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2023-11-30T23:38:09.040211Z
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Hi, Sisters, I will be discussing "Spinning and Weaving" on WDI's Radical Feminist Perspectives series this Sunday morning (and the recording will be on their You Tube after that). Here is the Zoom invite:Spinning and Weaving by Elizabeth Miller, discussed by Marian Rutigliano and Elizabeth Miller10am Sunday 3rd December 2023 Radical feminist perspectives - This series of webinars is run by radical feminists whose voices have been cancelled or silenced in universities, schools and the media. Frustrated that we cannot share what we know in these places, we are offering this online series of webinars here. Enjoy! For a searchable list of all videos click here: RFP - Books for website link.xlsx (womensdeclaration.com) If you have not already registered for this series, register in advance for this webinar:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sttBp6aIR-ymhmwkVlO0JAAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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2023-12-02T00:20:51.296424Z
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If you are looking for actual feminist organizations to support this holiday season (as opposed to lib fem organizations that cater to men), here is a partial list of great feminist organizations. You can find them all on Facebook or by Googling their websites.Feminists In Struggle; FILIA;Women's Liberation Radio News;Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter;Lesbian Connection;Culture Reframed;Suppressed Histories Archives;Michigan Framily Reunion;Women's Declaration International USA;Women's Liberation Front
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2023-12-07T04:34:22.397146Z
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Abortion rights win in Wisconsin!https://youtu.be/BSy4CVNjLwg?si=3Fa_8gUCp7xxkQN0
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2023-12-17T05:47:04.691888Z
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[New polling shows that support for "gender identity" policies in California has dropped nearly 20 points since 2020! The poll, conducted in November of 2023 by Spry Strategies with a random sample size of 1,000 likely 2024 general election voters, demonstrates a huge shift in public perception of gender issues and protecting single-sex spaces compared to a similar poll conducted in August of 2020.Across similarly-worded questions, voters demonstrated a huge turn away from self-ID policies in prisons, changing rooms, and women’s shelters. Voters also increasingly expressed being “unsure” about self-ID policies, likely as a result of increased exposure to the consequences of these policies over the past three years. For example, the largest swing in public opinion over the past three years was on the topic of homeless and domestic violence shelters, with 51.6% of California voters in strong support of keeping single-sex shelters, up from 32.8% in 2020. Strong support for letting men into women’s shelters had dropped drastically from 26.5% in 2020 to only 10.1% by 2023. 🎉]https://womensliberationfront.org/news/new-california-poll-reveals-dramatic-decrease-for-support-of-gender-identity-policies-since-2020?fbclid=IwAR3SHhXSJUkFTjIq8xezwjs8pFzvenARkLeOu4KiDHtcwtygreqpjA5BfOM_aem_AbPXFWyWh12Xk7cg4w0jHa7vzEgseHJYNm3N1sf3nYf34StU3chVR2OrwY4S1fWv6Bo
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2023-12-21T06:13:19.343740Z
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Have you shifted or discontinued a gender transition?The DARE study is looking for participants. The study is seeking to understand the life experiences and identities of gender-diverse people who shift or discontinue a gender transition.It is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and received ethics approval by York University. The purpose of the study is to develop community and data-driven healthcare and supports. Eligibility criteria include:-aged 16 and older-living in the United States or Canada-stopped/reversed a gender transitionYou can access more information about the study here:https://mtr.cool/udtdlduodb
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2023-12-23T00:48:37.944150Z
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LAOTONG, THE ANCIENT UNION OF TWO WOMEN.Laotong is a ritual practice dating back to medieval China and originated from Hunan (the region of origin of the Yao matriarchal civilization) and still lives today mainly in the LGBT community but not only. It provides for the making of a real contract between two women in the presence of an officer and guarantor of the ritual. The sacred and magical nature of this contract is due to the placement of a type of seal that, according to Chinese beliefs, guarantees the unbreakable bond. This contract enforces the union of the contractors, a visceral and at the same time spiritual union, stronger than the one between two sisters and two friends, specifically because almost always here Laotong is understood as a bond of friendship or sisterhood, and this is only due to the sad censorship of our heteronormative culture. "Lao" in Chinese, means "old" but also "ancient," while "tong" means "same," those who argue that "laotong" means "friendship" usually climb on mirrors to explain its etymology: "Laotong" would mean "old selves," although it's hard to understand what this expression actually means. But "tong" is just a prefix for "man" in the word "homosexual" (which is called "tongxi" in Chinese). "Laotong" simply means "ancient (bond) omo".Probably the nature of this bond, in any case very strong, has always been varied, different from pair to pair, and knows all the possible nuances that a relationship can have, including the homosexual one in a narrow sense. After all, in Chinese history, homosexual unions of women are documented by many iconographic testimonies, so much so that if I have to think about the civilization that produced more images of female homoeroticism, I think about the Chinese one or better about its matriarchal substrate.[Pictured: The figures of two Laotong women are attached to the Nu shu writing (on the right), which was often used for secret communication between the two women. Sometimes laotong women customized the Nu shu to make it even more secretive and exclusive than the couple. ]
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2023-12-23T00:36:25.130305Z
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The Lesbian Home Movie Project!https://www.lesbianhomemovieproject.org/
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2023-12-24T23:56:41.759439Z
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2023-12-30T19:33:54.430984Z
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I’d like to recommend a radical feminist anthology I edited in 2021, with almost 40 radical feminist authors from around the world. It’s called “Spinning and Weaving.”https://spinningandweaving.org/the-book/
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2024-04-26T20:49:02.400720Z
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Women-only festival this summer!http://www.wethewomen.world/
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2024-05-02T02:58:05.618950Z
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2024-04-14T23:52:20.104465Z
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“Q: Can you explain why you are so opposed to pornography?”Andrea Dworkin: “I find it strange that it requires an explanation. The men have made quite an industry of pictures, moving and still, that depict the torture of women. I am a woman. I don’t like to see the virtual worship of sadism against women because I am a woman, and it’s me. It has happened to me. It’s going to happen to me. I have to fight an industry that encourages men to act out their aggression on women–their “fantasies,” as those aspirations are so euphemistically named. And I hate it that everywhere I turn, people seem to accept without question this false notion of freedom. Freedom to do what to whom? Freedom to torture me? That’s not freedom for me. I hate the romanticization of brutality towards women wherever I find it, not just in pornography, but in artsy movies, in artsy books, by sexologists and philosophes. It doesn’t matter where it is. l simply refuse to pretend that it doesn’t have anything to do with me. And that leads to a terrible recognition: if pornography is part of male freedom, then that freedom is not reconcilable with my freedom. If his freedom is to torture, then in those terms my freedom must be to be tortured. That’s insane.”
