The 'person' who tried to cancel Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote an entire article referring to JK Rowling as a man, almost as though 'misgendering' is not a hate crime, rather accurately identifying the sex of violent *people* is what's called ...
Men experience a small dose of women's oppression, then decide they are more oppressed than women are, because they are blind to our material reality. Whatever women experience, men are said to understand or articulate it better: this is the same, ...
Porn, kink, BDSM, all are political, as they reinforce a hierarchy of domination and submission; the same eroticized power structure rationalizes sexual servitude by naturalizing power dynamics, and is a fundamental tool of preventing actual love, ...
"The brilliance of patriarchy… it doesn’t just naturalise oppression. It sexualises oppression... domination and subordination. It institutionalises them as masculinity and femininity. The brilliance of feminism is that we figured that out." ...
RT @ripx4nutmeg: Less than two months after the government told schools to stop working with agencies that say children can be born in the wrong body, a police force publishes a video of trans people (all biologically male) saying they were born in ...
I'm just one woman, trying to highlight the sex-based nature of women's collective condition, who feels despair at the current situation and elation at the connection between multi-national women. If there's something you want to call attention to, ...
The online petition has seen renewed interest in recent days after tens of thousands of images of mainly Irish women and some minors had been shared online without consent. Politicians are now calling for urgent action. #DSA #SexNotGender ...
The Navajo are a matrilineal society: when they introduce themselves, they lead with their mother’s clan, which children take as their own. Navajo genesis stories tell of 'Changing Woman,' a single mother of twin sons who became Diné heroes. ...
A legal loophole allows UK paedos who pay offenders in Asia to abuse children to be sentenced to 2 years instead of the average of 6 years. Streaming underage sexual abuse and rape is projected to account for 13% of online video traffic by 2021. ...
Zimbabwe records 70,000 illegal / unsafe abortions per year. One in three girls are married before 18; national teen pregnancy rate is 22%. Parliament is discussing a reduction in the age at which girls can access contraception from 16 to 12. ...
"The 'emotional and psychological' safety of transgender gymnasts or of anyone who might be offended at medical procedures or common sense, was ludicriously equated to the physical, emotional and psychological safety of other gymnasts." #SexNotGender ...
RT @womensart1: The red lightening bolt is the symbol of Polish feminism, designed by artist and designer Ola Jasionowska. Polish women are currently fighting a proposed law that would outlaw abortion, with demonstrations and strikes. #womensart ...
Linda Dominguez, transactivist, was misgendered by NYPD - who were referring to an ID - filed a lawsuit, won $30k, and the department will undergo training (2020). Anna Chambers was raped by two NYPD officers, who pled guilty, but who received no ...
Endometriosis, a condition that only affects women and can lead to infertility and even cancer, is woefully underfunded and understudied, but it's nice when research focuses on the truly important health issues women face. #SexNotGender ...
The AI services tended to characterize women by their appearance. Women lawmakers were often tagged with “girl” and “beauty.” They also had a tendency not to see women at all, failing to detect them more often than they failed to see men. ...