By Jessica • 16 years ago

Monday Monty Blogging (yoga sleep edition)


Monty is all tired out from a long weekend in Woodstock, NY, as evidenced by his peculiar sleeping style. Unfortunately, because Monty was super excited all weekend, he managed to hurt himself–and me. He’s all limpy from what I can only imagine was all the sprinting around in the woods (the vet will tell me more, hopefully), and I have just been informed that I’ll be wearing a patch for the next week because of a dog claw to the eye I got during a little roughhousing. (Pirate feminism…could work, I suppose.)
And a little something extra: my father complained to me this weekend that not once in my Monday Monty Blogging have I mentioned Monty’s ...


Monty is all tired out from a long weekend in Woodstock, NY, as evidenced by his peculiar sleeping style. Unfortunately, because Monty was super excited all weekend, he managed to hurt himself–and me. He’s ...
By Courtney • 16 years ago

What is Feminism Anyway?

The New Statesman, a great current affairs magazine and online presence out of the UK, asked feministing to post a series on, well, feminism and gender theory. Their Faith Column features a new person each week elucidating why they care deeply about a particular spiritual or intellectual philosophy. So this week, it’s me, and I’m schooling peeps on what feminism ain’t, what it is, and what it could be (to me at least). Check it out and feel free to put your two cents in the comments section.

The New Statesman, a great current affairs magazine and online presence out of the UK, asked feministing to post a series on, well, feminism and gender theory. Their Faith Column features a new person each week elucidating ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

UK women Reclaim the Night!

Women in the UK took to the streets this Saturday the annual Reclaim the Night March, organized by the London Feminist Network. Hotness.
Jess McCabe at the f-word reports that 1500 women gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square to protest violence against women and sexual assault:

We were protesting against the epidemic levels of violence against women – against rape, domestic violence, and against the mentality that in order to protect ourselves from these threats, we should half live our lives, afraid to walk the streets, or wear what we want, or do what we want.
But, despite how serious these issues are, despite the impact they have had on us, our friends and our families (almost inevitably, ...

Women in the UK took to the streets this Saturday the annual Reclaim the Night March, organized by the London Feminist Network. Hotness.
Jess McCabe at the f-word reports that 1500 women gathered ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

Yesterday marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, kicking off a fantastic campaign: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
Founded at Rutgers’ (represent!) Center for Women’s Global Leadership, the campaign begins on the International Day Against Violence Against Women and ends on December 10, International Human Rights Day, “in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights.”
Since its inception in 1991, over 2,000 organizations in 154 countries have participated in the campaign.
At Feministing, we’re going to make an extra effort to cover issues concerning violence against women until December 10 and point you to resources (in ...

Yesterday marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, kicking off a fantastic campaign: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
Founded at Rutgers’ (represent!) Center for Women’s Global Leadership, the ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Saudi women activists speak out against rape ruling


Women activists in Saudi Arabia are protesting the recent ruling that sentenced a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes and six months in jail for being in a car with a man who wasn’t her relative.
Activist Wajiha al-Hweider said “[T]here is injustice against women in courts. It is a bitter situation that Saudi women have to endure…The kingdom is in an embarrassing position. King (Abdullah) should step in and stop this farce.”
Hatoon al-Fassi, another women’s rights activist, said, “It is good that the case has taken an international dimension. It is shameful that such a case could have stayed unspoken of…This is a ruling that has treated the victim as a culprit.” She added, ...


Women activists in Saudi Arabia are protesting the recent ruling that sentenced a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes and six months in jail for being in a car with a man who wasn’t her ...

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