Posts Tagged george zimmerman

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

The importance of ENDA.

A must-read from Janet Mock: “Why I chose silence on Trans Day of Remembrance.”

Do you want to orgasm every time?

“Rest is a luxury for the rich.”

Melissa Harry-Perris  was not pleased with that Politico piece.

Being my friend does not make you a hero.

The importance of ENDA.

A must-read from Janet Mock: “Why I chose silence on Trans Day of Remembrance.”

Do you want to orgasm every time?

“Rest is a luxury for the rich.”

Melissa ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

BREAKING: Man who killed McBride charged with second-degree murder

The Detroit News reports:

A Dearborn Heights man was charged Friday with second-degree murder, manslaughter and possession of a firearm in a felony in the shooting death of 19-year-old Detroiter Renisha McBride.

The Detroit News reports:

A Dearborn Heights man was charged Friday with second-degree murder, manslaughter and possession of a firearm in a felony in the shooting death of 19-year-old Detroiter Renisha McBride.

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By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

8 things you can do NOW for this domestic violence survivor in jail for shooting a wall to scare off her abuser

If there is any good that can come out of the tragedy of Trayvon Martin’s death and the miscarriage of justice in George Zimmerman’s acquittal, it’s the raised awareness about other injustices.  On Friday, speaking at the National Urban League convention in Philadelphia Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, said: “My message to you is: Please use my story, please use my tragedy, please use my broken heart to say to yourself, we cannot let this happen to anybody else’s child.” Fulton was urging people to organize against racial profiling and gun laws and Stand Your Ground, a law that exists in over 20 states, that gives people the right to use deadly force with no duty to retreat. ...

If there is any good that can come out of the tragedy of Trayvon Martin’s death and the miscarriage of justice in George Zimmerman’s acquittal, it’s the raised awareness about other injustices.  On Friday, speaking at ...
By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

bell hooks on Trayvon Martin (for realz) & forgiving George Zimmerman

After the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot an unarmed African-American teenager, the following words of the feminist, intellectual, activist, teacher bell hooks spread like wild fire across social media.

The growing number of gated communities in our nation is but one example of the obsession with safety…. The person who is really the threat here is the home owner who has been so well socialized by the thinking of white supremacy, of capitalism, of patriarchy that he can no longer respond rationally.

White supremacy has taught him that all people of color are threats irrespective of their behavior. Capitalism has taught him that, at all costs, his property can and must be protected. Patriarchy has taught him that ...

After the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot an unarmed African-American teenager, the following words of the feminist, intellectual, activist, teacher bell hooks spread like wild fire across social media.

The growing number of gated ...
By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The conservative paper Investors’ Business Daily stays classy by featuring  lynching in an anti-Sharpton Cartoon.

In a heart-warming vomit-inducing story gun advocates are raising money to buy a new gun for… wait for it… George Zimmerman.

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has said he will sign the #motorcyclevagina bill. So, in response, YOU should sign this petition.

Painful sex is a thing and it’s not that uncommon.

Harvey Fierstein’s NYT op-ed on Russia’s homophobic policies.

Woot! Federal judge blocks North Dakota bill that would have banned abortion at 6 weeks and would have been the most restrictive law on abortion in the country.

Woot #2! Elizabeth Warren questions “Stand Your Ground” laws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The conservative paper Investors’ Business Daily stays classy by featuring  lynching in an anti-Sharpton Cartoon.

In a heart-warming vomit-inducing story gun advocates are raising money to buy a new gun for… wait for it… George Zimmerman.

North ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Here’s the full transcript of Obama’s Friday remarks on Trayvon Martin.

Martin’s parents released a statement in response to the President’s speech.

Putting casual racism on trial.

The Crunk Feminist Collective: “Processing our anger for Trayvon Martin the Black feminist way.”

Challenging racism in POC communities.

“As someone who could be George Zimmerman, I have a unique responsibility to work against racism within communities of color.”

Domestic violence and George Zimmerman’s defense.

Read an excerpt from the “White Privilege Pop Quiz.”

“What this case represents is the undoing of years of fighting, senseless deaths, beatings, demonstrations, riots, and civil cases.”

“Trayvon Martin and the weight of my race.”

Here’s the full transcript of Obama’s Friday remarks on Trayvon Martin.

Martin’s parents released a statement in response to the President’s speech.

Putting casual racism on trial.

The Crunk Feminist Collective: “Processing ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

In January and February 2013, NYT reporters quoted 3.4 times as many male sources as female sources.

CU Boulder now under federal investigation for violating Title IX.

Unemployment and its symptoms.

Video shows ten men cheering while they gang-rape a 13-year-old girl.

I don’t understand book trailers, but… Atwood.

Single moms and extracurricular fundraising.

Mothers of sons respond to the Zimmerman verdict.

Nancy Pelosi: “This is about how to pay the bills.”

Mychal talks Fruitvale Station with Ryan Coogler.

On the pain of violent men.

The sexist whispering campaign against Janet Yellen.

Teachers write about Trayvon.

Katie on Marissa Alexander and “Stand Your Ground.”

#FF has

In January and February 2013, NYT reporters quoted 3.4 times as many male sources as female sources.

CU Boulder now under federal investigation for violating Title IX.

Unemployment and its symptoms.

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