of a sexual assault, she was horrified when she encountered the contents of a Facebook page full of jokes about rape and violence towards women.
But worse was to come when the young American woman tried to argue with the people who had attached their comments to the...
“The debate as to whether or not becoming a sex worker is an “empowered choice”...”
– The H-Word: Rachel Lloyd vs. The Fashion Police, Melissa Petro (via melissa)
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“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, promoting Blue Valentine, in reaction to the NC-17 rating of the film, quoted in Why We All Love The Feminist Ryan Gosling Blog
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In Strangers’ Glances at Family, Tensions Linger →
“How come she’s so white and you’re so dark?”
The question tore through Heather Greenwood as she was about to check out at a store here one afternoon this summer. Her brown hands were pushing the shopping cart that held her babbling toddler, Noelle, all platinum curls, fair skin and ice-blue eyes.
The woman behind Mrs. Greenwood, who was white, asked once she realized, by the way they were...
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DSK 'guilty' of sex assault – but escapes shame of... →
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droppingthefbomb:
Commentary not required.
All I’ll say is that I’m not surprised.
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