January 2012
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Happy 2012!
We’ve had a great year at Gender Across Borders, and can’t wait to see what 2012 brings us. What are you looking forward to in 2012?
December 2011
59 posts
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“Borders suggest both containment and safety, and women often pay a price for...”
– Mohanty, C. (2003). Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity (via queerhappy)
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Abortion in France is about health, not politics →
This is in a context where in France health issues are everyone’s right. There is what many Americans would call socialized medicine, it’s not quite socialized medicine, but there is French government compensation or reimbursement for health care expenses. And it is understood that French citizens all have the right to health care. And by moving the abortion debate into a discussion about...
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harm reduction coalition: FRIDA Launches First... →
harmreduction:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2011-2012
FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund mobilizes resources, funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The goal of The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is to provide accessible, strategic and responsive funding for young…
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Why Rappers Are Suddenly Speaking Out in Support... →
by Chris Lee
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Lebanese TV Shows Address Homosexuality (or: Is... →
It’s the age-old question of depictions of minorities in the media — is any representation good representation? The issue is divisive, particularly when it comes to queer representation.
-Carrie Nelson [from the GAB archives]
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“When feminism itself becomes its own form of oppression, what do we have to say...”
– Feminism For REAL (via seaofbadstories)
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It's Global Feminist Friday! What are you... →
Click here to share what feminist news/books you’re reading/writing on Twitter or on Facebook.
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“When We Leave”: Translating a Silent Oppression... →
Besides offering a startling window into the life of a Turkish woman who, after leaving her abusive husband with child in tow, finds no support from her family, the film [When We Leave] takes a direct look at the act of honor killings (and the invisible hardships that minorities often face and yet are underrepresented in mainstream cinema).
-Kyle Bachan [from the GAB archives]
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Can Sex Sell Autism Awareness? Should It? →
Indeed, while autistic women may be viewed as asexual in the sense of lacking desire, this does not stop their bodies from being viewed as objects for the expression of another’s sexuality and power.
-Elizabeth Switaj [from the GAB archives]
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“Time and again, I’ve seen it work to silence women in the classroom, or at least...”
– Hugo Schwyzer, talking about his resignation from the Good Men Project
The whole article is worth reading. I particularly like the phrase “conscious caretakers of their male peers,” though. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how conversations about feminism can get derailed with the, “well, if...
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Gender Roles and Farming →
I grew up on a pig farm in rural Ontario where for all my life my parents have been “business partners” in agriculture. Both farmers. Equally performing manual labour, paper work, and outside of the farm spending the same amount of time on household and recreational activities. This is lifestyle that was expected of my older brother and I as well. Being a girl was never a reason for doing less...
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Is the Arab Spring Bad for Women? →
In many ways, 2011 has been the Year of the Arab Woman. From the earliest days of upheaval that started in Tunisia last December, women have been on the front lines of protest, leading public demonstrations, blogging passionately, covering the unrest as journalists, launching social media campaigns, smuggling munitions, and caring for the wounded.
-Isobel Coleman
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Book Review: A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon →
This book is a shock to the system. A Thousand Sisters follows the unorthodox story of Lisa Shannon, the founder of the now successful and widely supported Run for Congo Women. The book chronicles Lisa’s evolution from the time she first hears of the systematic rapes in a foreign country to the end of her second trip to the DRC.
-Colleen Hodgetts [from the GAB archives]
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Has The Women’s Rights Movement Screwed Over Poor...
franticinkjizz:
If the folks who commented on this article could acknowledge their privilege, that’d be awesome.
These commenters show this is exactly why this article was written. Ha.
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The Irish Take on Homophobia →
Queer people are, after all, just human.
And what if, straight people were encouraged to support LGBTQ rights not just because they should but out of true empathy and because, even if only for a fleeting moment, they felt themselves in the shoes of the gay teenager who was being bullied, or the lesbian who couldn’t publicly vow “to have and to hold” the woman she loved, or the trans person...
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Teaching Boys Feminism →
With every example of women, girls, queer folks, and people of color facing discrimination, marginalization, and violence, boys awaken. White male boys begin to realize the male privilege they have enjoyed in a culture that valorizes powerful white men while boys of color gain language to describe their painful experiences of racism and classism. And each year, without fail, regardless of...
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“But please remember, especially in these times of group think and the right-on...”
– Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens (via zoramagazine)
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Why Diamonds Aren’t All Girls’ Best Friends →
More than one million people work in diamond mining in Southern Africa. Approximately 17.5% are women, who bear disproportionate social, economic and environmental impacts of mining.
-Masum Momaya, from the GAB archives
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Nerds and Male Privilege →
oddcombination:
A pretty good article on sexism in gaming culture. Really only brushes the surface, but the incredibly defensive comments show how spot on it is.
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Job opening at International Women's Health... →
audaciaray:
Interested in being a professional feminist, even with all its problems and frustrations? (by which I mean both the traditional opposition and the massive problems withing institutional feminism). The org I work part time for as the Program Officer of Communications, the International Women’s…
We love IWHC. Check out this job!
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Morgane Richardson: A Terrifying Marriage... →
morganerichardson:
As feminists, our goal is not only to assist in the liberation of women in our own countries but also to understand and provide support in the obtaining equalities formen and women around the world. Over time, I have found that many Western feminism (and feminists) lack a clear understanding of…
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Disability & Sexuality, Sumo WrestleHERS, & Women... →
Once upon a time, images of female wrestlers could only be found in illustrations that began appearing as early as the 5th century of nude, grappling women or lascivious references in the ero-guro (erotic/grotesque) literature popularized during the 17th century Edo period. Apparently, the only real-live female wrestlers of this era were over-the-hill prostitutes who performed on the streets by...
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Sexual Violence in the Peace Corps, Sex After... →
It’s been a few years since I’ve been out of the Peace Corps, but since then my opinion has not changed. If the Peace Corps is founded on “world friendship and peace,” why can’t it offer support for counseling and grieving of rape and sexual assault victims? As shown in the 20/20 segment above, the Peace Corps is trying to portray a facade of “world friendship and peace” but at the same time...
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Ten Global Firsts for Women 2011 →
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Stigma & Sexuality, Feminism & Education, Muslim... →
A life lived in two or many parts requires a lot of justification, a lot of reasoning, a lot of negotiating between physical and emotional boundaries. Who am I? Where do I come from? How do I exist here, right now?
-“Everything I Am” by Tahira Khalid
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Do you want to intern at a global feminist blog? →
Write and edit for Gender Across Borders! More info about the internship program here. Deadline to apply is Monday, January 9, 2012 by 10pm PST.
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Saudi Woman Beheaded for 'Witchcraft' →
A Saudi woman was beheaded after being convicted of practicing “witchcraft and sorcery,” according to the Saudi Interior Ministry, at least the second such execution for sorcery this year.
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Theatre's Rape Culture, Global Feminism,... →
The hypothesis that the act of rape is about power — usually the domination of men over women — is widely accepted. The rape of women by men is a widely understood reality, yet the phenomenon of male rape is generally observed with indifference.
-Alfred Mautsane Thutloa, in “Male Rape in Africa’s Conflict States”
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If you honestly believe your movement is free from...
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Burma: Rape Used as Military Weapon →
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Circumcision, Hip-hop & feminism, New Media: Best... →
This week we’re running the “Best of Gender Across Borders” posts…check out what makes our top lists!
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“The people who resent me do so because I’m a woman, I’m young, and...”
– Benazir Bhutto
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“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a...”
– Madonna. (via parveenk)
Amen.