Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Feminism'
Legacy of a Feminist Revolutionary
by Kathleen B. Jones, Open Democracy, UK- It is time to give Firestone her due. Rereading her today, more than forty years after her work made its best-selling debut, I am struck (again) by the visceral power of her argument...
A Tale Of Two Women
by Rosemarie Jackowski, Countercurrents, India - Recently two remarkable women have been in the news promoting their books. Both women are brilliant, hardworking, dedicated, focused and very accomplished. They have much in common - but it appears that they have...
You’ve Come a Long Way, Feminism (But You’re Not There Yet)
by Ruth Rosen, Yes!, USA - I always knew this was the longest revolution, one that would take a century or more to unfold. It’s upended most of our lives, and significantly improved so many of them. Nothing will ever...
The Mirror
by Anita Sarkeesian, TEDx, USA - Anita Sarkeesian talks about online misogyny in the video game community, and her experience with harassment because of her work....
She Who Dies with the Most 'Likes' Wins?
by Jessica Valenti, The Nation, USA - Women adjust their behavior to be likable and as a result have less power in the world. And this desire to be liked and accepted goes beyond the boardroom—it’s an issue that comes...
Commentary: The Femen Effect on Feminism
by Joanna Rohozinska, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - There is little evidence of any of Femen's protests having significant impact, either in terms of early local campaigns concerning, for example, protests against the tradition in Ukraine of turning off...
Pussy Prophets & Nuns on Buses: Will Feminist Politics Get More Holy & Foolish?
by Beatrice Marovich, Religion Dispatches, USA - To the extent that Pussy Riot continues to infect, inflect, or influence feminist politics, I think it’s worth pointing out how novel and unprecedented this strange hybrid blend of feminism and religion really...
La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
by Esther Vivas, Pambazuka, Kenya - The current global food system, based on an agro-industrial model, has failed to ensure food security and resulted in profound negative environmental effects....
International Day of the Girl: Why Science & Math Programs Matter
by Camille Crittenden, Huffington Post, USA - In more developed countries with the capacity (or mandate) to provide basic educational equality, girls still lag behind boys, especially in their achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)....
Fashion and Feminism Are Not Mutually Exclusive
by Sara Manresa, Guardian, UK - Yes the world of fashion fulfills many of the stereotypes, but I am both a model and a feminist and I'm not the only one....
Dear Hanna Rosin: I'm Doing Fine! Love, the Patriarchy
by Bryce Covert, The Nation, USA - The purpose of feminism was never to win a battle of us versus them. Remember the slogan “A world that is good for women is good for everyone”? The point is equality—which is...
The Myth of Male Decline
by Stephanie Coontz, New York Times, USA - The curtailment of such male entitlements and the expansion of women’s legal and economic rights have transformed American life, but they have hardly produced a matriarchy. Indeed, in many arenas the progress...
Thinspiration and Exploitation: Why Fashion Is Deeply Uncool
by Rhiannon and Holly, New Statesman, UK - Is fashion a feminist issue? Of course it bloody is....
A Black Mom-in-Chief Is Revolutionary
by Tami Winfrey Harris, Clutch Magazine, USA - What white feminists get wrong about Michelle Obama....
Does the Sex Debate Exclude Men?
by Sarah Dunant, BBC, UK - Sex is everywhere in modern society - but why are women doing all the talking about it?...
Israeli Women Fight Orthodox Curbs
by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, IPS, Italy - After filing the first-ever class-action lawsuit on the issue of gender segregation in Israel, a local religious women’s rights group says it hopes to protect the rights of women in the public sphere of...
Stop Fanning the “Mommy Wars”: Enough with the “Breastfeeding Bullies” Articles, Jezebel!
by Sayantani DasGupta, Adios Barbie, USA - The truth of the matter is, issues such as insufficient milk production, a failure to latch on properly, and resultant problems such as infant weight loss are often tied to immediate post-birth practices...
Pussy Riot: 'We're Stronger Than The State'
by Anastasia Kirilenko & Daisy Sindelar, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - "During protests, it surprises me when I hear someone say, 'You can't beat women!' she added. "So it's OK if it's men who are getting beaten? Isn't that...
Feminism as Counterterrorism?
by Vasuki Nesiah, Foreign Policy in Focus, USA - Today, what we may term ”security feminism” is becoming embedded in American foreign policy — a trend that has been emphatically empowered by Hillary Clinton’s State Department....
