Quick Hit: Feministing named one of PC Mag’s favorite blogs

By Reina Gattuso • @reinagattuso • 5 years ago

Seven Reasons Consent Apps Are A Terrible Idea

Feminists: making everything harder for god-fearing gentlemen who feel entitled to get laid. We’ve come a long way from the good old days when men had a right to sex with their wives regardless of women’s opinion on the matter (marital rape was legal in the US until the 20th century). With the evil witch-hands of feminism continuing to reach into our bedrooms, we have to ask: will The Feminists now make us all sign a contract on an app before getting busy?

Well, dear reader, wait no more. The sex apps are here, and they’re intended to do just that. Since consent is now in vogue, app developers have done what ...

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • @JulianaBrittoS • 6 years ago

We might shut down

This makes me sadder than sad to say: After an incredible thirteen-year run, Feministing is one big fundraising push away from having to shutter our virtual doors forever. But with your help, we won’t have to.

For the last thirteen years, Feministing has run as a labor of love on a shoestring budget to produce big results. And since the election of Donald Trump, our work — on women workers, immigration, militarism, and transphobia — has become more important than ever. In a political landscape where critical reporting on the Trump administration is dismissed as “fake ...

By Brianna Suslovic • @bsuslovic • 6 years ago

Police Officer Comforts White Woman by Saying “We Only Kill Black People”

Dashcam footage released last week shows a Georgia police officer telling a passenger during a traffic stop that cops “only shoot black people.” The video isn’t just a bad joke caught on camera. It reveals layers of historical and present police violence against black people – often in the name of making white women feel safe.

The dashcam footage, which surfaced last week, shows Lt. Greg Abbott standing outside of a vehicle during a DUI traffic stop in July 2016. After the passenger – a white woman – expresses fear that she would be shot for moving her hands during the stop, Abbott responds: “But you’re not black. Remember, we only shoot ...

Quick Hit: Feministing named one of PC Mag’s favorite blogs

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