I need feminism because
I’m tired of being treated like my opinions don’t matter by most of my work colleagues because I’m female (even though all my work colleagues are female) because we live in a society where a man’s opinion is worth more than a woman’s opinion
Sweden’s New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen »
The idea of a gender-neutral pronoun isn’t revolutionary. While it seems acceptable to add new gender-neutral pronouns into languages where they did not previously exist, a nation-wide removal of gender differentiation seems like a step in the wrong direction.
It is in the world’s interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.”
— Weili Dai, special to CNN
(Source: CNN)
![”Skinny fat” crassly refers the physiological phenomenon by which a woman (since the poster clearly isn’t targeting men) has large amounts of visceral fat, which, unlike subcutaneous fat that she might grab with her hand, i.e. fat that’s visible and palpable, is buried deep within the abdominal cavity where it pads the empty spaces between her organs. Visceral fat, moreover, is thought to pose increased health risks such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and increased risk for future gallbladder surgery because of its proximity to vital organs.
[…] The phrase “skinny fat” undermines all of a viewer’s expectations for what it means in the advertising world’s hall of mirrors to be so skinny and throws that person, who’s so far bought into the warped physical ideals propagated by fashion, fitness, and celebrity magazines, suddenly off balance.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0s2em9Aas1qir3f6o1_500.gif)
”Skinny fat” crassly refers the physiological phenomenon by which a woman (since the poster clearly isn’t targeting men) has large amounts of visceral fat, which, unlike subcutaneous fat that she might grab with her hand, i.e. fat that’s visible and palpable, is buried deep within the abdominal cavity where it pads the empty spaces between her organs. Visceral fat, moreover, is thought to pose increased health risks such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and increased risk for future gallbladder surgery because of its proximity to vital organs.
[…] The phrase “skinny fat” undermines all of a viewer’s expectations for what it means in the advertising world’s hall of mirrors to be so skinny and throws that person, who’s so far bought into the warped physical ideals propagated by fashion, fitness, and celebrity magazines, suddenly off balance.
This International Women’s Day, [ONE] want[s] you to meet one 13-year-old girl we are proud of. Her name is Molly and she is a big-hearted student who loves dancing and dreams of helping children when she grows up. She also lives in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya where she receives a daily meal at school through WFP’s School Meal’s Programme. It is often the only daily meal she can count on. Her teacher says she is one of the brightest students in her class.
(Source: one.org)
Revealed: The best and worst places to be a woman »
1. Best place to be a woman: Iceland
2. Best place to be a politician: Rwanda
3. Best place to be a mother: Norway
4. Best place to read and write: Lesotho
5. Best place to be head of state: Sri Lanka
6. Best place to be a woman in the arts: Sweden
7. Best place to be a top dog: Thailand
8. Best place to give birth: Greece
9. Best place for economic participation: Bahamas
10. Best place to be a journalist: Caribbean
11. Best place for the right to choose: Sweden
12. Best place for labour force participation: Burundi
13. Best place to earn money: Luxembourg
14. Best place to go to university: Qatar
15. Best place to live long: Japan
16. Best place to be a lady of leisure: Denmark
17. Best place to be an athlete: US
18. Best place to leave your husband: Guam
19. Best place to drive a car: India
20. Best place for high-skilled jobs: Jamaica
From Buzzfeed:
Sexism In 30 Vintage Ads
To push their products, these advertisements invoke some of the worst gender stereotypes, depicting women as terrible drivers, brainless beauties, and kitchen-dwellers. Women of the twentieth century, I sincerely hope you did not put up with this nonsense.
My answer to that is, are you kidding? When is rape ever funny? Every topic seems to be fair game in pop culture. A lot of people ask what makes rape different. If you can make fun about different races, religions—why not rape? But we’re talking about a violent crime. According to the FBI, it’s the No. 1 most violent crime that a person can survive.”
—
Marnie Goodfriend, in response to whether she thinks rape jokes are funny
View my previous post on the growing prevalence of rape jokes in pop culture.
(Source: thedailybeast.com)
The Nominees for the Best Performance of Gender Are... »
Women performers and the characters they played for us on screen didn’t just complacently inhabit gender; they flaunted, overturned, redescribed or revolted against it…
‘Masculinity’ and ‘femininity,’ these performances show, fall along a much longer line of traits and gestures, and also vary according to the actor/character’s race and class and their moment in culture and history…
Each choice of gesture and facial expression, each piece of clothing we select or avoid, signifies a step towards or away from the traditional expectations of what a man or a woman should do. […] all of our daily actions are coded with gendered meaning.
Because the movies magnify all those choices, they offer a wonderful laboratory for observing gender performance at work.
Trending on YouTube: Am I pretty or ugly? »
Searching on YouTube for “am I pretty or ugly” yields almost 7,000 results.
New ad uses facial recognition software to show video to women only.
The ad that’s being shown is for a campaign that’s working to improve education options for young women in developing countries, whose access is limited simply because they are girls. It’s being run by Plan, a children’s charity that works to improve life in the world’s poorest countries.
A Plan rep explains why they felt it was important to create a sex-specific ad: “We’re not giving men the choice to see the full ad so they get a glimpse of what it’s like to have basic choices taken away.”from jezebel.com
Why women deserve a seat in the [tech] boardroom »
By adding new blood to the boardroom,these companies are getting a four-fer,or more: 1) gender diversity,and in most cases,age diversity around the table 2) better understanding of core customers 3) Social-Mobile-Local expertise and insight into digital platforms like Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, Twitter,P ath, Square, Flipboard and Pinterest that are fundamentally changing business and 4) hyper growth and rapid innovation DNA.
An educated girl will lead to an empowered woman in dev countries. This means nat’l econ growth & well-being for whole communities.”
— Women in the World chat with DVF (#wiwchat)
You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face »
if i have a daughter in the future, i hope i’m strong enough to be this kind of mother.
When the fuck was it decided that we should start teaching our daughters to accept being belittled, disrespected and abused as endearing treatment?
I want my daughter to know that the boy called her ugly or pushed her or pulled her hair didn’t do it because he admires her, it is because he is a little asshole and assholes are an occurrence of society that will have to be dealt with for the rest of her life.
really impressed by this ad campaign.
international advertising agency lowe + partners’ singapore branch has released their advertising campaign for association of women for action and research (AWARE). shot by photographer sebastian siah, the severe images shows a woman as she is being hit. the following motion portrays her in an array of positions as she is absorbing the attack. however, in every depiction, she is at a different stage of life, until she is an old woman, still the victim of abuse. the photographs are accompanied by the blunt text ‘if it happens once, it can happen again’.
AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research)
“If it happens once, it could happen again. Stop the cycle before it starts.” AMAZING PRINT ADS!
Advertising Agency: Lowe, Singapore
Chief Creative Officers: Dominic Stallard, Clinton Manson
Copywriter: Mihir Dhairyawan
Art Director: Mandar Wairkar
(via cmcastellanos)
