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The term ‘patriarchy’ has become a buzzword in contemporary conversations about gender equality and feminism. But what exactly is patriarchy, when did it begin, and how can we overcome its deeply ingrained structures? Patriarchy is a social system that...
by populationmediacenter
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 07:36 AM PDT
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I was reading this piece by George Monbiot today, it is Britain-centric but can be equally applied elsewhere: Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name George Monbiot When the traditional ruling class...
by LaFeminista
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 05:19 AM PDT
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by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” ― Aldous Huxley Pastor Joel Webbon thinks half of Americans should be stripped of the right to vote. Not coincidentally, it is the same half whom the Supreme Court has denied the...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Smith argued that the baker and butcher didn't give bread and meat out of the goodness of their hearts. It's an ironic point of view coming from a bachelor who lived with his mother for most of ...
by Mokurai
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on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 09:00 AM PDT
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I was reading this post about Sen Britt’s response to the SOTU… and I thought my response might better make a diary than a comment. I never thought about it before, but I have heard the fundie baby voice, but didn’t know it had a name, or that it meant...
by PrivateIce
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 03:51 PM PDT
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Women’s contributions to our history have too often been ignored or downplayed. Several of the official national park sites primarily focus on telling women’s history, but the park service maintains a far longer list of women who deserve more...
by CorpFlunky
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 05:44 AM PST
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The book Dune starts with an old woman. The first sentence reads: “In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, and old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.”...
by agoldnyc
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:23 PM PST
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Back in 2022, a day or so after the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade I attended a rally downtown. It was a decently large gathering and decently diverse crowd of a few thousand people gathered to protest the loss of a constitutional right to...
by satanicpanic
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 06:50 AM PST
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This Week in the War on Women provides a weekly summary of news on women's issues and information on current political actions. We welcome all who are interested to join, to write for us, and to ...
by Angmar
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on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 04:59 PM PST
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It seems that the Republican party has run out of ways to attack credible Democratic politicians. How do we know? The right-wing propaganda army has started taking cheap shots at pop culture figures who happen to be Democrats. Its most recent and...
by Samuel OBrient
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 03:39 PM PST
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___________________________ “You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'” – Ingrid Betancourt, Columbian politician...
by officebss
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on Sat Dec 30, 2023 at 03:29 PM PST
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____________________________________ “I think here I will leave you. It has come to seem there is no perfect ending. Indeed, there are infinite endings.” — Louise Glück, from Faithful and Virtuous Night ____________________________________ The very...
by officebss
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on Sat Dec 23, 2023 at 03:29 PM PST
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___________________________ “I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.” – Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street ___________________________ . WOW2 is a...
by officebss
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on Sat Dec 16, 2023 at 03:16 PM PST
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___________________________ “Women writers are the custodians of the world’s best-kept secret. Merely the private lives of one half of humanity.” – Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, from Pro Femina ___________________________ . WOW2 is a...
by officebss
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on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 03:29 PM PST
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The Kate Cox case, happening in Texas right now, is the perfect example of how right-wingers’ promises of “exceptions” in their anti-abortion laws are completely hollow. Kate Cox received the ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 05:09 PM PST
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In Stephen King’s epic novel and later movie, “The Stand,” there is a peripheral character in the first few scenes called The Monster Shouter, a man who stands on the street corners with a “Repent!” sign. As people pass by and try not to look at him,...
by ENG2018
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 05:56 PM PST
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“You don’t know you’re making history when it’s happening. I just wanted to do my job.” – � Charity Adams Earley ,
by officebss
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 03:29 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Nov 24, 2023 at 10:08 PM PST
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“If you’re a Black artist, you could paint a wall of smiley faces, and someone will still ask you, ‘Why are you so angry?” – Kara Walker, Black American artist and filmmaker ___________________________ . . WOW2 is a four-times-a-month sister blog to...
by officebss
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 03:29 PM PST
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