Tag Archives: International
CLPP 2012: Our Bodies are Beautiful, Our Bodies are Political
What do a teenaged sex ed advocate, the executive director of an FGM advocacy organization, and a self-identified fat writer and activist have in common? More than first meets the eye, I learned at the 2012 CLPP Conference. They are all activists advancing sexual freedom and challenged media culture by sharing stories and building community. [...]
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Marriage equality proponents oppress anti-gay politician by interrupting his dinner
Tony Abbott, the conservative leader of the Australia’s opposition party, was having dinner on Sunday night in Melbourne when he was interrupted by a group of gay rights activists. Abbott, who said just yesterday that he wants a “non-discriminatory society” in which gays and lesbians are not allowed to get married, was not pleased to [...]
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“Some women pretend to have no choice, and some women just act”
The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the UN have called on Asma Al-Assad, wife of the Syrian President Bashar Assad, to end the Syrian regime’s violence against its own people. Huberta von Voss-Wittig and Sheila Lyall Grant have addressed this video message directly (pointedly, relentlessly) to Asma Al-Assad. They call on her [...]
Australian Easter immigration protests echo “drop the I-word” campaign
Immigration is a tricky subject here in Australia. I’ve written about it at Feministing before, and the more I think about it, the more similar the Australian and America conversations about immigration sound. This is probably because historically speaking, there are many similarities between Australia and the US. Both are nations rooted in colonialism, founded [...]
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Australian Speaker of the House steps aside amid sexual harassment allegations