Are We Ready To Concentrate On Productive Intersectional Feminism, Yet?
I am a feminist. I believe all womxn are entitled to equality in all forms — i.e. culturally, economically, politically and socially — and that all womxn have a right to an education, to contraception, to a career, to a vote, and to equality in their relationships.
I do not, however, believe in pushing the feminist movement in a counterintuitive manner . . .
Tone Policing
Tone policing is the first cousin of Gaslighting (bags not being invited to that family’s Christmas lunch!) and is when one party in a debate/fight criticises the other party for expressing emotion. It belittles the logic of a statement by attacking the emotional state in which it was said, rather than the statement itself. Read more.
Your Room Is Still Messy
White feminism: let’s talk about it. Does your feminism take racism, bigotry, ableism and poverty into account? If not, then who exactly are you trying to help?
Men Have Eating Disorders, Too
Approximately 50% of people suffering with a binge eating disorder, and 25% of people suffering with anorexia or bulimia are male. Yet cultural stigma, as well as under-diagnosis, means these actual percentages are likely much higher. So why are we still being told that eating disorders are just female illnesses — and why is this misconception so very problematic?
Connor Spratt, shares his experience from his own eating disorder and discusses why lack of male representation has a devastating effect on recovery.
Respectability Politics? Umm, No Thank You
As a COVID-infected Trump rides around in a motorcade — putting the lives of two Secret Service agents at risk for a photo-op — the ‘well wishes’ are still coming in, left, right and centre.
Like, what?
2020 First Presidential Debate: What Did We Just Learn?
When democracy cannot be trusted, does that mean that freedom itself has been eroded?
Let’s takes a quick look at the first US Presidential Debate of 2020 . . .
The Policy Fight Over Climate Change Is Not Over
Approximately 11 months ago, Trump formally notified the United Nations that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement . . .
So now what?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: May Her Memory Be A Blessing
Pioneer of equality and a revolutionary American feminist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died at the age of 87.
This is a huge blow for feminism, equality and progressive politics. Yet in the wake of the 2020 Election — and beyond this — what does this mean actually for America’s future civil liberties?
“We Are Currently, In A Systematic Manner, Exterminating All Non-Human Living Beings.”
Our government’s have failed to fulfil the pledges they made a decade ago to protect our planet’s crucial biodiversity.
So now what?
World Ozone Day 2020
World Ozone Day is a wonderful reminder of how collective decisions and action, guided by science, are the only way to solve major global crises.
More of this please. This sh_t is urgent . . .