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Blachman – The Most Revealing Show on TV
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I, like most people, love a good scandal, especially when it involves the media, but here is a headline I never expected to read: Is the Danish TV show Blachman the most sexist show ever? Well, I’ve had a brief … Continue reading →...
France: Pomophobia in Action
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Not too long ago, I wrote about how in France the enemies of equal marriage outed themselves as the truly hypocritical bullies they are, when they reacted to counter-protestors with physical violence. Since then, I am saddened to report, the &h...
France: Pomophobia in Action
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Not too long ago, I wrote about how in France the enemies of equal marriage outed themselves as the truly hypocritical bullies they are, when they reacted to counter-protestors with physical violence. Since then, I am saddened to report, the &h...
Guest Blogging
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German readers and avid Google Translate users can read me over at the Mädchenmannschaft today. I wrote about the recent French law to fully reimburse contraception for minors and abortions. Filed under: Health Tagged: abortion, contraception, f...
Guest Blogging
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German readers and avid Google Translate users can read me over at the Mädchenmannschaft today. I wrote about the recent French law to fully reimburse contraception for minors and abortions. Filed under: Health Tagged: abortion, contraception, f...
Dear Ladies (an intervention)
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Ladies, it’s time for an intervention. I know, I have been defending you up to this point, but your behavior in the recent decade or so has become a menace to society and as a lefty, I will not stand … Continue reading →...
Dear Ladies (an intervention)
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Ladies, it’s time for an intervention. I know, I have been defending you up to this point, but your behavior in the recent decade or so has become a menace to society and as a lefty, I will not stand … Continue reading →...
War – Feminism’s Final Frontier?
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Not too long ago I attended an event hosted by a women’s association advocating for women’s equality in the workplace. They had invited an army general as a speaker to elaborate on the military’s investment in ensuring women’s...
War – Feminism’s Final Frontier?
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Not too long ago I attended an event hosted by a women’s association advocating for women’s equality in the workplace. They had invited an army general as a speaker to elaborate on the military’s investment in ensuring women’s...
Interview for Internal Voices
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Internal Voices, the magazine made by and for UN and EU interns in Brussels, has interviewed me on the occasion of International Women’s Day. You can read my answers here. Many thanks to @SigurdTvete for making it happen! Filed under...
Interview for Internal Voices
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Internal Voices, the magazine made by and for UN and EU interns in Brussels, has interviewed me on the occasion of International Women’s Day. You can read my answers here. Many thanks to @SigurdTvete for making it happen! Filed under...
Women’s Online Participation
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Another interesting graph about women’s access to the internet and why it’s important, brought to you by onlineclasses.org: Filed under: Education, Uncategorized Tagged: gender equality, graph, internet access, research, women's education...
Women’s Online Participation
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Another interesting graph about women’s access to the internet and why it’s important, brought to you by onlineclasses.org: Filed under: Education, Uncategorized Tagged: gender equality, internet access, women's education...
Positive and Negative Feminism in Campaign Ads
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Recently, I have been thinking about the context in which feminist activism presents itself and the rhetoric used to frame the issues. I have identified two camps, which I would call positive and negative feminism, that sometimes oppose each ot...
Positive and Negative Feminism in Campaign Ads
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Recently, I have been thinking about the context in which feminist activism presents itself and the rhetoric used to frame the issues. I have identified two camps, which I would call positive and negative feminism, that sometimes oppose each ot...
Why I’ve Been On Hiatus
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Over the past few months this blog seemed rather abandoned, and there are many reasons for that, but lack of interest or topics to write about are not among them. Instead I’ve had to focus most of my energy and … Continue reading →...
Why I’ve Been On Hiatus
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Over the past few months this blog seemed rather abandoned, and there are many reasons for that, but lack of interest or topics to write about are not among them. Instead I’ve had to focus most of my energy and … Continue reading →...
Anti-gay bullies show their true colours – and it’s no rainbow
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Trigger Warning for the links! I was well aware of the demonstration against gay marriage and adoption, organized by the Catholic group Civitas, before it took place last Sunday in Paris and all over France. I knew that the intégristes … Conti...
Anti-gay bullies show their true colours – and it’s no rainbow
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Trigger Warning for the links! I was well aware of the demonstration against gay marriage and adoption, organized by the Catholic group Civitas, before it took place last Sunday in Paris and all over France. I knew that the intégristes &hellip...
The fallout of waning superiority
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This morning, my husband brought an article to my attention, which deals with the increasing rape of young women in India [major TW]. He pointed out to me one paragraph in particular: “In a rapidly changing country, rape cases have … Co...
