In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-wildfires-diversity #GisèlePelicotrapetrial #Californiawildfires #MarinaAbramović #MarkZuckerberg #JamieLeeCurtis #Israel-Gazawar #Climatecrisis #Endometriosis #Australianews #Artanddesign #DonaldTrump #Environment #LosAngeles #California #MegynKelly #TraceyEmin #WestCoast #Feminism #ElonMusk #Abortion #Wildlife #Culture #Florida #Society #Gender

Rail firms can’t demand to know customer’s gender, top EU court rules

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/10/european-court-of-justice-railway-trans-ruling/

#GENDER #TRAVEL #EU #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

New on our blog!

Crushing the “Ideal Victim”

#Gender #InternationalCriminalLaw #Palestine #SexualViolence

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/crushing-the-ideal-victim/

"The American-Filipino journalist [Maria Ressa] said Mark Zuckerberg’s move to relax content moderation on the Facebook and Instagram platforms would lead to a 'world without facts' and that was 'a world that’s right for a dictator'.'"

~ Dan Milmo

#MarkZuckerberg #ElonMusk #Trump #media #Meta #Facebook #disinformation #dictatorship #bullying #race #gender #SexualOrientation
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/facebook-end-factchecking-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa

Relative: "And what did Santa bring you?"
My daughter: "A CAR!"
Relative: "A car?... But you are a little girl!"
Daugther (indignant): "NO! I'm a BIG girl!"

#Christmas #Gender #parenting

"Media’s empathetic coverage of Luigi Mangione reveals an obsession with humanizing white male suspects."

~ Gloria Oladipo

Yes. And unfortunately, many of us do not want to hear or think about this important perspective on the Mangione story and why he has been embraced with such alacrity by folks on both right and left — while a man of color or a woman doing what Mangione did would not be similarly embraced.

#LuigiMangione #race #gender

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/luigi-mangione-racism-media

AOC may have shifted to the center, but the Democrats aren’t ready for change https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/aoc-centrist-politics-democrats-change #AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez #HouseofRepresentatives #GisèlePelicotrapetrial #Israel-Gazawar #USimmigration #Mentalhealth #Alzheimer's #USpolitics #IvoryCoast #GregAbbott #Democrats #Worldnews #Feminism #ElonMusk #Society #USnews #Gender #Health #Women #Texas

Judith Butler on #gender and also about #gaza and mentions #ArundhatiRoy #EdwardSaid
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html

#israel #palestine : #culture / #cinema / #gender / #homosexuality / #stigma / #blackmail

„Winner of the prestigious Iris Film Prize, Dima Hamdan's short film "Blood like Water" addresses how Israel uses the social stigma of homosexuality in Palestinian society to blackmail gay men.”

https://qantara.de/en/artikel/pal%C3%A4stinensisches-kino-dima-hamdan-blood-like-water

Brian Thompson’s death has elicited little sympathy. I don’t need to spell out why | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/07/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare #BrianThompsonshooting #Sexualharassment #Healthinsurance #KeiraKnightley #Israel-Gazawar #UShealthcare #Lifeandstyle #ElSalvador #Worldnews #Feminism #Abortion #Americas #Animals #Gender #Health #USnews #Women #Money #Cats #Pets

Brian Thompson’s death has elicited little sympathy. I don’t need to spell out why | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/07/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare #BrianThompsonshooting #Sexualharassment #Healthinsurance #KeiraKnightley #Israel-Gazawar #UShealthcare #Lifeandstyle #ElSalvador #Worldnews #Feminism #Abortion #Americas #Animals #Gender #Health #USnews #Women #Money #Cats #Pets

Should young children be shielded from the word 'no'? Nell Frizzell (a parent herself) explores the trend in parenting to minimise the word 'no'...

Its an interesting Q. but partially submerged within it is the question of how do children who've seen 'no' de-emphasised go on to deal with the issue of consent?

We already know young men seem to think 'no' really means 'yes' when it comes to sexual relations.... are we storing up more gender troubles?

#gender #parenting
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/07/mummy-would-prefer-you-not-to-do-that-how-no-became-a-dirty-word-in-parenting

#belgium #palestine #israel : #culture / #cinema / #dispute / #gender / #lbgtq / #discrimination / #prejudice

»'Belle from Gaza,' which portrays Palestinian society as anti-LBGTQ, is not Israeli and only partly filmed in Israel, but Cinemamed decided to pull its screening after various activist groups said it 'Contributes to the pinkwashing and colonialist narrative of genocide'.«
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-12-05/ty-article/.premium/under-pro-palestinian-pressure-belgian-festival-removes-documentary-on-transgender-gazan/00000193-973b-d6ba-afdb-9fbfffc80000

Sherrilynn Ifill's commentary on how – and why – race and gender have been excised from analysis of the recent election is must-read analysis.

