This is a man’s world. And if you have any reservations about that statement, we’re about to hit you with some pretty depressing statistics. Buckle up… 36% of secondary school headteachers are women, despite the fact that 62% of the secondary school workforce is female A meagre 29% of the UK’s MPs are women Women hold just 11% of roles […]
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#research: ambivalent, hostile and benevolent sexism – @jessesingal/ @NYMag
Read more »(Lots of interesting research and theorising here about the gender order, ambivalent, hostile and benevolent* sexism, and misogyny. I suggest you read it all – it’s not long. *The most insidious of […]
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#womenslives: “This is where the phrase ‘having it all’ can be so damaging” – @naomi cooper
Read more »(I’m not even really sure what it means, truth be told.) ••• Women in 2016 are lucky. We are reaping the rewards of the work of the fearless generations before […]
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#feministslives: Why feminists hate debating anti-feminists – @caitoz/ @theinquisitr
Read more »(Yes, you’re the devil’s advocate, you’re “just sayin’”, you “just want to understand”, you “just think that…” etc. etc. and that’s you on a good day. But this is MY […]
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#womenslives: women are spat on, chased and hit by cars – catcalling is NOT a ‘compliment’
Read more »In June, Pagan-Lilley Motlagh-Phillips was run over.By two men on a moped. Why? She ignored their catcalling. The 19-year-old says she was mown down on a London pavement after ignoring the driver’s unwanted […]
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#guestpost: research: sexism as entertainment. More on TV’s MANswers.
Read more »This is a guestpost by Hennie and Elin Weiss on their follow-up research on the TV show MANanswers. Their first piece of research is guestposted here. ••• In a previous piece for […]
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#guestpost: the 2.2%: meet the women who drive London’s cabs
This is a man’s world. And if you have any reservations about that statement, we’re about to hit you with some pretty depressing statistics. Buckle […]
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#womenslives: BAN “FLIRTING” IN TAXIS? YES PLEASE. (BUT LET’S NOT PRETEND THIS IS ONLY FLIRTING.)
Update: this post has been through a couple of permutations now. First, I just told the story (prompted by the guardian piece below), then I added […]
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#guestpost: the 2.2%: meet the women who drive London’s cabs
This is a man’s world. And if you have any reservations about that statement, we’re about to hit you with some pretty depressing statistics. Buckle […]
#guestpost: We can’t seem to leave Jen out of #Brangelina divorce – @hollykwhitman
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently announced they are getting a divorce. And the media focused on … Jennifer Aniston. Not Pitt and Jolie, not […]
#guestpost: Why Gigi Hadid is my new #FemHero – @hollykwhitman
Want to know why Gigi Hadid is my new feminist hero? Because she showed a healthy respect for her own personal space and fought back […]
#guestpost: research: sexism as entertainment. More on TV’s MANswers.
This is a guestpost by Hennie and Elin Weiss on their follow-up research on the TV show MANanswers. Their first piece of research is guestposted here. ••• […]
#guestpost: Catching whores and sluts: sexism and fishing
This is a guestpost by Elin Weiss. Elin has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies. Her interests include feminism, gender stereotypes, the sexualization of women and […]
#guestpost: research: sexism as entertainment
This is a guestpost by Elin Weiss and Hennie Weiss on the television show MANswers, a satire aimed at predominately male audiences. *** Sexism as entertainment A couple […]
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#womenslives: millions of American women work while sick— incl. Hillary Clinton – @EverettMaroon/ @bitch media
Hillary Clinton has pneumonia. Apparently something has infected her lungs, and apparently it is not Donald Trump’s bloviating, not ash from the Pacific Northwest wildfires, […]
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#todayin: misogyny: “Nasty women” – @feministcurrent
Throughout these debates, Trump’s behaviour has reminded me much too eerily of my abusive ex’s. Not only in his physical efforts to intimidate Clinton, but […]
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#HERstory: How the bicycle paved the way for women’s rights
The craze was meaningful, especially, for women. Both Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are credited with declaring that “woman is riding to suffrage […]
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#feministslives: Why feminists hate debating anti-feminists – @caitoz/ @theinquisitr
(Yes, you’re the devil’s advocate, you’re “just sayin’”, you “just want to understand”, you “just think that…” etc. etc. and that’s you on a good […]
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#afeministtakeon: Why Iron Man 3‘s surface-level feminism is more dangerous than you think – @StegoSarahs
(Gotta tell ye: I didn’t pick up on that much of the old feminism myself in IM3. Perhaps because it really was that light-touch or, […]