Let There be Blood: Why we shouldn’t ban Real Social Dynamics at the border.
We should usher Real Social Dynamics in with a warm welcoming pussy riot.
feminism
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Revenge porn, consent and why people need to stop victim blaming Jennifer Lawrence
We live in a culture that endlessly blames women for other people’s violence and violations against them. We live in a culture that fears a women’s sexuality, but teaches us it is the only real currency of value.
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Why Hillary Clinton is not ‘a beacon of female empowerment’
Clinton is being held up by many social commentators as some kind of vision of ‘female empowerment’ – after all, she has smashed glass ceiling after glass ceiling, and she is a proud self-declared feminist. Hell, maybe she is even a ‘feminist icon’.
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This magazine cover doesn’t just redefine beauty standards, it shatters them
Pitt’s cover girl image on the front of a glossy magazine, usually reserved for ridiculing famous women’s bodies or idealising them, will challenge beauty standards, everywhere.
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Will the daily body shaming and policing of women’s behaviour ever end? Apparently not.
The last few months have been particularly bad for the shaming and policing of women’s bodies in the media, both in New Zealand and globally.