As she says, the "cohort of political experts" who dissect election results in the media may have particular knowledge and expertise, but "they also very particular blind-spots."

#Harris #Trump #race #gender #media
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https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/why-have-race-and-gender-been-erased

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Am 25.11., dem Internationalen Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen, beleuchtet die Studiredaktion Fragen um #Feminizide, transfeindliche Gewalt und Selbstverteidigung, schaltet ein von 17 bis 19 Uhr, auf Radio Corax, 95,9 Mhz.

#Feminismus #Gender

An interesting aspect of the gender pay gap.

In the past gay women have had a pay premium over similar heterosexual women; research suggests, perhaps unsurprisingly that a lack of family breaks for gay women has enabled them to engineer more highly paid careers;

But that premium is declining; partly (possibly) due to a slow decrease in discrimination around family/career breaks... but also perhaps because more female gay families are having children?

#gender #lesbian

h/t Soumaya Keynes/FT

Men Are Reacting To Women Refusing To Date, Marry, Have Sex, Or Birth Children With Them Until Women's Rights Are Equal

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/men-reacting-women-refusing-date-153245009.html

"The best way to show the importance of taking away women's rights is to make sure men are affected as much as possible alongside them. Fuck the patriarchy.“

#HumanRights #Abuse #Women #StrikeBack #Patriarchy #Fascism #misogyny #Capitalism #Idiocracy #Gender #Power #Autonomy #Oppression #Resistance #48Movement

As Hind Elhinnawy observes:

'If the world can tolerate the Taliban’s abuses, Iraq’s restrictive laws & the US restrictions on abortion access, it reveals the fragility of women’s & girls’ rights globally, and how easy it is to take them away'!

Feminism's work is never done & any idea that once rights have been won they don't need continually defending against (mostly) male political attack is very much mistaken.

Patriarchy never rests!

#feminism #gender #HumanRights

https://theconversation.com/how-womens-basic-rights-and-freedoms-are-being-eroded-all-over-the-world-243302

I have posted quite a lot on the gender pay gap, and the motherhood penalty in both wages & career terms that confronts women (still!).

Here is an interesting report that focusses on the return to work of new mothers, the lack of support in the workplace for their changed (personal) circumstances and why we will only start to resolve the gender pay/career gap if we tackle & improve the plight of new mothers who want to return to work.

#gender #workers #parenting
https://www.thefemalelead.com/_files/ugd/05606b_04ec83fcc3ad49d0b99367842e54320b.pdf

Before the Marlboro Man, there was the Marlboro Woman. A reminder that products being masculine or feminine is just made up by marketers.
#vintageAd #gender #tobacco

"The median age of a Fox News viewer is 68, and liberals have joked about the network 'brainwashing' their conservative parents. But rightwing social media content has effectively targeted and radicalized younger people, who — unlike the typical Hannity-obsessed grandpa — can vote for the next several decades.

#Trump #fascism #disinformation #YoungVoters #SocialMedia #YoungMen #gender #MaleEntitlement
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Is the Employment Rights Bill a step on the road to a better conditions for workers, or the limit of Labour's ambitions?

There's already been a lot of business push-back, so a clear worry is that rather than being a downpayment on a Labour led change for workers, its the whole thing.

However, if it is really is a first step & it Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) start to inform policy, then Amy Brooker's hopes for workers may be fulfilled.

#gender #workers #feminism

https://www.progressivebritain.org/the-employment-rights-bill-a-bold-step-toward-building-a-feminist-future-of-work/

Kid had a red (unicorn) t-shirt on today, and was wearing Spiderman sneakers. She has long hair, and yet all the moms at the playground immediately defaulted to calling her a little boy.

The whole thing fascinates me. My mom tells me you can only find red and blue at rhe boys' section at the store. I am amazed at how gender coded kids' clothing is... 😆

#gender #parenting #WTF

Rather than worry why #female leaders step-back from leadership roles when they find (as #JacindaArdern said) they 'no longer [have] enough in the tank', the real problem is male leaders who arrogantly carry on even when they are way off the top of their game.... still, as always, easier to blame the women, I guess.... just more #gender discrimination playing out

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/06/after-ardern-marin-and-sturgeon-is-female-representation-in-politics-going-backwards