feminism

Feminism can be defined as the belief of the political, social, and economic equality of women. Although not all feminists would believe that last statement is adequate or appropriate, for some consider that "equality" forces women to complete within rules defined by men, suitable to the life experiences of men.

You can find many bloggers on feminism through the regular carnival of feminists, and at Blogher, the "community for women who blog" (which also holds an annual conference). An excellent source on UK feminism is The F-Word, and in the US check out Feministe.

There are many types of feminism, including liberal feminism, radical feminism, separatist feminism, ecofeminism, and even hip hop feminism, to name just a few.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “feminism”

• in Politics
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “feminism”

 

• "We can, and many have, argue about whether the proposal that families eat more home-cooked meals is a sexist push back to the kitchen for women..."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 718
  "... as well as a romanticization of the way things never were. There’s value to that. While there’s no reason that the responsibility for meals should fall toward women, if they are the ones who absorb the guilt of the message about home-cooked foods, then a sense that every night requires a freshly prepared ...
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• Beyoncé On The Cover Of Ms. Causes Controversy

  
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  Ms. magazine is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, feminist magazines in America. The mag has occasionally featured celebrities on the cover; Wonder Woman was its very first cover girl, while other cover stars include Meryl Streep, Cher, Cecily Tyson, Ani DiFranco and Pam Grier. But the mag’s latest cover ...
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• What if all book covers were given a chick-lit makeover?

  
  lip magazine: for girls who think feel create speak out live — Authority: 148
  As an aspiring Lady Writer (or as feminist writer, Inga Muscio, provocatively calls herself, a ‘Word C*nt’), I was intrigued by author, Maureen Johnson’s Twitter project for her followers to ‘Redesign book covers by Literary Dudes, imagining they have been reclassified as by and for women.’ Johnson’s ...
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• Vandals Target Israeli Women’s Prayer Group

  
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  AP : Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish womens group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship.
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• Tunisian activist who posted topless photos is arrested after new protest

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Amina Tyler, who faced death threats after she put photos online, may be charged for provocative acts on Sunday An outspoken Tunisian feminist who scandalised the country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested and may be charged for conducting "provocative acts" at a religious centre where ...
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• Blame Feminists: Illegal Immigrant Rapes 12 Year Old Girl Then Uses Planned Parenthood To Hide Pregnancy

  
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  File this under  how feminism helps promote rape and the abuse of underage girls. Their irrational opposition to any restriction to abortion, particularly parental notification, hurts underage girls. From the Bellingham Herald : An Everson man who impregnated a preteen girl and forced her to have an ...
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• Afghan Parliament Tables Bill Protecting Women After Objections From Islamic Legislators

  
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  Religion Clause Blog : Todays  Deutsche Welle  reports that in Afghanistans Parliament, lawmakers have withdrawn a bill that would have instituted a number of protections for women.  The action came after  religious parties complained that the proposed law was un-Islamic.
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• If I Could Trust TV…

  
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  Every now and then, I like to indulge myself with fantasies of storylines that could be, if only I could trust television to do them right. Those dreams loom especially large in the wake of finale season, when I think ahead to what we’ll be seeing on network television in the fall, and wonder if this is perhaps the ...
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• Sheryl Sandberg versus Hanna Rosin?

  
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  Lean In or The End of Men? My headline is intentionally provocative (a bloggers got to get his clicks) but I found the compare and contrast technique of Anne Applebaum rather interesting. Of Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the will to Lead , she says: She has indeed done something new: ...
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• Isabella Rossellini on maternal instinct

  
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  Yeah.
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• [round-up] Monday feminist round-up (20th May 2013)

  
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  All else this week, then. - Think Progress updates on US college campuses which are starting to combat high rates of rape, and rape culture, on campus . It’s not so many, alas. - Bitch has got an interesting piece on women-only comedy spaces . - sianandcrookedrib discusses the shaming of single mothers on ...
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• Jo Swinson uses the F word in Guardian interview

  
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  Last week, I said that Liberal Democrats should use the word feminist much more than we do. Women Liberal Democrats has done so much to advance policy on women’s equality over the years and its successor Liberal Democrat Women has a bright future ahead of it. However, women’s hard won rights are under attack all ...
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• [link] Teenage pregnancies won’t be stopped by shaming young mothers

  
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  On commentisfree : Teenage pregnancy. The term still sends terror shooting through my veins, even now, seven years clear of my teens. It hung over me like a sceptre, whispering: “Whatever you do, don’t get yourself pregnant.” It was the worst thing. The end of everything. This idea, that teenage pregnancy ...
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• Thinking gender and speaking international law

  
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  By Gina Heathcote Gender studies begin by asking how you understand gender, the boundary, the space, the difference, the divergence and the sameness between m and f. How femininity and masculinity are knowable, reversible, collapsible, forgettable, changeable and open to renegotiation, supposedly given, fixed, yet ...
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• When is it no longer a woman’s right to choose?

  
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  It’s important to note , though, that analyzing the morality associated with late-term abortion isn’t predicated upon finding dirty and murderous clinics that put women’s lives at risk. While these rogue institutions should be located and shuttered and their leaders prosecuted, there are deeper and more ...
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• Jackie Kay – ‘What you can survive makes you stronger’

  
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  One of the highlights of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2013 for me has been discovering the work of British author Jackie Kay . How did I manage to live so long and not come across this woman? She is a multi-award winning poet, short story writer, memoirist and novelist. She writes for children. She’s ...
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• Taking it Personally: Privilege and Women in Secularism

  
  Ashley F. Miller — Authority: 478
  Illustration by Tom Gauld for The Guardian There is a tendency for people to take criticism of ideas personally.  It’s true of all people, though I noticed it particularly this weekend at the Women in Secularism conference.  People also have a bad habit of criticizing individuals rather than their ideas.  I do ...
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• Johnny Phillips’ Column At Daily Beast: “Los Angeles Politics Needs More Women”

  
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  I wanted to share with you our friend Johnny Phillips’ first piece at the Daily Beast. It’s an indictment of the Los Angeles City Council being devoid of women. And there’s a quote from Yours Truly Enjoy, click through to read the whole piece, and do spread the word! Los Angeles Politics Needs More Women [...]
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• Annoyed Gamer vs. Kotaku: An Analysis

  
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  On Saturday, Marcus Beer aka Annoyed Gamer took to GameTrailers to fire off this missive against gaming blog Kotaku: http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/vsbyd5/annoyed-gamer-fishing-for-outrage (forward to 6:15 for relevant video). First, let’s lay out the...
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• The Nostalgia Trap

  
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  I’ve written about the ways in which many conservatives seem to yearn for yesteryear. This morning, historian Stephanie Coontz offered a fascinating and compelling article in the NY Times on the dangers of nostalgia: In society at large, however, nostalgia can distort our understanding of the world in dangerous ...
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