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Indiana University will ban athletes with history of sexual violence from competition

Prospective student athletes with felonies “involving sexual violence” or who have been disciplined for sexual violence at a former school will no longer be able to compete for Indiana University.

“I think this will be an important policy to help protect members of the Indiana University community,” Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass told the Indianapolis Star.

According to the new policy, “any prospective student-athlete — whether a transfer student, incoming freshman or other status — who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a felony” involving “dating violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or sexual violence as defined by the Indiana University policy on sexual misconduct” will be barred from competition by the athletic department. Read more. (4/22/2017 4:30 PM)

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The Problem with Pussy Hats

We don’t need more merch. We need solidarity and foresight.

“As we combat stubborn sexists and find ways to educate ourselves, them, and the disengaged, feminists should carefully analyze our messaging and the associated commodification/selling of that messaging. Commodification and ill-defined ideologies have been persistent concerns for feminism for decades and now is a crucial moment to collectively, and critically, take stock of the economics and rhetoric surrounding our new-found mobilization.”

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A feminist foreign policy means that we do not bomb people to achieve peace.

NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton (via allthecanadianpolitics)

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Please remember to include transmasculine & non-binary & other identifying people with vaginas in the fight for reproductive rights, we need this stuff too! 

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Women need to become literary “criminals”, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.

Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 - November 30, 1997). (via universitybookstore)

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Esther Afua Ocloo’s 98th birthday! #GoogleDoodle

Today’s Google Doodle honors Ghana’s Esther Afua Ocloo

“As both an entrepreneur and an advocate for microlending, “Auntie Ocloo” worked tirelessly to help others like her succeed. Esther Afua Ocloo had only six shillings to her name — less than a dollar — when she made and then sold her first jar of marmalade as a teenager in the 1930s.

Esther was determined to expand her livelihood of making marmalade and orange juice, but she needed a loan to increase production, and credit was hard to come by for women with little economic resources. It took persistence and a supply contract to secure the money to start her company, Nkulenu Industries.

After traveling to England to learn the latest techniques in food processing, Esther returned home and shared those skills with other Ghanaian women. Perhaps more importantly, she taught them everything she knew about starting and running a business, which put more money in their pockets. She made such an impact that in 1975 she was invited to the first U.N. World Conference on Women.

Esther and other advisors knew that lending money to women could have a ripple effect, improving the prosperity and health of the women as well as their communities. But because they lacked collateral, low-income women were often ignored by banks. So in 1979, Esther helped found and became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Women’s World Banking, which provides millions of low-income women with the small loans needed to reach their financial goals.

On what would have been her 98th birthday, today’s Doodle shows Esther empowering the women of Ghana with the tools to improve their lives and communities.”

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“13 Reasons Why is, among other things, a show about the concept of the male gaze, the idea that when our culture tells visual stories, we assume the viewer by default to be masculine, heterosexual, and predatory. Under the male gaze, men watch, and women are watched, and the observed woman is an objectified sexual object.”

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If the recent Women's March revealed anything, it's that we have the power to stand up and demand change. Voices are meant to be heard, and it's important to use them. Over the past century, there have been tons of amazing women who have dedicated their lives to supporting certain causes. Their work—whether through protests, social activism, or online campaigns—has made real change happen, ensuring that they leave the planet a better, more equal place. Here, ten women who fought for, and achieved, change.

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What We Mean When We Say Latinx

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Welcome to the Golden Age of Women-Directed Horror

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Women Are Watching Porn — And Mostly Feeling OK About It - Vocativ

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