March 2011
138 posts
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Justice = Love: Middle East/North Africa human... →
caraobrien:
Libya: Immediately Release Woman Who Alleged Rape
The Libyan government should immediately release Eman al-‘Obeidy, the Libyan woman who accused government forces of raping her last week in Tripoli, and allow her family and international media to confirm independently that she is free and…
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What is feminism?
gtlwithoutt:
“[Feminists are] just women who don’t want to be treated like shit.” Su, an Australian woman interviewed for the 1996 anthology DIY Feminism.
I met a straight male feminist for the first time...
underthevioletmoon:
I was kind of surprised, but in a good way.
Why I Am a Black Male Feminist →
bethpratt:
After graduating from college, I needed a job. I learned about a new outreach program that was set to launch. It was called theMentors in Violence PreventionProject. As a student-athlete, I had done community outreach, and the MVP Project seemed like a good gig until I got a real job in my field: journalism.
Founded by Jackson Katz, the MVP Project was designed to use the status...
igotmyperiod:
Sexual capitalism, which has found a way to commoditize nearly every imaginable act of sexual subordination, has even found a way to repackage and recycle some of its victims. As a result, a small number of women who have had lifetimes of abuse and learned their sexuality in the sex industry serving men are now able, often with backing from male sex industrialists, to promote...
“I think I hesitated for about a day and then I was like, ‘Screw it.’ In all the...”
– d.j. gay, women’s studies major and senior point guard for the sdsu aztecs
i am officially a fan.
(via 63words)
Why I Am a Male Feminist →
salymander:
“The word turns off a lot of men (insert snarky comment about man-hating feminazis here) — and women. But here’s why black men should be embracing the “f” word.
When I was a little boy, my mother and father used to argue a lot. Some mornings, I would wake up to the alarming sound of my parents arguing loudly. The disagreement would continue until my father would yell with...
Triggers and Why We Are Here
FIFL apologizes to all those who were triggered by a recent post. This blog is intended to be a tool to heal you into a warrior and a tool to forge the inexperienced into your defenders. I responded briefly to reports of trigger risk, but in brevity, the message was lost. So out of respect and concern for anyone affected, I am expanding.
The post that caused painful flashbacks in some of our...
