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Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord

Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Inclusive Populism, Domestic Violence Awareness, & Hyde Turns 35

To quote Rinku Sen’s headline on Colorlines today, there is “people power exploding around us.” It’s a good time to be a feminist, for the tools we use to understand power relations and structures in the world are coming in very handy as we predict and influence the direction of the #Occupy Wall Street movement. Indeed, everything–racial justice, gender and sexual justice–is related to our … Continue reading Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Inclusive Populism, Domestic Violence Awareness, & Hyde Turns 35

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Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: SlutWalk NYC, Wall Street, & Immigration

SlutWalk on this Saturday, October 1st in NYC. Be there!!! (Unless like me, you have to get a root canal.) There are so many reasons to go. What will happen if the media continues to ignore the Wall Street occupation? In fact, the answer  to that question is already playing out, as numerous videos capture violent treatment and arrests of protesters. Check out Occupy Wall … Continue reading Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: SlutWalk NYC, Wall Street, & Immigration

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Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Troy Davis, End of DADT, & Testosterone

The week of September 18th demands us to rethink our nation’s concepts of justice and democracy. Is it really a democracy if 630,000 people’s voices are ignored; if the national and international communities’ demands fall on deaf ears; if the Supreme Court finds no reason to change its mind when 7 out of 9 witnesses for the crime recant their evidence?– The answer’s for us … Continue reading Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Troy Davis, End of DADT, & Testosterone

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Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord

Where re/visionist helps you to sample some feminist food-for-thought from around the blogosphere! The latest back-to-school fad: wearing T-shirts with adorably sexist slogans. Colorlines’ Akiba Solomon reveals how anti-choice “Personhood Mississippi” is telling their own–wrong–version of the Dred Scott decision of 1857 in order to further their racist and misogynist cause. Somebody needs a serious history class. A unique point-of-view on 9/11: Sadia Latifi shares … Continue reading Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord

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