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This week in feminism south of the border

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A few of the pieces I’ve been reading on what feminists have been up to this week just south of the border:

Be sure to check out Red for Gender’s wonderful blog carnival, #dearcaribbean, with love  The series has covered topics ranging from victim-blaming to dictatorship, with writers from all around the Caribbean and its diaspora, and it’s still going!

Is pacification increasing violence against women in Rio’s favelas?

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A few of the pieces I’ve been reading on what feminists have been up to this week just south of the border:

Be sure to check out Red for ...

What we know about each other on the Internet

Today the Guardian published its most sweeping article yet on the top secret National Security Agency surveillance program exposed in large part by whistleblower Edward Snowden and the documents he leaked. As someone who both consumes and creates content on the Internet for political and cultural ends (and, let’s face it, as a Millennial), I’m fascinated, terrified, and overwhelmed by the scope of this program and the potential ramifications for how I’ll use the Internet including to engage with feminism.

I do know that this blog is almost 10 years old (!) and has been utterly critical in the development of my feminist consciousness as well as that of so many others. I have been reading, contributing to and editing Feministing ...

Today the Guardian published its most sweeping article yet on the top secret National Security Agency surveillance program exposed in large part by whistleblower Edward Snowden and the documents he leaked. As someone who both consumes and ...