Day 22- Equality Now
Over the past week we’ve had discussions about violence against women and a few of the many organizations that work to eradicate VAW by using strategic nonviolent action techniques. The second week of...
View ArticleDay 27- Sexuality in the US
Disability is one of the few factors in women’s lives that can overcome racist assumptions about their sex lives. Nondisabled black women are very often compared to or pictured with animals in...
View ArticleReligion and Modest Dress
France has certainly stirred up quite a storm with their recent enforcement of a ban on the niqab, one version of the hijab that covers the face, in addition to the hair. Women who cover their faces in...
View ArticleSocially Constructed Gender Roles: The Root of All Evil
For me, inequality is the biggest issue facing humanity today because it is inequality that is the root cause of so many of the world’s problems. Environmental degradation- inequality in resource...
View ArticleMan Up! by Göktuğ Salgırtay
Man Up! Be a man. That’s not manly. Are you man enough? I want a real man. We often hear these phrases when a male person’s manliness is explored. What is really in question here though? Is it his...
View ArticleInternational Day of Nonviolence
Feminist Activism is all about strategic nonviolent action and activism (SNVA) so today, the International Day of Nonviolence, I wanted to share with you all some thoughts on nonviolent strategy and...
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