Who Framed Feminism?
by Lenore Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Apparently women can demand equality of opportunity only if ''feminism'' can find a way to bend the laws of physics to create 48 hours in days that have previously held 24. Now...
On Abortion, Beware the Overshare
by Hannah Betts, Guardian, UK - American feminists want women to 'come out' about abortion. But the political needn't be personal....
The Arms Trade Is a Feminist Issue
by Julie Tomlin, Huffington Post, USA - People who want democracy in these countries need the British Government to abide by the committees' recommendations that it "apply significantly more cautious judgements" when considering arms export licence applications for goods to...
Surfing the Rape Wave: What Tosh Teaches About Humor, Power and Privilege
by Jennifer Pozner, Fem 2.0, USA - Why did comics who usually disagree about everything—even those known as creative, unusually inventive comedians—choose to circle the wagons around Tosh’s gang rape invitation? The knee-jerk explanation has been that anything goes, no...
Working Moms Not Exhausted? Oh Yes We Are
by Allison Stevens, Women's eNews, USA - Here's what's truly revolutionary about Slaughter's piece: she states that she wants to spend more time with their children. When's the last time you heard a feminist say that?...
Water by the Spoonful: An Interview with Quiara Alegría Hudes
by Kathleen Potts, Guernica, USA - In the afterglow of her Pulitzer win, the feminist playwright opens up about border-crossing, why she’d make a terrible critic, and her master teacher, Paula Vogel....
Women On Women’s Rights
by Athambile Masola, Women's Web, India - As women, are we safe to make the choices we need to make in order to exercise our freedoms?...
Slutwalk: One Year Later, What's Next for This Movement?
by Meghan Murphy, The F Word, Canada - Slutwalk is one year old; what is the future of this movement? Are organizers addressing the many critiques made over the past year and, if so, how?...
Why Is There So Much Misogyny Online?
by Laura Barnett, The Guardian, UK - Why do women face such misogyny in the media, particularly online? TV presenter Miriam O'Reilly and feminist writer Nina Power share their thoughts and experiences....
Critics Of Georgian Game Show Question Thinking Behind 'Women's Logic'
by Daisy Sindelar, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - Quick! Is the measure of a woman down to how she looks, or what she knows?...
What do You Mean, the Good Old Days?
by Jessica Mann, The Guardian, UK - Like most of her 60s peers, Jessica Mann was a full-time mother and housewife – and resented it. So why do younger women yearn to turn back the clock?...
A Place of Rage: Two Black Feminist Documentaries
by Lola Okolosie, The F-Word, UK - Both documentaries prompt us to continue the difficult work of interrogating how racism, class, gender and sexuality interweave with one another to oppress many....
From Berlusconi Papi Girl to Working Mom Heroine
by Michelle Tarnopolsky, Macleans, Canada - Italian MP Licia Ronzulli, was heralded by mommy bloggers before, and after her ties to Berlusconi were revealed....
Re-Matriation of the Truth
by Frieda Werden, WINGS, Canada - Dr. Barbara Alice Mann is a well known scholar of native American culture and a member of the Bear Clan Seneca. She describes the basis and origin of the "matri-sophic" gift-economy, consensus-driven culture of...
First Night
by Sabrina Mahfouz, We Are Equals, UK - Are strip clubs ever glamorous places to work? Is pole dancing a harmless way to keep fit? Award winning poet Sabrina Mahfouz will get you talking about whether men and women are...
There Is No Such Thing as a Pro-Life Feminist
by Anne Summers, The Age, Australia - Feminism boils down to one fundamental principle and that is women's ability to be independent....
Does Feminism Discriminate against Men?
by Meghan Murphy, The F Word, Canada - While the concept of male privilege does not mean that women do not ever hold power, it is an acknowledgement that men's power, as a class is institutionalized in comparison with women,...
Pink or Blue
by Alicia Hayashi, Canada - The "Baby Storm" case is not necessarily as unusual as it was exposed in the media to be....
Has Neoliberalism Knocked Feminism Sideways?
by Rahila Gupta, OpenDemocracy, UK - Feminism needs to recapture the state from the neoliberal project to which it is in hock in order to make it deliver for women. It must guard against atomisation and recover its transformative aspirations...
Why We Need to Stop Bemoaning the 'End of Men'
by Meghan Casserly, Forbes, USA - Despite the case-by-case expectations of equality in gender roles, culturally we haven’t let go of the paternalistic authority of men over women. And stories about the “decline” of our men-folk aren’t making things better...
