It’s been a rough year. What better way to ring in 2021 than with some fantastic feminists? “I’m an expert at upsetting white men with my proudly profane mouth. When the rules are made by white men for white men, a proudly foul mouth on anyone who is not a white man is a weapon.” Mona…
Category: International
Medusa: On Women’s “Role” in Rape
Society has always blamed women for the crime of rape, regardless of the fact that it is most often men who commit the crime. People question women on their mode of dress or their behavior, suggesting that they, at worst, purposefully or, at best, negligently incite men to lose their composure and give in to…
The Saudi Refusal: Women Remove Their Abayas in Riyadh
Mashael al-Jaloud, an HR professional, has ceased wearing the abaya except at work. Photo: AFP RIYADH: Last year, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, suggested that he was considering a relaxation of the dress code. However, like all political promises, this one is slow-moving. Some activists came forward on social media and posted pictures of…
Flawless Female Flight
“All of us realize how brave and courageous Armstrong and his two-man team were and that they are heroes. But we know very little about those extraordinary women who played a critical part in this unique and daring mission in the history of humanity, those women who proved that they are holding up half the sky.”
That Tricky Situation
A Tehran court recently sentenced a mother, her daughter and their friend for protesting the compulsory hijaab. Over the past two years many other women have also been arrested for taking part in the #WhiteWednesdays movement – a movement which was started by Iranian women posting photographs of themselves wearing white sans their hijaab. In…
For Saudi and Israa
What criteria does one have to meet before being ranked unfit to live? There’s endless discussion on the morality of capital punishment. On the one hand, can we call ourselves civilized if we must commit murder to maintain the peace? And on the other: Why should we waste societal resources on people who refuse to
Tokyo University Plays Devil’s Advocate
It’s an old question, really. Who is smarter? Men or Women? Along with others, this issue forms the crux of a lot of the problems that women face. Can a woman handle this job? Can a woman’s witness statement be trusted? Why did she decide to wear that? Is she sure she was raped? Should
‘Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up’: A Review
When you scroll past the kitsch bric-a-brac online, it is easy to underestimate the complexity and attractiveness of Frida Kahlo as a modern icon. Frida is perfect for modern consumers, the marketing machine doesn’t have to work too hard to sell her. Style, pain, disability, sexuality, gender, politics, culture, ancestry… there are so many features
The French 100 & Internalised Misogyny
“Is it internal misogyny? Do they not realize it when they parrot the Patriarchy’s old and tired mantras? “Men have been punished summarily, forced out of their jobs when all they did was touch someone’s knee or try to steal a kiss.”
The letter never once alludes to powerful men using their influence over women to exact sexual favours, but instead condemns feminists for using Harvey Weinstein to attack all men and those women who do not agree with them. The Casting Couch is a myth and calling out men for harassing women is ‘painting women as victims’.
“Is it internal misogyny? Do they not realize it when they parrot the Patriarchy’s old and tired mantras? “Men have been punished summarily, forced out of their jobs when all they did was touch someone’s knee or try to steal a kiss.”
The letter never once alludes to powerful men using their influence over women to exact sexual favours, but instead condemns feminists for using Harvey Weinstein to attack all men and those women who do not agree with them. The Casting Couch is a myth and calling out men for harassing women is ‘painting women as victims’.
As a response to the #MeToo movement, members of the French public began the #PasMoi movement, literally ‘Not Me’. This is a direct and almost antagonistic comment on a movement that attempts to protect women who suffer from sexual harassment.”
Suffragette | Owning an Insult
“Today, society is trying again to belittle the movement by saying feminists are tiresome, needlessly argumentative and unattractive. They’re annoying hairy lesbians who are jealous of more beautiful women.”