feminism

This reflection has been long coming: the whole idea of women’s empowerment has been steadily deteriorating in Kerala since some years now. Actually, even from the side of the government, there is much less talk about it, even though it flowed into Kerala in the 1990s through the government, somewhat neoliberalized already, after the Beijing … Continue reading Time to dump ’empowerment’? Feminism, women and the state in kerala today →

JOIN THE 1200 human rights and women’s rights defenders and civil society activists who have signed this petition. Text of petition below. Link to sign the petition. Women of Afghanistan demand a just peace that guarantees the rights of all people. We, the true friends of Afghanistan and signatories of this open letter, declare our … Continue reading Support Afghan women’s demand for a just peace guaranteeing the rights of all people →

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Henrik cover some the latest news and recent events in episode 66 of No-Go Zone.
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Guest post by RAKESH SHUKLA AND AARTHI PAI The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care, and Rehabilitation) Bill 2021 scheduled to be tabled in the current session of Parliament has grave implications for workers and marginalised populations.

After the England football team lost to Italy in a penalty shoot out, its black players were subjected to what has been called “racist abuse”, overwhelmingly on-line. Any story about race that reflects negatively on white people is click bait and cannon fodder for the news media, be it on-line, press, radio, or TV, and […]

A statement signed by 900 individuals and groups We, the undersigned women’s rights groups and concerned individuals are outraged by the reprehensible targeting of Muslim women on GitHub, a free web platform, where Twitter handles, and photographs of Muslim women were uploaded with the explicit aim of directing sexualised hate and harm at these women. … Continue reading An open letter demanding action on the online targeting of Muslim women →

Guest post by ANANNYA DASGUPTA Scroll had recently featured the Foreword to a book, with the heading ‘What do allies write about when they write (poetry) about feminism?’ The descriptive tag read – Saikat Majumdar surveys a unique anthology in his Foreword to ‘Collegiality and Other Ballads’. What makes this anthology unique? Sometime in 2020, … Continue reading How Might a Feminist Respond to a Collegial Mansplaining of Feminism? Anannya Dasgupta →

This comment was made by a YouTube viewer name Nicole Morgan, about Kamala Ha-ha-ha-Harris, the other truly emptier (pants)suit in the White House: The worst part is, all of these people that wanted her in office so bad because she’s a woman, well because of that need to check off a little box, she’s now […]

A few months after I had written an article critiquing the ideology of the transgender movement, a comrade from a progressive group told me he wanted to understand why I was challenging trans activists, whom he saw as being political allies on the left. I outlined what is now called the “gender critical” feminist argument, […]
The post Making Sense of Sex and Gender first appeared on Dissident Voice.

Balance. Inside out, outside in. From science driven diving, environmental warrior in the 1970s — in AZ, in Mexico, in the Sea of Cortez —  to small-town daily newspaperman: Tucson, Bisbee, Wilcox, Sierra Vista, and all these small towns in several rural counties south, on the borderline. El Paso, New Mexico, Mexico, Central America. Teacher, […]
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