Feminism in Europe

News on and discussion of social justice in Europe because online feminism tends to be so USA-centric I know more about their issues than the local ones Feel free to submit relevant content or use the tag #feminismineurope for posts you want me to reblog

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/mcdonalds-marseille-food-bank/

"There is nothing more dangerous than capitalism – it’s insatiable,” says Fati Bouarua. “We have seen that marching and screaming in the street is not enough, and so we need to make social alternatives that cannot be crushed by capital. And we have no fears, only determination.”

[nanalineni]

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[nanalineni]

God dammit fuck Tumblr for not showing external links in the notes

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[tigvenus]

maybe no one cares that much but this shit is happening here in hungary

[probablyasocialecologist]

TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls

Britain’s reputation as TERF Island isn’t wholly unfounded. The good news, though, is that transphobes are firmly in the minority.

Trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) often justify their opposition to trans rights by claiming to speak on behalf of a silent majority, particularly a silent majority of women; meanwhile, Labour MPs argue that politicians who focus on trans issues are “out of touch”. Polls suggest the opposite.

Whilst a stubborn minority of transphobes continue to fuel rising discrimination against trans and non-binary people, they are just that: a minority. When you look at the data, what you find is that trans rights – from basic sympathy for trans people to support for self-identification and toilet access – have clear support across society, especially amongst women and young people.

Not only is the British public supportive of trans people, they are also aware of the struggles trans people face. The most recent polling by SavantaComRes shows that, by a 16-point margin, the public (including 50% of women) believes that transphobia is a problem in the UK.

Perhaps because of this, Britons actively want politicians to help trans people: a 2017 YouGov poll found that British people overwhelmingly support strengthening equalities legislation to ban discrimination against them.

A June 2020 YouGov survey found that by a margin of 16 points, Britons believe trans women should be able to use women’s toilets.

Despite arguments marshalled by transphobes that allowing trans women to use women’s spaces would threaten women, women disagree. By an 18-point margin, women think that allowing trans women to use women’s spaces doesn’t seriously threaten women.

[blackbritishreader]

We Are Here May 19 - 20, 1984

“We Are Here” was the first Black* feminist conference to be held in Britain.

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The fact that France wants to make a decision about what a woman wears and call it...liberation?

[royalhandmaidens]

France: here, let me “liberate” you by forcibly removing your clothing, making sure you can’t get a secondary or university education, and restricting you from cheap and nutritious food sources

[nonbinarychaoticstupid]

people are talking more about the grammys than the uk govt trying to screw over queer and abused kids but sucks to be us i guess

[nonbinarychaoticstupid]

read this thread too

[nonbinarychaoticstupid]

look ik the uk sucks but if this law goes through so many queer kids and kids living in abusive households are going to be put in danger. ‘the govt won’t pass this law haha’ they have shown time and time again that they don’t give a fuck. they literally do not give a fuck, ESPECIALLY where lgbtq+ kids are involved. they would rather have the personal information of minors spread around the internet than keep queer kids safe and nobody gives a fuck

[oh-youprettythings]

the stated purpose of the proposed law is to “Make it a legal requirement when opening a new social media account, to provide a verified form of ID. Where the account belongs to a person under the age of 18 verify the account with the ID of a parent/guardian, to prevent anonymised harmful activity, providing traceability (…) To make the law work needs the removal of anonymity to ensure that users cannot cause harm by using online platforms to abuse others. Where an offence has taken place they ought to be easily identified and reported to the police and punished.” people this law would harm:

immigrants who do not have a valid, formal ID, prohibiting them from communicating, raising awareness about their situation, fundraising, networking for jobs, etc

lgbt+, neurodivergent, mentally ill, and politically active minors under their parents’ roofs

ANYBODY lgbt+, especially, given the uk government’s current stance of open hostility towards them, trans women. the idea of the government being able to trace any trans woman’s profile to their real identity…

acitivists– considering priti “literal, actual, cackling disney villain” patel is currently being very successful with her bill that prohibits protest and gives a maximum 10-year prison sentence for defacing a statue, it’s safe to say that the government is at the very least hostile to racial, climate, and gender justice movements to name a few. the government would be able to attach any social media account which posts about these topics to a real person’s identity and address.

even if you’re not from the uk, please reblog this to raise awareness! if you ARE, go here to email your MP and ask them to oppose the law.

katie price is framing this as a crusade against online bigotry on behalf of her disabled son in order to garner sympathy, and my heart goes out to her, but this is incredibly dangerous. she has a LOT of clout, and the petition to pass the law has ~150,000 signatures right now, more than enough to be considered for debate in parliament.

[no-passaran]

2019 what a great year for

the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back

[no-passaran]

2020 what a great year for

the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back

[no-passaran]

2021 what a great year for

the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 29 December 1939, French physician, libertarian socialist and women’s rights activist Madeleine Pelletier died in an asylum where she had been interned after opening assisting an abortion for a teenage survivor of incest. Born into a poor family in 1874, Pelletier became a feminist and socialist, and was arrested for breaking a window at a polling place after she and other women were denied entry. While never admitted into intellectual circles, she was a pioneer of advanced feminist ideas, like gender roles being largely determined by society, rather than biology. While expressing no interest in sex in her personal life, Pelletier advocated for women’s rights to sexual pleasure, as well as to contraception and abortion. Despite all the misfortune in her life, Pelletier declared: “I remain a feminist. I will remain one until my death even though I don’t like women as they are now any more than I like the working class as it is. Slave mentalities revolt me.” https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1618146305037180/?type=3

[levourdalak]

The very same articles internet funnymen are posting screencaps from to make fun of England also talk about how thousands of lorry drivers are stuck in their vehicles for days, with little to no access to food, toilets, and washing facilities.

