Feminist Practice

What does feminism mean to us now?

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NYTimes: Feminism, Hell and Hillary Clinton

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Yes!!!

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Women should have more choices, not fewer. So should men. Equality between the sexes should not require everyone to conform to traditionally male patterns of employment.

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Making women uncomfortable with sexist demeaning remarks is never ever ok. Especially when there are power plays or when they are already in a compromised position. This edited video makes the point really clear. I hope the next white man taking his spot does better. Waiting until we get more female voices in late night shows is like waiting for unicorns to prance across every rainbow. It would be amazing but it doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

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Lady Gaga Reveals She Was Raped at 19

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Thank you to Anna Merlan for covering this story in Jezebel!

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I can't help but feel like our clothesline project last spring helped fuel some of this and get the activist conversation happen at calarts. We are so proud of the current students and their work. Keep loving, keep fighting.

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Yes! Yoga has curves

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Stop victim blaming! Most rapes are not done by strangers in an alley. Most rapes happen when lines are crossed between people who know each other and situations can become scary really fast. We need more eduction, more knowledge of what to do in these instances and first and foremost to teach men and boys how not to step over those boundaries and how to keep their partners feeling safe. Change the way we talk about sex into mutual pleasure for everyone involved. Know how to stop if someone is uncomfortable. Know how to be compassionate and sympathetic to a person who is thrown outside of her comfort level. It takes starting a conversation, being open and education. Feminism doesn't have to adjust to be more open. The whole point of feminism is equality, inclusion and openness. We need to change the way people learn about what feminism is, we don't need to change anything about feminism itself to accommodate. That wouldn't be very feminist.

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This is exactly why we did the clothesline project at calarts. Sadly our attempt to bring these issues to the forefront did not seem to start the conservation we knew needed to happen. This terrible story will bring these issues into the light. The administration needs to go through sensitivity training a obviously. The delayed response, the completely inappropriate questions and their inability to protect this student is gross misconduct on the side of the administration. Boys need to stop raping and stop standing up for their friends who rape. Of course oral rape is possible, any unwanted sexual conduct is rape. Learn to be more compassionate calarts and learn that this is happening in that hallowed community and you cannot hide from it. Protect the students and believe in them when they have the courage to come forward. Make it easier to report, not more traumatic. My heart goes out to this BFA and all the other students who have had similar experiences. Thank you for your courage, other people's ignorance is never your fault.

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Last night my friend cat called me from his car, yelling "hey sexy!" as I crossed the intersection in front of him. I didn't look and just flipped him off. He quickly yelled my name, said who he was and apologized. I turned around and said "well what did you expect?!" When I saw him a few minutes later we laughed about it but I hope it made him think about what happens when he does things like that and what my automatic response as a woman walking alone at night is to someone calling to me from a car. I hope he'll think twice before he does that again and instead when he sees a friend crossing the street he'll yell out her name first. He will know that he shouldn't just be another street harasser, he has to make himself known as a friend and not a threat. Because it still felt like harassment and I was still nervous to walk back to my car alone.

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Let's all fight every day sexism together.

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35 Practical Steps Men Can Take To Support Feminism

Most men do many things in their daily lives that directly or indirectly contribute to a culture of gender inequality.