FEMEN's Topless Tactics Get Them Exposure
by Imogen Foulkes, World Radio Switzerland, Swizerland - Although it’s an awkward leap of faith to believe that beautiful young women protesting topless can advance women’s causes, they are getting lots of media attention....
“Ideals of Purity Create Misogyny”
by Kristin Engh Førde, Kilden, Norway - The disciplining and control of women and the feminine are intimately related to notions of cultural and racial purity. As a result, racist ideologies are almost always also misogynist and anti-feminist....
Chick Flick TV
by Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times, USA - It's feminist backlash, right? How else to explain why, in an era where real-life women are running for president and running men off the road of life by any number of measures,...
When Sexual Liberation Arrived By Mail
by Katja Iken, Der Spiegel, Germany - In the 1950s, Germany was a place where many women were terrified of getting pregnant and kept woefully ignorant about sexual matters. One dauntless woman changed that almost single-handedly. The empire of Beate...
From Condoms to the Pill: Trust, Control and Violence
by Marianne Mollmann, Huffington Post, USA - As media reports celebrate advances toward new male contraceptive methods, the fact that women currently take the larger responsibility for birth control is held up as somewhat inevitable and sad. In effect, contraceptive...
DSK: A Trial of the Accuser, not the Accused
by Hadley Freeman, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Maybe one day, in the pitiless light of hindsight, it will become clear why a woman's false statements about her immigration status, made years ago, were deemed more pertinent to an...
Gloria: In Her Own Words -- A Life in Activism
by Marcia G. Yerman, The Huffington Post, USA - Gloria Steinem has frequently spoken about the importance of sharing stories, using the imagery of communicating oral narratives around an ancient campfire. She has done that with her own personal history...
Can a Feminist Rejoice in the Likes of Beyoncé or Lagarde?
by Zoe Williams, Guardian, UK - Powerful women help society muddle towards equality – even if the R&B star is marriage-fixated and the IMF chief is a neoliberal....
Strong, Capable Arab Females Are Defying the Stereotypes
by Natana J. DeLong-Bas, The Daily Star, Lebanon - In stark contrast to the image of Arab women in charge of nothing but their homes, these women are picketing outside supermarkets, staging sit-ins with their children, organizing protests, networking with...
The Other Side of the Story on Domestic Abuse
by Barbara Kay, National Post, Canada - In academia, for ideological reasons, there have always been, and continue to be, areas where "the real world" makes an uncomfortable fit with sacred myths based in theory, not evidence. One such theory...
Cherchez les Femmes
by Judith Warner, Time, USA - For French women, this could be the end of an era in which talking too forcefully about inequities between men and women has been rejected as too old-school, too angry, too American....
Playboy Emancipation?
by Holly Fox, Deutsche Welle, Germany - The first Turkish-German woman to appear on the cover of the German Playboy described the photos as an "act of liberation" from her strict upbringing. The story has reignited the debate on integration,...
The Forgotten Philosophers
by Heidi Elisabeth Sandnes, Kilden, Norway - Women are, in fact, found in philosophical history, even though they have not been included in the canon....
Feminism and the Soul of Secularism
by Rahila Gupta, OpenDemocracy, UK - Secularism, as a concept, appears to be in danger from both the left and the right. Among feminists, it tends to be only some minority women scrambling for the soul of secularism. It is...
For the 100th Time…
by Nicole Pope, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Violence against women continues to be labeled as a women’s issue, when in fact the problem lies in the men and how they perceive women....
The Middle East’s Feminist Revolution
by Naomi Wolf, Globe and Mail, Canada - Women in Egypt didn’t just “join” the protests – they were a leading force behind the cultural evolution that made the protests inevitable. And what’s true for Egypt is true throughout the...
Wearing a Headscarf Can Be a Feminist Choice
by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar, Middle East Online, UK - What freedom means to women is the ability to choose, and feminism is all about respecting the choices other women make, regardless if we like it or not, argues Ruwayda Mustafah...
The Arab World Faces a Silent Feminist Revolution
by Gema Martin-Munoz, Daily Star, Lebanon - During the last half-century, intense urbanization and feminization of the workforce in all Arab countries has propelled women into the public arena on a massive scale....
Kurdish Women and Their Struggle for Equality
by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar, Kurdish Aspect, USA - Kurdish women have a government in power that claims to uphold equality of the sexes, but in reality there is an overwhelming chauvinistic attitude that seeks to undermine female empowerment by restricting...
Me and the Feminists
by Mona Eltahawy, Jerusalem Post, Israel - Why is another culture’s conservatism always so much more attractive?...
