Here’s what we’re reading today:
• Welp. The gender wage gap didn’t budge at all last year. [Think Progress]
• Activists around the country are gearing up for a huge march on climate change this weekend. Are you going? [New York Times]
• School districts across the United States are given free military surplus gear, including armoured vehicles and grenade launchers. This seems like a terrible idea. [Guardian]
• Here are four ways you can celebrate and support Native communities without appropriating them. [Everyday Feminism]
• Allstate insurance is funding a charity to combat financial abuse in relationships—hopefully the issue get some attention since they have Kerry Washington on board for a PSA. [The Root]
• Once and for all: why women-only spaces are not sexist. [Role Reboot]
• An interesting new short film about two Jewish girls at summer camp is streaming for free this week. [Short of the Week]
• After the Times of India shamed Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone with a “news story” about her cleavage, she won the day on Twitter, writing “YES!I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??” [Indian Express]
What did I miss? Add what you’re reading to the comments.
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True, women only spaces are
Anonymous replied on
True, women only spaces are not sexist, but some of them are transphobic, and that article you linked to doesn't differentiate the two:
"There’s been a lot of news lately about female-only spaces, from the woman-to-woman cab service SheRides, to the feminist-hacker space Double Union in San Francisco, to the new policies on transgender students put forth by women’s college Mt. Holyoke
When people point at these and rave about reverse-sexism, it means they’re too focused on the White House bathrobes when the real problems—only 2% of drivers are women and female passengers feel unsafe; and women in tech industries are woefully underrepresented—are staring them in the face."
The conversations about transphobia within feminism is distinct from the continuing problem of women being excluded from certain facets of society/ the economy. They are distinct and important conversations and should not be carelessly lumped together without thought.
Trans exclusion from women's colleges has nothing to do with women's exclusion from tech industries. The only connection is that in both cases a group of people is being excluded from something because of perceptions about their gender (transwomen aren't REALLY women; women don't have technological aptitude).
Male privilege perspective
LynnAnn replied on
Imagine living in male privledge for half your life and then in a very real sense walking away from it. Wouldn't you look back with an awareness other folks did not have. Transwomen may have something worth hearing, perhaps.
School districts across the
Ana Lewis replied on
School districts across the United States are given free military surplus gear, including armoured vehicles and grenade launchers. This seems like a terrible idea but Transwomen (traps) are considered women and they are superior to these since they have a C-O-C-K.
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