February 2012
14 posts
7 February 1918: Some (but not all) women get vote →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 7 February 1918.
Transphobia and Violence: As more transgender... →
After a transgender women was brutally stabbed last week in our nation’s capital, it was announced just a day later that she died as the result of the attack. And while we wish we could say this was a rare event, the reality is that all too often those within the transgender and gender queer communities are regularly the victims of violent assaults. In Philly, there are many still open...
Calif. same-sex marriage ban ruled... →
A federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional right to equal protection.
The panel overturned Proposition 8, which was approved by 52 percent of the state’s voters in 2008 and amended the state’s constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman.
The court’s decision upheld a 2010 decision by former Judge R....
Neither butch nor femme: Interview subject needed →
telegantmess:
Okay friends, I need your help.
I need to interview someone for my Health and Human rights class. I specifically need someone who has been pregnant, has given birth or who has adopted a child. My interview will focus on pre-natal care, birthing experiences and post-partum…
Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia →
crustyriotqueer:
Site sections are Bibliographies & Reviews, Research, Criticism, & Training, and The Feminist SF Community. Includes specific indexes for women of color, lesbian, non-English language, and non-US women writers! Fuck yeah!
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“This is covert white supremacy in the guise of educational...”
– Junot Diaz’s book “Drown” was part of the banned curriculum of Mexican American Studies. Diaz won the Pulitzer prize for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”
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Editor's Request: Please Use Trigger Warnings In...
Here at the “offices” of Hoax Zine, we welcome submissions that may be very intense, emotional, controversial, and personal. However, we ask that contributors use trigger warnings when e-mailing us such pieces. One of the benefits of collaborating on this project is that we can split up material that is particularly upsetting or unnerving to either of us. This helps ensure that the...
January 2012
98 posts
Harper bans pre-op and non-op trans* people from... →
girl-germs:
mmmajestic:
boobsanderson:
Sec 5.2(1)(c) of the ID screening regs of Aeronautics Act: “An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents.”
OHHHHHHHH, THIS IS FUCKING RICH
Whaaaaaaaaaat
Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report [Rape] |... →
stfurapeculture:
I amended the title up there because it was actually incorrect. One in 5 women in this study reported rape. A far greater number reported sexual assault that did not meet the study’s definition of rape. Actual report is here if anyone wants to check it out. It should also be noted this was a telephone survey that only included people 18 and older. Given the high number of...
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For you feminists who love thrifting... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
There’s a deal… $20 for $40 worth of used clothing from Housing Works Thrift Shops. I LOVE Thrifting (seriously the only things I buy new anymore is food…) and Housing Works proceeds go to a good cause - providing New York’s HIV/AIDS-afflicted homeless and low-income residents with lifesaving services.
BONUS TIP: Buy the Groupon through Ebates and get 3.0% back…
With ebates,...
ineffableshe:
Chicago! Sari & I are trying to figure out how & if we can make it to Chicago for Zinefest. If we attend, we will need a place to crash. Hopefully, for two or three nights. Can anybody help us?
hoax/chicago friends! rachel & i have been dreaming for years of visiting chicago, particularly for the chicago zine fest in march (and seeing the hull house has been on my...
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radical love!: ineffableshe: Girls Get Busy:... →
ineffableshe:
Girls Get Busy: Kathleen Hanna Is Doing Set Design for a Performance Piece Inspired by Insane Clown Posse
technicolourteacup:
girlsgetbusyzine:
Original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna has kept busy as of late, recording a new album with her band the Julie Ruin,
“Kyle, you’re probably surrounded by people who minimize what you did....”
– Hugo Schwyzer on Kyle Payne [March 19, 2009] See: An Open Letter To Kyle Payne (via hellnohugo)
India's women given low-cost route to sanitary... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
As the article notes, “88% of women in India resort to using ashes, newspapers, dried leaves and even husk sand during their periods, according to a report by market research group AC Nielsen called Sanitatary Protection: Every Woman’s Health Right. As a result of these unhygienic practices, more than 70% of the women suffer from reproductive tract infections, increasing...
Oklahoma bill wants to ban the use of fetuses in...
jessicavalenti:
This bit of bizarreness reminds me of this abstinence only speaker who told students that lipstick is made of aborted fetuses. (At around 3:35) Fun!
13-year-old self-aborts using pencil →
illicit-priestly-activities:
pro-choiceorfuckoff:
The girl had no legal access to abortion in Pennsylvania, where her parents must consent. This is the direct consequence of anti-choice zealots: taking away what dignity, respect, and alternatives left were left to a 13 year old who is being controlled, manipulated, and raped by someone more than twice her age. Way to go “pro-lifers”, what...
“It is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a magazine...”
– Violet Rose (via awakenedfromthedreamoflife
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anotherhookerblog asked: could you start reblogging/mentioning the Hugo Schwyzer news that's going around? there is a really good summary post out there!
“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics
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Great interview with Hanne Blank on her... →
Calling us angry? Michelle Obama and the 'angry... →
Five women explain how they feel about the ‘angry black woman’ image the first lady says she has been saddled with
“White queers, including white trans people, are at the LOWEST risk for pretty...”
– DTWPS (via zorascreation)
tiger's milk: Things you should quit saying: →
delacroix:
“I don’t even see color. It doesn’t matter to me whether you’re white, black, brown, red, yellow, or purple.”
“You’re thinking way too hard about it. It’s just a joke/word/costume/movie/etc!”
“You’re the one talking about race. That makes you the racist one.”
“I refuse to…
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