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• On Whores

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 421
  Because some in Washington have apparently latched onto these terms either as a favorite insult to hurl, or as a faux-controversy (while giving Oscar-worthy performances of having the Victorian vapors over hearing the words). Following close behind are charges of "sexism" and "insensitivity" and probably a few other ...
  6 hours ago

• Letters: Lack of awareness of male disadvantages

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Your article ( The unfair sex? Mens clubs spark student row , 23 November) reports that "Martin Daubney, 39, editor of the lads magazine Loaded, was contemptuous. I dont think men are remotely confused about what it takes to be a man. They just get on and do it. My generation would not sit round and build a website ...
  7 hours ago

• Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres [Peaceful Way of Women], Colombia

  
  Global Fund for Women — Authority: 114
  By Cassandra Sutherland For five decades, guerrillas, paramilitaries, narco-traffickers and the government have waged armed conflict in Colombia. They have caused 40,000 deaths, tens of thousands of “disappearances,” and innumerable human rights violations. According to reports from women’s rights groups, every ...
  8 hours ago

• Female ministers ‘crack’ male political world in Lebanon

  
  womensphere — Authority: 130
  Raya Haffar Hassan cracked Lebanon’s male-dominated political world when she was appointed finance minister, one of the first woman to land such a top job. Activists say the appointment of Hassan and State Minister Mona Ofeish in the new 30-member national unity government unveiled on November 9 is a welcome step, ...
  9 hours ago

• On The Shelf: Hillary Vs. Sarah • Study: Police Ignore Rape Claims If Victim Is Drunk [Leftovers]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  •  Sad, sad news: Going Rogue beat Hillary Clintons memoir in sales with 700,000 to Clintons 600,000. However, the awesome Secretary of State received a much bigger advance of $8 mil, while Palin was only offered five. •  •  Last night John McCain told Fox Newss Greta Van Susteren that he thinks ...
  9 hours ago

• Reclaim The Night: policing the borders of cis feminism

  
  bird of paradox — Authority: 560
  Previously, on more than one occasion, I’ve made it clear that my anger at the members of the London Feminist Network who organise the annual Reclaim The Night march here in London arises from their continuing refusal to make any public clarification of their position on trans women attending the event. For a ...
  9 hours ago

• On Gender, Feminism, And Driving [Drive My Car]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  I might as well admit it: I really hate driving. And while Ive come to terms with some other enmities (cleaning, skiing), this one still makes me feel bad because its just so gendered. In whats to be the first of a series of posts on gender and travel on the New York Times Freakonomics blog, Eric A. Morris lists ...
  9 hours ago

• Reason #100,000,000,002 not to get your political analysis from Jezebel:

  
  What Would Phoebe Do — Authority: 468
  The debate on Jewish particularism in these comments .
  10 hours ago

• Egypt: Elimination of Violence Against Women Day Marked

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Egyptian Ibn Ad Dunya marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with this post.
  10 hours ago

• Video: End Violence Against Women Around the World

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Today, November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and through videos, many people and organizations around the world are expressing their need to end the violence as well as the efforts they are undertaking to ensure that women have a safer world to live in. words as ...
  10 hours ago

• On proper feminist automobile behavior

  
  Heartless Doll — Authority: 478
  By Andrea Grimes ​ I never thought my aversion to being in cars Im not actually driving could be a feminist issue, but according to the New York Times Freakonomics blog , it just might be. Eric Morris takes on travel-related gender issues in todays post and, apparently, a forthcoming series. Come ...
  10 hours ago

• Why I still say “No” to White Ribbon Day

  
  IAIN HALL — Authority: 132
  I  had the opportunity to watch question time yesterday and I was entirely  unimpressed to see both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition solemnly declaring support for White Ribbon Day. Brother Number One was waxing eloquently about how he felt responsible and  ashamed about domestic violence because ...
  11 hours ago

• In The Time Of The Butterflies: A Fight For Freedom And Violence Against Women

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
    In the minds of most people, heroes are those fascinatingly strong and fearless humans who are so much beyond the simple human vulnerabilities that they become supernatural. These people are viewed, often after their deaths when their deeds have become known to all, as saviours and given the status of neo-gods. ...
  13 hours ago

• An underlying fear of rape

  
  Stop Street Harassment! — Authority: 423
  “A world without rapists would be a world in which women moved freely without fear of men. That some men rape provides a sufficient threat to keep all women in a constant state of intimidation, forever conscious of the knowledge that the biological tool must be held in awe, for it may turn to weapon [...]
  13 hours ago

• A good news day for women | Zohra Moosa

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  The governments violence against women strategy is welcome – now it must co-ordinate this approach, including internationally You may not know it but today is a good news day for women – 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women , which launches the 16 days of activism ...
  14 hours ago

• Will Ugandas President Have to Answer for His Gay Hate Bill? … Taylor Lautners BF?!

  
  Queerty — Authority: 734
  ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. [Ed: Were checking out early today to get a jump start on celebrating Thanksgiving. Or, rather, we were guilted in to going home early. Okay, more accurately, we want pie . A Happy Thanksgiving to all. Well see you back here on Friday!] ...
  14 hours ago

• Obama/Hillary 2012?

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 571
  Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Vice Presidential slot on the 2012 ticket? Making her the Democratic presidential candidate for 2016? Whos to say if this is a hot rumor or an actual leak? The naysayers once thought that Hillary as Secretary of State was a mere wild rumor. I can think of millions of reasons why ...
  14 hours ago

• Cut And Paste

  
  Blackinformant.com - African-American culture, news commentary, politics — Authority: 610
  What Obama said in China regarding women in America and what they deal with: “If you talk to women in America, they will tell you that there are still men who have a lot of old-fashioned ideas about the role of women in society.” What the Chinese are saying about Michelle Obama per the former international ...
  15 hours ago

• Greece: Police violence against migrant woman triggers reforms

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Greece has been embroiled in a row over abusive migrant detentions and the lip service paid so far by the new socialist government to honor its pledges to reform the police. Two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , an incident of police brutality against a migrant mother ...
  15 hours ago

• “Delay Thanksgiving Dinners to See Suffragette”

  
  Sociological Images — Authority: 693
  Larry Harnisch at the Daily Mirror dug up this gem, a 1909 story from the Los Angeles Times about prominent Chicago-area women’s rights advocates pushing back the time they served Thanksgiving dinner in order to go see the British suffragist Emiline Pankhurst: “…one of the women voiced the sentiment ...
  16 hours ago

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