Money. Currency. Cold hard cash. We all need it. Too often women are tricked by an ignorant society in to believing that the work they do is of no or little or less money. Those of you who are stay at home mums, you are contributing to a situation that allows society to have a…
Category: Psychological
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…
Maria Umar Talks Financial Empowerment of The Vanishing Woman
” – it’s not only that there are a few opportunities available overall and that women across the board are discriminated against – but that there were even fewer opportunities for those women who choose to get married and raise families.”
Antifeminists Demand Consensus
Third World Feminists are finding themselves having to answer to First World Anti-Feminism.
More than Our Bodies?
“But being uncomfortable is part and parcel of being a woman, right? Our emotions and stability as women are tied irrevocably to how our bodies are perceived. A woman’s body needs to be displayed lasciviously or hidden lasciviously. Comfort has always been secondary and in many instances, considered entirely unnecessary.”
Justice just for you, Beautiful.
Privilege. You’re privileged if you’re white. You’re privileged if you’re educated. A man. Rich. Onwards and downwards. There’s one privilege, however, that we don’t really like to talk about: the privilege of being attractive. Growing up I was one of those girls with more male than female friends. I remember being at school and sitting
An Uneven Power Dynamic in Pakistan
(Please note: Third World feminism is an ideology that suggests that feminism in Third World countries is different to that of First World countries and originates instead from national ideologies and socio-cultural factors. Some see it as an unnecessary divorce from (and consequently a dismissal of) global feminism. For the purpose of this article, ‘Third…
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.”
Blindly Supporting Women? An Opinion
“A statement I often come across both online and otherwise is ‘here is another feminist tearing a woman down.’ And it gives me pause. I mean, the Boys’ Club does function well, maybe all we need to do is blindly back each other and our stances and we will empower enough women to make a difference?”
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.”