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Category: feminism
Aug 27 2023
from Dale Spender’s Nattering on the Net — quotes and notes
According to 19th C feminist scholar Matilda Joslyn Gage, 9 million women were executed or burned for having knowledge—i.e., for being witches (p163) Wow. Did not know it was that many. “Had women ever contributed to the design of roads and vehicles, there is no doubt that the entire system would look very different. …
Aug 10 2023
Women’s Locker Room Talk
“One woman warning you about a creepy dude and a dozen other women chiming in with their own stories is our version of locker room talk.” Caitlin Kelly reposted from https://www.facebook.com/radfemsca Says a lot, doesn’t it. (And what’s men’s locker room talk about?)
Jul 25 2023
Catharine MacKinnon on words and images …
“Words and images are how people are placed in hierarchies, how social stratification is made to seem inevitable and right, how feelings of inferiority and superiority are engendered, and how indifference to violence against those on the bottom is rationalized and normalized.” Only Words, p.31
Jul 18 2023
Proof of Sexism
Read this: Men have no idea how hard daily life is for women. Women have no idea how hard daily life is for them either because they don’t know how easy it is for men. Everyone should reverse for a week. At least online. If you’re male, use a female name; and if you’re female, …
Jul 03 2023
Excellent piece re PIV
Well worth the read. https://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/why-is-there-no-counter-argument-from-the-pro-piv-side/
Jun 25 2023
Brilliant Sarkeesian
“In the game of patriarchy, women are not the opposing team. They’re the ball.” Anita Sarkeesian
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