Friday, December 14, 2018

10 Ways Feminism is About Much More than Equality

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I was recently asked how I defined feminism, and, like a robot, I regurgitated the tried and test "equal rights for men and women....
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Women, Peace and No Security: How Climate Change could be a Solution

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The UN's Security Council held open debates recently on the issue of Women, Peace and Security, inviting members and member states, ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Why Won't She Just Shut Up? Hearing and Seeing Women through the Eyes of the Patriarchy

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A few months ago, Kesha sang at the 2018 Grammys. Dressed in white and surrounded by women in a tribute to Time's Up on Sexual Assaul...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

The High Cost of Women's Anger in the Personal and the Professional

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Women learn from a young age that they will need to be shape-shifters. According to different expectations, norms and values they will hav...
Friday, July 27, 2018

There are No Women in Pakistan: Reporting on the Election

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Pakistan recently held an election. Out of a population of more than 207 million people, there are 106 million registered voters, and abou...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Mainstream Misogyny is a Death Sentence : What cultural anxiety and Alek Minassian have in common

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A few days ago the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a national study on  the 2016 presidential election. In it, ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Representation Matters - And there's Data to Prove it.

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It must have been groundbreaking when little girls in Saudi Arabia saw themselves represented for the first time in the realm of internat...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Little Girls Don't Stay Little Forever: The Complicity of USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University in the Sexual Abuse of More Than 160 Girls

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Over 150 women gymnasts and athletes say that Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them over a 20 year period. That is to say, they are wome...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

How to Deal with Aziz Ansari and all His Friends

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This is not really about Aziz Ansari - its about him and all his friends, even the nice ones. You can read the original account here . The...
Friday, January 12, 2018

A Takedown of Catherine Deneuve's Assault on #MeToo in Four Parts

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It's not every day that I feel moved to respond to the last cries of a dying generation of women who belong ardently to first and seco...