Category Archives: Misogyny
First Nations prepared to fight Harper government, Enbridge in international court | The Vancouver Observer
“Traditionally, non-indigenous folks would see chiefs standing out in front, but what the people didn’t know was that those chiefs took their directions from the women.” Now, with the Enbridge hearings taking place in BC and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence entering her third week without food in Ontario, Goodwin said the struggles of First Nations […]
Violence No More | rabble.ca
Date: Monday, April 29, 2013 – 7:30pm – 10:00pm Location OISE Toronto, ON Canada 43° 39′ 11.6136″ N, 79° 22′ 59.4624″ W See map: Google Maps Violence No More April 29th, 2013 7:30 to 9:30pm OISE Auditorium 252 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario This event will also be livestreamed at http://livestream.com/rabbletv No More Silence Network […]
What Does Race Have to Do with Feminism? – AFRO-PUNK
This isn’t to suggest that white, cisgender lesbians are not or should not be feminists, but rather to suggest that they are not the only voices within the feminist movement. To address this issue of misinterpretation, I will first provide a very brief rundown of the ideological history of feminism. Feminism, as it exists today, […]
Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Sexual Assault Protesters Receive Rape Threats | Syndicated News Services
Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Sexual Assault Protesters Receive Rape Threats. Some Dartmouth College students have received rape and death threats following their public protest against the school’s attitude toward sexual assault, racism, and homophobia. Dartmouth on Wednesday canceled its scheduled classes to address the growing crisis. The college announced in a letter to students […]
abortionclinicdays: Thoughts on Dr Kermit Gosnell and the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Like most providers I’ve talked with, I’ve found it difficult to ignore the stream of news stories over the last 48 hours or so about the arrest and charges brought against Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his staff. Arrested just short of the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I’m haunted by how many of the […]
My thoughts on Femen & feminism | Neo-colonialism and its Discontents
Now this isn’t the first time feminism has confronted this issue. First and second wave feminists in the US, for example, were notorious for excluding women who weren’t like them: white, middle-class, American. Their feminism was distinctly local, but was branded and spread as ‘universal’ and if women didn’t adopt it then they were anti-feminist. […]
Tumblr is a great service. But… — Aboriginal Press News Service (APNS)
03.10.2013 ‘That young man, Nolan, I really don’t like him. He rides too well. He knows a lot. And he has no heart. It’ll be a sad day Airey when England’s has her armies officered by men who know too well what they are doing. It smacks of murder’. — Lord Raglan to Sir Richard […]
Urgent Action – Take Action Now: Maldives: Child rape survivor found guilty of “fornication”
During their investigation, however, authorities came across evidence to support charges of “fornication” against the girl in a separate incident. The Prosecutor-General’s office pressed charges against her for “fornication” on 25 November 2012. She was found guilty and sentenced to flogging and house arrest on 25 February 2013. While she has a right to appeal, […]
Malian women raped, stoned, lashed and forced to marry amid intense fighting – AlertNet
By Kate Thomas BAMAKO, Mali (AlertNet) – When armed Islamist fighters arrived in the northeastern Malian village of Haribomo near Timbuktu, one of the first things they did was sip sweet tea with the local imam. They then told him how they expected the village women to behave. “The Islamists met with the imam and […]
Farrakhan and the Lunatic Fringe » Black Skeptics
The Nation of Islam (NOI) has had its fair share of alliances with shady characters, White supremacists, violent theocrats, dictators, and others. It therefore might not come as a surprise to those that have closely examined the group to learn that the bizarre religious sect has now come under the sway of the Church of […]