Sex, Power, and the Real Problem with ‘Raunch’
by Anastasia Powell, The Scavenger, Australia - The basis upon which we should judge raunch culture, is whether it really opens-up sexual choices for women, or whether it is more expressive of a particular narrow version of both women’s and...
Muslim Grrrls
by Rafia Zakaria, Guernica, USA - After successfully employing Islamic law in the U.S. court system, Rafia Zakaria realizes that Sharia and feminism aren’t always mutually exclusive....
Feminism Is Failing in the War against Women
by Virginia Haussegger, ABC, Australia - Traditional, cultural practices that assert male authority will always disadvantage women. So why do we kow-tow to them? Why are we so ready to adopt a lazy, cultural-relativist position?...
Are We There Yet?
by Ardyn Bernoth, The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Women still earn less than men and are far more likely to be the victims of violence. Has feminism failed? Yes, no, it's complicated. Feminists once believed women could have...
Singing of Sorrow
by Indu Nepal, Nepali Times, Nepal - Why do most people think it's okay to say they're not feminists? Being a woman is tough all over the world. In Nepal, you get to sing about it....
Elisabeth Badinter: 'Women Aren't Chimpanzees'
by Britta Sandberg,Spiegel, Germany - French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter cut her teeth in the women's liberation movement of the 1970s. In a SPIEGEL interview, she discusses her worries about how a new back-to-nature movement is persuading many Western women to...
What Kind of Feminism Does War Provoke?
by Cynthia Cockburn, 50.50 inclusive democracy, UK - The to-ing and fro-ing about ‘women’s peaceful natures’ is no more than an excitable bubble of argument out of touch with facts on the ground. Antiwar feminism is a pretty holistic feminism...
Decolonising African Feminism
by Jenn Jagire, Pambazuka News, Kenya - The fight to stop violence against women in Africa must diverge from the dominant Western feminism that implants alien perspectives and methods into an African struggle....
The Face We Can’t Ignore: Women in Afghanistan
by Rafia Zakaria, Ms. Magazine, USA - What to do about the war in Afghanistan is posed as a question of military strategy, of defense expenditures, of logistical technicalities; of political climate, secret safe havens and effective counter- insurgency… but...
The Reality of Egypt, a View from the Opposite Sex
by Sanna Negus, Daily Star, Lebanon - Harassment is a nuisance and sometimes a danger to all women in Cairo, and I am constantly impressed with the Egyptian women working to put an end to it....
The Feminist and the Sex Worker: Lessons From the Indian Experience
by Srilatha Batliwala, Himal Southasian, Nepal - Despite decades of tension between feminists and sex workers, today it is finally becoming clear that the former has much to learn from the latter.From the earliest days of ‘second wave’ feminism, the...
GOP Women a Rising Force in the Party
by Susan Milligan, Boston Globe, USA - Female candidates are often seen by voters in both parties as agents of change just by virtue of their gender, she added, since they are still something of a novelty in many parts...
Sacrificing Women to the Budget Gods
by Laura Flanders, Grit TV, USA - The same states that cut welfare entitlements in the 90s, forcing moms out to work, are now cutting the subsidized child care that was promised in return for workfare....
Why Women Were Shut Out of Canada’s Science-Star Search
by Elizabeth Church, Globe and Mail, Canada - Government-appointed panel of female academics identify factors that led to all-male recruitment....
Why Is the Arizona Immigration Law A 'Women's Issue?'
by Amie Newman, RH Reality Check, USA - Immigrant women are the ones who make health care and child care decisions in their families – this law is cutting off communities at the knees....
Where Women Still Don't Own Their Bodies
by Nina Funnell, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - As a young woman it is easy to fall into the trap of assuming female reproductive rights have been secured, and not at risk or being eroded by right-wing, conservative ideologues. Wrong...
Gender Apartheid
by Samira Mohyeddin, Iranian.com, USA - When it comes to women and gender apartheid all these other factors are brought into play to justify and further demean women, in the name of social mores, religion, culture, etc....
Iceland: The World's Most Feminist Country
by Julie Bindel, Guardian, UK - Iceland has just banned all strip clubs. Perhaps it's down to the lesbian prime minister, but this may just be the most female-friendly country on the planet....
Using Feminism to Legitimize War
by Kristin Engh Førde, Kilden, Norway - The war in Afghanistan is a war to liberate women, supporters claimed. Eight years later the voices that spoke on behalf of Afghan women have fallen silent....
