Signal boost: Cherchez la Femme comes to Sydney!
Cherchez la Femme – ‘Feminism in the pub’ - Sunday 21st April 2013 Cherchez la Femme comes to Sydney for the first time! Since 2010 Melbourne audiences have flocked to see smart, funny feminists engaging on topics like sex, sport, sluts, comedy, film, fashion, public space and fat. It’s like feminist Q&A…with drinks. CLF features [...]
Quickhit: World Breastfeeding Week and the Astroturfed “Mommy Wars”
[…] I’ve really had it with sensationalist attempts to fuel the mommy wars. All mothers are criticized for how they feed their babies no matter what choices they make.
Friday Hoyden: Kathrine Switzer
In 1967 an angry race official tried to stop Kathrine Switzer from running the Boston Marathon. He failed, she changed her society.
Giveaway: Why Study Women’s History?
“Working with college students, I often recall myself as a sophomore at Barnard College in 1966. I wanted nothing to do with women’s movements or women’s history. When my advisor, Annette Baxter, suggested that I enroll in her course on U.S. women’s history, I had the nerve to reply that I would rather study “real” history.”
In 1-3 paragraphs, how would you have responded to the young Ms Freedman, and to women like her?
Quick Hit: Read This
Excellent takedown of The Punch’s anti-feminist article by tallulahspankhead at The Lady Garden.
Thursday Internet Tradition: Downfall mashups
Hoydens are aware of all Internet traditions! But we share our hard-won cultural knowledge! This week, we introduce you to the tradition of Downfall mash-ups.
Thursday Internet Tradition: Not Quite Feminist Phil
Hoydens are aware of all Internet traditions! But we share our hard-won cultural knowledge! This week, we introduce you to the tradition of Not Quite Feminist Phil!
Whoydensday quick link: new feminist Doctor Who blog!
For Doctor Who fans, a new blog has launched, Doctor Her. Doctor Her is the brainchild of Courtney Stoker, who has also written about Doctor Who for Geek Feminism.
Quick Hit: OMG I don’t even…
@GuardianJessica Jessica Reed
This is totally unacceptable. RT @NaomiMc: Feminism has gone too far again.
So who would fit?
Who is Generation X’s leading feminist?
A Minister for Men?
Yes, we’ve heard it before. Why is there a Minister for Women and not a Minister for Men? Why is there an International Women’s Day but not an International Men’s Day? Why do we need the Orange Prize and the Stella Prize? And so on. I have just commented on the need for a Minister [...]
Femmostroppo Reader – October 23, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
Intersectionality and Privilege: Addressing the Squishy Bits
Not all questions have clear answers. Sometimes, there is no “right” answer. Sometimes, every “right” answer carries a little bit of wrong in it too. This is especially true when we take a feminist approach informed by intersectionality; a feminism informed by the knowledge that privilege operates in a multitude of ways, that different types [...]
Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog
called Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog. Revived after a long period of neglect. It’s a links round-up blog of existing articles/posts/essays on the simpler side of feminist theories, and is meant to be a general resource for the fem-blog community, with occasional announcements/activism alerts as well. Yes, I am looking for co-bloggers there if anyone [...]
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