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25 Reasons I Need Feminism - Gurl.com

25 Reasons I Need Feminism - Gurl.com | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
What is feminism and who needs it? 16 Duke University college students take back the term and start a PR campaign to raise awareness about what feminism actually is.
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How my mother's fanatical feminist views tore us apart, by the daughter of The Color Purple author

How my mother's fanatical feminist views tore us apart, by the daughter of The Color Purple author | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
As a revered feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women through her iconic book The Color Purple. But one woman didn't buy in to Alice's beliefs - her daughter. (RT @StevieJWest: This moved me to tears.
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Documentary on gender violence screened - Indian Express

Documentary on gender violence screened - Indian Express | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Documentary on gender violence screened Indian Express A documentary film 'Not Every Time', was shown to around 400 students of Khalsa Girls' Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, on Saturday.
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New book shows how 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' gently pushed feminist issues - New York Daily News

New book shows how 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' gently pushed feminist issues - New York Daily News | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
New York Daily News New book shows how 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' gently pushed feminist issues New York Daily News “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” is such a revered TV comedy that sometimes people forget it dropped the F-bomb.
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Gender pay gap starts right away for college grads - Chicago Daily Herald

Gender pay gap starts right away for college grads - Chicago Daily Herald | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Gender pay gap starts right away for college grads Chicago Daily Herald Sarah Ridder and Liz Tsybulski are about to wrap up their studies at National Louis University and graduate with degrees in human services — credentials directing them to a...
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Transphobia Has No Place in Feminism - Truthout - Truth-Out

Transphobia Has No Place in Feminism - Truthout - Truth-Out | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Transphobia Has No Place in Feminism - Truthout Truth-Out Progressives often bemoan the bigotry underlying the policies and political positions of those on the right, but the sad truth is that bigotry exists even in progressive and feminist spaces.
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Puntland Police Receive Gender Violence Training - AllAfrica.com

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Puntland Police Receive Gender Violence Training AllAfrica.com Garowe — A training initiative on gender-based violence (GBV) began on Sunday for Puntland police in the administrative capital Garowe, Garowe Online reports.
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Fifty Shades of Feminism | Pop Life - The Irish Times

Fifty Shades of Feminism | Pop Life - The Irish Times | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
If you haven't read Fifty Shade of Feminism yet, pick it up. It's a brilliant collection of women's stories and thoughts on feminism today. Some are funny, some are depressing, some are profoundly inspiring and empowering.
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Parents Sue Doctors For Performing Early Gender Surgery On Intersex Son - Queerty

Parents Sue Doctors For Performing Early Gender Surgery On Intersex Son - Queerty | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
LGBTQ Nation Parents Sue Doctors For Performing Early Gender Surgery On Intersex Son Queerty The lawsuit maintains that the decision was premature, since it wasn't clear which gender identity the child (identified only by initials) would embrace.
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Gender and Liberal feminism. ~ Through A Blog Darkly

Gender and Liberal feminism. ~ Through A Blog Darkly | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
I recently became aware of two distinct branches in feminism called gender feminism and liberal (or equality) feminism. I find the distinction useful because gender feminism contains the bulk of the feminist dogma that I find ...
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9+ Silly Gender Comics I drew in 5 Minutes or Less

9+ Silly Gender Comics I drew in 5 Minutes or Less | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
A bunch of comics I made for my book that should give you a gender-equity giggle.
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Business summit underscores EU's broader gender deficit - EurActiv

Business summit underscores EU's broader gender deficit - EurActiv | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
EurActiv Business summit underscores EU's broader gender deficit EurActiv Yet the business group has a record of opposing European Commission efforts to make boardrooms more gender balanced, including a move to require corporate boards to achieve a...
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Don't Gender Me, Bro: Writing Under a Gender-Neutral Byline | xoJane

Don't Gender Me, Bro: Writing Under a Gender-Neutral Byline | xoJane | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Writing under my initials for a very long time has allowed me to observe the way people relate to a writer on the basis of perceived gender, because people seem to have an urgent, desperate need to slot each other into ...
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Feminists We Love: Assata Shakur (Love Note) | The Feminist Wire

Feminists We Love: Assata Shakur (Love Note) | The Feminist Wire | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Over the past three and a half months, The Feminist Wire has been publishing “Feminists We Love” each week in order to acknowledge and honor the feminists and womanists whose works amplify myriad aspects of our ...
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I support ENDA. No worker should face bias because of sexual orientation or gender identity.

I support ENDA. No worker should face bias because of sexual orientation or gender identity. | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Be a citizen cosponsor of ENDA. (I support #ENDAnow.
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[#wiscfi liveblog] The History of Atheism, Feminism, and the Science ...

[#wiscfi liveblog] The History of Atheism, Feminism, and the Science ... | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Miri is a progressive feminist atheist currently attending a Large Midwestern University and studying psychology. After that, she hopes to get a degree in social work and pursue a career that combines activism with counseling.
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Feminism and living breathing Marxism - Socialist Resistance

Feminism and living breathing Marxism - Socialist Resistance | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Terry Conway explains how the ideas of American socialist Sharon Smith have developed in feminism. Sharon Smith's article “Domestic Labour and Women's oppression” in International Socialist Review 88 is a breath of ...
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A push for more gender-friendly laws... - New Vision

A push for more gender-friendly laws... - New Vision | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
New Vision A push for more gender-friendly laws...
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Some People Trust Researchers More Based On Gender And Race - Science 2.0 - Science 2.0

Some People Trust Researchers More Based On Gender And Race - Science 2.0 - Science 2.0 | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Some People Trust Researchers More Based On Gender And Race - Science 2.0 Science 2.0 "Social theories about relationships between medical providers or researchers and patients suggest that patients may have more trust in providers who are similar...
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Thinking gender and speaking international law - OUPblog (blog)

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OUPblog (blog) Thinking gender and speaking international law OUPblog (blog) Gender studies begin by asking how you understand gender, the boundary, the space, the difference, the divergence and the sameness between m and f.
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Call for youth empowerment to combat gender-based violence - The News International

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Call for youth empowerment to combat gender-based violence The News International He said that society must not only focus on females but also cater to the male population and sensitise them on gender-based violence, which, he said, was also...
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Feminism Isn't One-Size-Fits-All - Danielle K. Nelson

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“I'm proud to be a feminist, but I'm not proud of the unspoken privilege that comes with being a white feminist. Fighting privilege with privilege? It's so contradictory, yet I cannot ignore both these parts of my identity.
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Young Jean Lee's Untitled Feminism – The Seattle Star

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One of the most influential essays in film criticism is Laura Mulvey's “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Possibly the most famous feminist in avant-garde film history, Ms. Mulvey's screed decries the perpetuation of ...
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Berlin Barbie bummer; feminists protest Dreamhouse opening - CNN International

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The Guardian Berlin Barbie bummer; feminists protest Dreamhouse opening CNN International (CNN) -- Guess it's a cultural thing.
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In Your Face Jam: The X-Men Made Me A Feminist - Comic Book Resources

In Your Face Jam: The X-Men Made Me A Feminist - Comic Book Resources | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
In Your Face Jam: The X-Men Made Me A Feminist Comic Book Resources Looking back on the state of the X-Men of 20 years ago, I realized that the X-Men played a key role in making me a feminist.
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Feminists stage protest against sexism at life-size Barbie ...

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Feminist activists were among several dozen people who demonstrated against the opening on Thursday of Europe's first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse, slamming it as a sexist cliche. Just a few steps from Alexanderplatz, the ...
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