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One of the organizations bringing them hot meals is Khalsa Aid. It’s a U.K.-based Sikh humanitarian aid organization but you don’t have to be from the U.K. to donate.

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[littlenokia-deactivated20230802]

already got into this on twidder but i think it's very funny how white (gay) europeans will glue themselves to american politics as well as black and brown americans while theyre silent on the political issues and racism in their own countries. and not even that theyre necessarily informed on american politics or activism. no, for them it's entertaining to talk about elections, it's joaks, there is no material consequence there. they're a voyeuristic spectator with the privileges of all white people but removed enough that they don't take it personally when white americans are critiqued. european poc will never give them the time of day cause they grew up with them/know the kind of people they are intimately so they will never try to get an in there. but black and brown people are funny and cool so they find their group with non-european poc, who might not be as familiar with the racism from their particular country. theyll throw a quick "ugh my country is so racist" once in a while but will never do anything of actual worth to improve the society around them for black and brown europeans.

[meyhew]

On June the 14th the constitutional court in Belgium stated that prohibition of wearing religious signs in an establishment of higher education does not constitute a violation of freedom of religion nor a violation of the right to human dignity which includes the right to education. This declaration meant that Hijab-wearing women don’t have the right to get higher education. Some will, unfortunately, give up on their dreams and some will be forced to remove the hijab to get an education. “I was in a school establishment where wearing a hijab was forbidden. Therefore, every morning, when I go to school, I had to take it off and put it in my bag. I had the feeling that I was enduring microaggressions from a system that was supposed to protect me”. #HijabisFightBack was a way to protest this discrimination. ✊🏽 The right to education should not be negotiable. (source)

A gentle reminder to all that the first university the world ever saw was founded by a Muslim woman. Today, we have to beg to be able to wear a hijab and get an education at the same time — both of which are fundamental rights that our women are being stripped of. 

[gahdamnpunk]

This pandemic is really proving that government has the means to solve all problems they just choose not to

[marxismrepostism]

A third of Poland has now been declared an ‘LGBT-free zone’, making intolerance official

A third of Poland has now declared itself to be an official "LGBT-free" zone as local towns sign a pledge adopting resolutions against "LGBT propaganda".

“ Nearly 100 Polish municipal or local governments have now proclaimed themselves to be “free from LGBTI ideology”. Local authorities in these areas pledge to refrain from acts that encourage tolerance and must avoid providing financial assistance to NGOs working to promote equal rights. “

[no-passaran]

2019 what a great year for

the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back

[no-passaran]

2020 what a great year for

the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back

[queermachmir]

A church was built on Holocaust survivor's land in Poland. Her daughter wants it back

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“Dr. Ann Drillich is probably the only Jewish woman in the world who owns a church – at least on paper, that is. Drillich, born in Australia to Holocaust survivors, repeatedly won a lawsuit against the church, which she launched to recover the family property. The Nazis dispossessed her family but after the war Drillich’s mother inherited the family’s estate, and then again, an individual Pole stole it from the family.”

“Polish courts ruled time after time that the land, in the city of Tarnów, near Krakow, belongs to her family; in 2016, a final decision upheld that the church took control of it in bad faith. As a result, says Drillich, the church has no legal right to the property. However, the Roman Catholic Church refuses to recognize the Jewish owner, and is waging a legal war of attrition against Drillich that has resulted in anti-Semitic attacks. The church recently recruited a particularly heavy gun: the state. The Polish Justice Ministry used the authority it gained under the right-wing ruling party's controversial reforms to order the unusual step of reopening the case.”

“How do I feel? How would you feel if a religious institution whose teachings helped to create the fertile conditions for the Holocaust stole your mother’s land, which was her legacy after the Holocaust?”

[profeminist]

Captain Who Rescued Migrants At Sea Refuses Paris Medal, Calling It Hypocritical

"Your police [steal] blankets from people that you force to live on the streets, while you raid protests and criminalize people that are standing up for rights of migrants," said Pia Klemp.

“The captain of a controversial ship that saved migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has refused to accept a medal for her work.

Pia Klemp, who is German, gained attention for rescuing thousands of stranded migrants with her crew as part of the nongovernmental organization Sea Watch International. For her efforts, she reportedly faces up to 20 years in prison in Italy, where the hard-line anti-immigrant government accused her of assisting illegal immigration.

In a Facebook message published Tuesday night, Klemp announced that she was rejecting the Grand Vermeil Medal, which the city of Paris awards for bravery. She told Mayor Anne Hidalgo that the city was brimming with hypocrisy.

“Your police [steal] blankets from people that you force to live on the streets, while you raid protests and criminalize people that are standing up for rights of migrants and asylum seekers. … You want to give me a medal for actions that you fight in your own ramparts,” Klemp wrote in the scathing post.

“It is time we call out hypocrite honorings and fill the void with social justice,” she said.

She went on to say that people don’t need medals. “We do not need authorities deciding about who is a ‘hero’ and who is 'illegal,’ ” she said. “In fact they are in no position to make this call, because we are all equal.”

Read the full piece here

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