To help you better understand these terms, we sat down for a little Feminism 101 with IRL feminists and GLAAD Campus Ambassadors about why the feminist and women’s rights movement is so important. Let’s get started... What is feminism? Short answer: Feminism is about the advocacy of wome...
I've always been aware of the ideology, but didn't embrace it until a series of very awful events in my country triggered a massive wave of attention to the feminists protests going on. Most women in my life at the time, even if they didn't identify with feminism themselves, shared wi...
But that could be changing, as this year’s cluster of femme-powered movies suggest. Feminists have taken issue with some elements of these stories: Did Ginsburg really have to hesitate in her court room scene to heighten dramatic tension? Ginsburg herself has said that she did not...
“You play like a girl”: it’s meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you’re a girl, and you grow up, do you “play like a woman”—whatever that means? What does it mean to play like feminists? Playing like a feminist is empowering and disrup...
You might have seen slogans such as'Girl Power', 'The Future Is Female', 'This Is What a Feminist Looks Like'or'We Should All Be Feminists'on T-shirts worn by people whose good intentions we really don't question. Spreading an important message by wearing an empowering tee is appealing...
Secondly, I argue that the very use of the Underdetermination Thesis concedes that feminist values are extra-scientific, a-rational, factors in theory acceptance. This concession denies feminists grounds to explain why their values contribute to rational scientific reasoning. Finally, I propose two ...
Natalia noted that, ‘Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical feminists are pushing the erasure of sex worker voices, as defining sex work as rape, leaving no space to even define an attack in contrast to a respectful client’. Ultimately, when sex workers see that people who violate non-sex working...
) some indicators of gender equality show progress. I wanted to mention this as it’s no longer a topic that is limited to a group of feminists. These values are becoming cornerstones of future governments and I hope the progress continues across the region. Initiatives such as this are ...
‘life-affirming institutions’, which feels like a much more intimidating project. Still, it’s something that we are all doing in small and big ways, here and now. So, yes, gender is essential to cultural feminism. I think a lot of feminists that have this more carceral approach ...
Young women are not only more likely to get tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), they are also much more likely than their male partners to initiate a conversation about STI status.