ojovivo
Sade Olutola
blake kathryn
Stranger Things
d e v o n
occasionally subtle
we're not kids anymore.
Three Goblin Art
Acquired Stardust
Cosmic Funnies
⁂
❣ Chile in a Photography ❣
izzy's playlists!
No title available
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
No title available
Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
Claire Keane
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from Sweden
seen from Malaysia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United Kingdom
seen from France
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from Vietnam
seen from Türkiye
seen from Singapore
@ourfutureisfemale
So I wanted to create a list of women’s Youtube channels. It’s still very much under construction, but here it is.
Suggestions for Youtubers to add, categories to create or improvements to make upon the document would be very welcome.
So I wanted to create a list of women’s Youtube channels. It’s still very much under construction, but here it is.
Suggestions for Youtubers to add, categories to create or improvements to make upon the document would be very welcome.
Last Updated: 6/15/2022
Channels Added This Update: 13
Total Channels Listed: 273
An organization I like to donate to is the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, the only org in the US that works to defend victims of domestic violence who have been charged with crimes, usually for harming their abusers in self-defense, “failing to protect” their children in dv situations or “kidnapping” their children while fleeing violence. Thinking about them as we’re thinking about legal retaliation against domestic violence victims!
“The point of Women’s Liberation is not to stand at the door of the male world, beating our fists, and crying: ‘Let me in, damn you, let me in!’ The point is to walk away from that world and concentrate on creating a new woman, a woman who will take no place in that world, a woman who will make that world fall merely by refusing to populate it, a woman who will remake herself - and her daughters - in a far more divine image (i.e., more recognizably human) than the one she now occupies.”
- Introduction by Vivan Gornick to S.C.U.M. Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
The girls are concerned about the sexualisation of children and they want change
I can't believe this has to be done but please sign if you can
direct link to sign
10,000 signatures = gov't responds to petition
100,000 signatures = considered for debate in parliament
British/UK citizens !!
‘We all have this awareness of each other’s humanity, and a genuine desire to care for one another’
Two single mom friends formed a sisterhood after deciding to raise their children together in a four-unit home.
Friends Holly Harper and Herrin Hopper have gone through multiple life changes in the past few years, including the end of both of their marriages. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the women found themselves living in individual apartments and struggling with the challenges of being a single parent. Harper is mom to her nine-year-old daughter and Hopper has two children, ages 13 and nine. After years of joking about raising their children on a commune, the women thought that purchasing a home together would help create a support system for themselves and their families. The two friends decided to purchase a home together in the Washington, DC area.
In August 2020, Harper and Hopper moved into a four-unit home in Takoma Park, Maryland where they rented out the remaining two units. Not long after, another single mom named Leandra Nichola contacted the women. She and her two children — ages nine and 12 — moved into the basement unit and a few months later, Harper and Hopper’s friend Jen Jacobs began renting the top floor unit.
The women call their home “Siren House,” named after the half-bird half-woman creature in mythology who lured sailors to their death with their enchanting songs. The women see the siren as a symbol of female empowerment. According to TODAY, the women hope to expand their co-housing concept to other moms.
“We’re definitely like sisters, and the kids are more like our nieces and nephews,” Harper said in an interview with the Washington Post. “We’re not dependent in an unhealthy way. We’re interdependent.”
“We all have this awareness of each other’s humanity, and a genuine desire to care for one another,” Hopper added. “We’re not romanticizing it. It’s real and true and deep and doable.”
Their support for each other even extends past Siren House. Together, the women helped Nichola fulfill a life-long dream of opening a cafe. In March 2021, the women co-founded the shop Main Street Pearl, a “youth-centered, queer friendly micro-café” managed by Nichola.
They say it takes a village to raise children. For these women, all it takes to form a village is a close-knit group of friends and a mutual desire for support.
If you live near Richmond VA and are a radical feminist interested in gardening, reading, organizing, video games, art, permaculture, wild food, and community service hit me up let's start a club
Reblugging again for boost
We still have 3 ppl, waiting for 2 more to start a group chat.
It's spring time raddies lets get out there and start planting, foraging, and creating stuff together!
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-lgbt-politics/oregon-democrat-tina-kotek-vies-to-become-first-openly-lesbian-u-s-governor-idUSL8N2UD3Y7
Oregon Democrat Tina Kotek vies to become first openly lesbian U.S. governor
Tina Kotek is used to breaking new ground. After becoming the first out lesbian to lead a U.S. state’s House of Representatives, she now wants to be elected the nation’s first openly lesbian governor, too.
Kotek is one of nine candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to compete in Oregon’s gubernatorial contest, hoping a win in the northwest state will break down barriers for all LGBTQ+ Americans.