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2024-05-27T15:44:00.236679Z
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2024-06-06T16:53:00.144121Z
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https://pridesource.com/article/celebrating-50-years-of-lesbian-connection?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1Mec2uMKqoMaJvMOxaQSTd_aWATo9vw2vNka0q14qc2diGoggB1P5X9L0_aem_AXXID72-DEoIl5q-lM9JYsjUIRXs5BQpYQpRPekDEKcLEG9rdWTRQ_Fi5Mj6r8L6SDwirQN7BCXtEJUxxnoE0P-Y
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2024-07-02T12:18:19.295901Z
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We received this from a reader of the page:Dear Radical Feminism Resources, I am a student at The University of Edinburgh doing my Sociology dissertation on British lesbian-feminism of the 1970s and 80s. I am currently trying to find participants who would like to be interviewed for the project. I would greatly appreciate it if you would be able to share my outreach flyer on your page. Happy to answer any questions or discuss further.Best wishes, Julia CG
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2024-11-04T19:47:38.108833Z
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https://katherinemacosta.substack.com/p/canadian-meghan-murphy-registers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3ZmrURILQNxOlUGSAu3csCA97RpbSbWY8IKDMiMln3FbOY-uq8UcipHgQ_aem_QZCt7o-QdV1J2rp1b92DXw
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2024-11-08T16:02:43.542687Z
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A new kind of feminist movement is emerging in China.https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/05/ziweixing-prophesy-new-womens-movement-emerges-in-chi/?
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2024-11-25T00:10:21.047343Z
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Next week’s Radical Feminist Perspectives1 DecemberThe Sexuality Papers by Sheila Jeffreys et alDiscussed by Elizabeth Miller & Angela WildRadical feminist perspectives - This series of webinars is run by radical feminists whose voices have been cancelled or silenced in universities, schools and the media. Frustrated that we cannot share what we know in these places, we are offering this online series of webinars here. Enjoy! For a searchable list of all videos click here: RFP - Books for website link.xlsx (womensdeclaration.com)If you have not already registered for this series, register in advance for this webinar:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sttBp6aIR-ymhmwkVlO0JAAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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2025-02-01T03:16:17.803972Z
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Jessica Valenti says the CDC site is being scrubbed of info on abortion, birth control, sexual health and violence against women. She is collecting it and hosting on her substack.https://jessica.substack.com/p/cdc-birth-control-guidelines-pdf
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2025-02-05T22:26:46.715123Z
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Thanks to widespread public opposition from you and others, Democratic senators are now leading a crucial overnight floor protest - speaking out on the Senate floor against Russell Vought's nomination as Director of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). While they lack the votes to block his confirmation, this protest creates a crucial moment for public pressure and can demonstrate what we need from our elected officials in this moment of constitutional crisis.As the architect of Project 2025, Vought represents an unprecedented threat to our constitution, our separation of powers, and specifically to working families - his record shows he will unilaterally block funding Congress has approved, slash healthcare, housing, education, and child tax credits, and rescind critical protections for civil rights and the environment.CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW: 202-224-3121If your Senator is a Republican:Tell them that Russell Vought's nomination threatens their own constitutional authority, including:Blocking funding that Congress has already approved and appropriatedCircumventing Congress's power of the purseRescinding regulations under vital environmental and equal protection laws without Congressional approvalCutting critical taxpayer dollars for your state supporting schools, health centers, food assistance, and other vital programsRemind them: This is not about party politics – it's about protecting Congress's constitutional powers from executive overreach.If your Senator is a Democrat:Thank them for this current action and push them to keep doing everything in their powers to stop not just this dangerous nomination, but all of the executive actions taking place to threaten our democracy. Their resistance must protect:Congress's constitutional authorityCivil service protections and the rule of lawCritical funding for vital government programs supporting education, healthcare, legal assistance, environmental protections, and more.EVERY CALL MATTERS. Make yours now at 202-224-3121Time is of the essence.