Women’s Work
by Linda Yablonsky, New York Times, USA - Hardly a Tweet had been sent after the Whitney Museum of American Art released the names of the 55 artists selected for its 75th biennial before it was already known as “the...
After Feminism: What Are Girls Supposed To Do?
by Amelia Hill, Guardian, UK - Today's teenagers are struggling to cope with the expectations imposed by media images and peer pressure, the reality of low-paid work and a sexist culture....
New Approach to Sex Work
by Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge & Loveday Penn-Kekana, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - The South African Law Reform Commission has begun a process to review the law on adult prostitution that will culminate in a Bill with one of several options,...
'Men Who Have Daughters Tend to See Better'
by Anne Seith, Spiegel, Germany - We all gravitate towards people who are like ourselves. It would help a lot if we could make more men become aware of these dynamics. It would also be helpful if women would be...
Combatting Prejudice to Succeed in the Ring
by Ruth Gledhill, Times Online, UK - Ambreen Sadiq, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Bradford, has overcome opposition in her community to win her latest fight and aim for the 2016 Olympics....
Female Religious Guides Are on the Rise
by Moha Ennaji, Daily Star, Lebanon - In recent years, Morocco, Egypt, and Turkey have trained and appointed a new group to the ranks of religious guides: women....
Top German Magazine Trades Models for "Real" Women
by Tanya Wood, Deutsche Welle, Germany - Germany's top-circulation women's magazine, Brigitte, has started the New Year with a new concept: replacing professional models with real women. It's a response, they say, to what the modern woman wants....
Feminist Theologian Mary Daly Remembered
by Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR, USA - The feminist theologian Mary Daly, one of the most influential feminist thinkers of the 20th century, died Monday in Massachusetts....
The Handmaid's Tale Comes to Life
by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network, USA - The hijacking of abortion rights as a bargaining chip for the provision of health care is morally reprehensible and if it stands will result in significant harms to women’s health....
No More Faux Beauvoir
by Sarah Glazer, She Writes, USA - If you’ve read that feminist classic, “The Second Sex,” in English, you’ve been reading a faulty translation that distorted Simone de Beauvoir’s message....
Write Like a Man
by Kate Harding, Broadsheet, USA - A blogger finds success after pulling a Bronte and publishing under a male pseudonym....
Woman Who Dares to Fight for Her Fair Share in Saudi
by Caryle Murphy, The National, United Arab Emirates - She wears pink and green head scarves. She calls Saudi Arabia a “prison” for women. She writes, and talks, and protests. But nothing changes....
Behind Bars in Honduras
by Tamar Sharabi, Upside Down World, Canada - An interview with a women's rights leader before the 'free' election....
Is Climate Change a Feminist Issue?
by Jen Phillips, Mother Jones, USA - Yes, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Population Fund. "Women—particularly those in poor countries—will be affected differently than men," the report states....
What Should a Feminist Man Look Like?
by Courtney E. Martin, Alternet, USA - Many young men reject the trappings of traditional, sexist masculinity. But what's the alternative?...
‘The Veil Should not Be a Barrier between Women’
by Charlotte Kemp, The National, United Arab Emirates - The writer and campaigner Rabina Khan talks about her drive to dispel the myths and stereotypes about the hijab, and how her latest project, which documents the views of Muslim and...
"Soft Porn" TV Angers Italian Women
by Vanessa Mock, Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - Women all over Italy are sick and tired of the constant stream of nearly-naked women on television and on advertising billboards. It is fuelling Berlusconi-style "machismo" and dragging their country backwards, they say....
Women Need Rights, Not Rescue
by Yifat Susskind, RH Reality Check, USA - There's no need to airdrop women's rights programs into poor and embattled communities. It makes a lot more sense to team up with the women who are already doing that work and...
CUBA: Will Legalising Multiple Jobs Bring Real Change for Women?
by Dalia Acosta, IPS, Italy - With a good job as a professional in Cuba’s public sector, Mariela Sánchez takes advantage of the flexible hours to take on another, part-time job and collaborate with a specialised publication....
Italian Women Rise Up
by Chiara Volpato, New York Times, USA - Many outside Italy seem to assume that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gets away with his sexist behavior because Italian men condone it and the women at least tolerate it. But this is...
Men – Not the Only Greens
by Ruth Bond, Guardian, UK - When it comes to climate change talks, women are an endangered species. But our input is crucial...
Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women's Movement
by Laura Carlsen, Americas Program, USA - On the morning of June 28, women's organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing....
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