Category — Discrimination

Typically, I get three responses from men to whom I express my feminism.
A) “Well, don’t worry, as far as I’m concerned you are equal with me.” My response to this is something along the lines of “Thanks, but no thanks.” The fact that you think it is necessary to tell me [...]

From CNN: Catcalling: creepy or a compliment?
Naturally, in the above linked article, the woman who argues it’s flattering to be catcalled and looked up and down when she walks on the street is from… wait for it… you can guess this… Los Angeles. (If I start a “help Beta escape from Los Angeles” fund, would [...]

I was out for a walk around the neighborhood last night, which meant my brain was in autopilot mode, getting a rare rest. I passed a couple of male gardeners working in someone’s yard, and they took a good long look at me, head to toe. I ignored them. And the following thoughts passed through [...]

Tenth Annual Women’s History Month Conference
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (20 minutes from midtown Manhattan)
Black Power, Black Feminism: Black Women’s Activism and Development of Womanist/Feminist Consciousness in the Era Black Power.
This Conference is FREE and open to the public.
Register at:http://www.slc.edu/womens-history/conference/index.php
Traditionally scholarship on the Black Power era has [...]

http://unnaturalcauses.org/
I’m already intrigued… a documentary on healthcare in the US the acknowledges, in advance, that ’social policies are health policies?’ :fans self:
This is especially awesome given this little bit of propaganda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOxIFW1Mhk 
It’s so lovely to be reminded that your healthcare needs can be reduced to your ability to act as a storage unit.

An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year. Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.
 
Please join us Saturday, December 1, 2007 to raise awareness about this growing epidemic. Hear [...]

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sabbaticals for Long-Time Activists of Color
Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program
The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program is committed to advancing progressive social change by helping to sustain long-time activists of color. The program honors those [...]

I am adding a new rule to the commenting guidelines for all Hathor sites. It bans the use of any gender essentialist arguments in comments.
Gender essentialism is the assumption that women are naturally like this, while men are naturally like that, and nature made it so and anyone who deviates from that pattern is a [...]

An Ohio University study watched a Texas middle school for two years and arrived at the conclusion:
Among the findings of the study: black girls who actively sought out the positive attention of their teachers in class by asking questions were reprimanded by teachers, while boys and girls of other racial and [...]

I recently read an article in Self magazine entitled “Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?”. The article, in short, is about the challenges and discrimination women are facing when it comes to their health care and specifically in terms of their reproductive health. On the page facing the main title and article is a [...]