Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
'We are just protecting women's rights to take their clothes off," was the Irish budget airline Ryanair's response when it came under fire this month for a charity calendar that showcased its female employees, bikini babe-style.
Source: MSN
Okay... am I really that much of a feminist that this article bothered me?? I mean what about the 5 things HUSBANDS should do??
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Women in Black have been publicly mourning Israel's military occupation of the West Bank for 20 years. As members mark the anniversary amid the latest peace talks, they say their message is still timely even if their street protests have dwindled.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
It's down there on the bottom shelf, at just the right height to catch the eye of any passing three-year-old, a My Baby Princess doll, all blue eyes, golden hair and frills, with a sign saying "Press my bow - my rose glows." A snap at $39.99.
Source: Pajamas Media
A top Muslim cleric, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said that Muslim women who do not wear the hijab "should die." He went further: "These women and their husbands and their fathers must die." ...
Source: Feministing
As 2007 comes to an end, how poetic that our very own president would give the Sexist Quote of the Year. In People magazine's end-of-the-year review with George Bush, he is asked:
Source: BBC News
Twenty years ago when I was in my teens, Page Three girls seemed old fashioned. Surely it was just a matter of time before they disappeared altogether. Not only has Page Three survived, it has been joined by almost every other page of a newspaper, including the front.
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This article is easily portraying the most disturbing series of events I have seen happen to any one person. How injustice can occur at so many corners and in so many flavors to this woman is, quite frankly, unbelievable in 2007.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Source: the Mail online
The proud lion of Sweden's Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms has been emasculated because a group of female soldiers lodged a complaint with the European Court of Justice.
Source: Feministing
This one is the best. Perhaps my favorite hate mail ever, in fact--just because it's so telling. Dear Jessica,
Source: Jihad Watch
[Opinion] Excerpt- ''The denial thickens.
Source: netWMD
She held her daughter down while her husband slaughtered her as if she were an animal—as if she were a woman who had provoked her own murder. Indeed, her parents never showed any remorse. Zein Isa told the police that she "deserved it, that she attacked me." ...
Source: AKI
Dozens of feminists, human rights activists, student leaders and journalists in Iran have received an email death threat in the last few days.
Source: FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND
Good advice in a day when so many boys are without male role models living in the home.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
This generation is being sexualised before they reach their teens, a trend which threatens their self worth, warns a top US female academic. Women have fought for decades to be treated as men's equals.
Source: Inter Press Service (IPS)
In an unusual ceremony that anticipates continuity but with nuances, Senator Cristina Fernández took office Monday as the first elected female president of Argentina, succeeding her husband, outgoing President Néstor Kirchner.
Source: Lapham's Quarterly
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Source: The Nation
Contrary to the rumors I have been trying to spread for some time, Disney Princess products are not contaminated with lead.
I am part of another online community - a feminist community - which does not recognise 'reverse discrimination'. Specifically, it does not recognise 'reverse sexism' or 'reverse racism'.
Source: International Herald Tribune
In his article What Feminism Has Rot [sic], author TheSharpenedPen asserts that feminism is killing us, and makes the following argument:Violence among young girls is sharply on the rise.Reported problems dealt with by teachers differ sharply between those reported in 1940 and th …
Source: Australian News Network
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Source: Guardian Unlimited
Women have fought for decades to be treated as men's equals. Yet today's girls are being told that female empowerment simply comes from being 'sexy', according to a new book by the managing editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Source: The Times
On her first day at Basra University this year a man came up to Zeena, a 21-year-old Christian woman, and three other Christian girls and ordered them to cover their heads with a hijab, or Islamic headscarf.