Feb 23
When we talk to/about men and condoms, we say ‘Use protection’, but when we talk to/about women about various options, we say ‘Use contraception’. The difference is NOT insignificant.
In the second case, we’re talking about preventing conception, about not becoming pregnant, about not becoming a parent.
In the first case, we’re talking about protection …
Jan 08
BE AWARE!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html
Jan 08
https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=447
A great and courageous post. I was the same way and at the fork in the road left the guy who wanted kids. Haven’t looked back. (Never had them and am wonderfully happy doing and having done all the stuff I wanted.)
I wonder if this woman had a Caesarean. I’ve heard that that …
Jan 08
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/16/4b-movement-america-political-protest-00189314
Good article, great movement, but does anyone else see the disjunct with the second picture?
Oct 22
Highly recommended!
A few impressive bits:
“I’m minded to pursue the current approach, given the sensitivities in this area, and reassess once we have greater visibility over how the strategy has been received,” Will spoke, baritone and authoritative.
“Urrrr,” Genevieve’s voice grumbled, … “is your Grand Plan of Action that you will carry on as …
Jan 24
A hefty book of over 500 pages of entries, but worth, at the very least, a skim through for words of interest to you. Here are a few that I love:
Academia: a hierarchy whose “purpose is the production of prestige” (Jo Freeman, 1979)
Acknowledgements: … where authors acknowledged the ideas and intellectual contributions of …
Aug 27
According to 19th C feminist scholar Matilda Joslyn Gage, 9 million women were executed or burned for having knowledge—i.e., for being witches (p163)
Wow. Did not know it was that many.
“Had women ever contributed to the design of roads and vehicles, there is no doubt that the entire system would look very different. The …
Apr 11
https://medium.com/the-matriarchy/things-you-wouldnt-have-without-feminism-e743e694801e
Sad to say, I’ll bet some will surprise you.
