On 21 November WOMEN'S HISTORY REVIEW 1089 Figure 1. Timeline of key events, 1975–1993. 1979, the PUP won thirteen seats to the UDP's 5.25 The PUP won a mandate to push for independence. Thanks to a fortuitous conjuncture in 1979–1981 of international support for Belize's independence,...
of activism. Some focused on publishing reports, whereas others organised seminars, demonstrations, and other events. Association 9 members translated Swedish and American sex role research and feminist literature into Finnish so that it would be accessed by Finnish-language audiences at large.Footnote19...
Tim, Valerie and myself all commented and edited substantially. Annalee asked for consensus on adopting it, Valerie suggests she JFDI, and I ended up proposing a timeline through to late June for circulating it more widely, giving people time to familiarise themselves, appointing...
Because the characters are still so very much who they are in the normal timeline, the comic gives us a glimpse into a mirror universe I’d sure like to visit: one where a group of brilliant female cadets were given control of a top-of-the-line star ship after stopping a Romulan terr...
Transnational feminist influences reached Finland from an array of foreign settings and these international impetuses amalgamated with existing Finnish social, cultural, and political pressures and particu- larities, resulting in a distinct historical timeline and a unique set of national characteristics. ...
You’re right, you’re not diminishing what rape is. However, you really do seem to be doing your best to. You’ve taken Jacinta’s entirely reasonable demonstration that a significant proportion of the audience may have personal experiences that would leave them disproportionately likely to be...
Code of Conduct timeline and postmortem Last week, Geek Feminismannouncedwe’ve adopteda Code of Conduct. As Annalee said in that announcement, this comes long after adoption of codes in other communities, especially events: You’ve been promoting Codes of Conduct for years. Why didn’t you ...
This is a guest post by Brianna Laugher, a software developer who appreciates significant whitespace. She tweets fleetingly at@pfctdayelise. It iscross-posted at her Tumblr. Monday was the first day of Europython, and the first keynote was by Ola Sendecka & Ola Sitarska, the founders ofDj...
A significant number of DC’s female heroes are based on other heroes, from Batgirl, Supergirl and Wonder Girl through Stargirl, Mary Marvel and Ravager.” Sex, Sexy & Sexism | Storify (April 24): a PAX East 2014 panel on fixing gender inequality in gaming. Featuring Susan Arendt, Brianna...
and in 1981 a U.S. congressional resolution proclaimed the week including March 8 to be National Women’s History Week. In 1986 theNational Women’s History Project(later known as theNational Women’s History Alliance) played a significant role in expanding the observance to the entire month ...