“Becoming the first openly lesbian governor in the country means that I am showing young queer kids around the country that they can do it, too,” Kotek, 55, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in emailed comments.
(more at the link above)
Link to this tweet
Link to the event
A conversation with women labor activists on a surge in labor activism
Wed, May 4, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
FREE EVENT
The labor movement in the United States has gained international attention over the past several months as workers nationwide engaged in powerful collective action, and women have been leading much of the current surge. Thousands of workers across the country haven’t hesitated to take action—whether it was leaving jobs in the Great Resignation, organizing, or going on strike. What role have women played in sparking and energizing the current labor activism? And is U.S. women’s labor leadership at a new peak?
Join us on Wednesday May 4, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm ET as we discuss the work of women labor activists over the past year and lift up the invaluable contributions of these organizers and communities.
Featuring:
Facilitator: MaryGrace Menner, Congressional labor law fellow, WILL Empower—Office of Representative Andy Levin
Moderator: Michelle Chen, Labor reporter, The Nation, Dissent, co-producer Belabored podcast
Maddie VanHook, Starbucks shift supervisor and leader with Starbucks Workers United
Nozlee Samadzadeh, New York Times software engineer and New York Times Tech Guild organizing committee member
TBA, BAmazon Union (RWDSU)
Presented by The Century Foundation and WILL Empower.
If you have a request related to disability, please email [email protected] by May 1. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests after this date.
Women Innovating Labor Leadership twitter
Hey someone who is really cool is gonna be featured here. You should definitely check out this event. RSVP today and add it to your calendars
Starts soon
This is already happening but mayb could still jump in? Or look for a recording going up somewhere
Here's a link posted in the replies of the original tweet. You can always contact organizers for more info
Welcome to Wasteless Crafts!
Introduction:
Fast fashion is one of the world's biggest polluters, and is often made in unethical circumstances. Companies overproduce clothes and set up the market in such a way that tons of clothes are thrown out every year. This isn't great for the climate.
While we consumers can't change the industry overnight, we can tackle our own wardrobe, instead. Every bit of fabric and haberdashery we reuse is one less piece of trash that ends up in a landfill. Every fast fashion item we mend or alter to be wearable again is one less item to buy.
This blog is dedicated to giving you ideas to make your own wardrobe a little more sustainable, preferably in a budget-friendly way. I'll be posting tutorials, ideas, resources, and projects that may inspire you.
Your actions may seem like nothing but a drop in a bucket, but even the biggest bucket will spill over if we all contribute!
Good luck!
Blog index:
These links lead to lists of all of this blog's posts, sorted by theme.
Sewing, mending, and crafts
Projects and patterns
My personal projects
Replies to asks (part 1)
Replies to asks (part 2)
Replies to asks (part 3)
Fast fashion and climate change
BBC News: The ‘real outlier’ in the crossword puzzle-making community
BBC News - The ‘real outlier’ in the crossword puzzle-making community
Anna Shechtman is determined to make the crossword puzzle scene more diverse, but has also had to deal with her own anorexia.
How to Build Community by Karen Kerney
Gyns copy and paste the essays you write here into a google docs or something similar
We see so many brilliant takes here every day, they don't deserve to end up getting lost and forgotten on tumblr
You can even start to classify them by topic to keep them more organized. That way you can refer back to what you've already written instead of having to dedicate energy to writing the same points over and over again. And if you get termed you'd still have your work, it won't be lost
A great example of this is Ses purs ongles' compilation of tumblr posts
Also you could do this with other radfems' posts instead of your own, compiling your favorite ones, giving the corresponding authors credit, obviously
(And in the future we could even organize and publish radfem zines collecting essays on different topics)
FIRST ALWAYS PUT THEM IN OFFLINE .TXT FILES, which will be YOURS FOREVER. I’d also advise PRINTING THEM OUT as a hard copy.
the future is now! if you want help self publishing a small publication/advertising/distributing it, we have isbns & want to help! check out ugly-truths.com
we gotta get our works on paper and in our hands :)
can we get a list going of online feminist news/media sources?
4W (4th Wave for Women)
Feminist Current
Asian Women for Equality
Women's Declaration International
Women are Human
FiLia
Women's Media Center
50 Countries, 50 Books by Women
! indicates lesbian/bisexual main characters
Algeria: So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar [realistic]
Australia: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty [thriller]
Bolivia: Women Talking by Miriam Toews [realistic - philosophical]
Botswana: Juggling Truths by Unity Dow [historical - 1960s]
Brazil: The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector [realistic]
Cambodia: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung [memoir]
Canada: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot [memoir]
Chile: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende [historical - 20th c.]
China: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang [high fantasy]
Colombia: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras [realistic]
!Democratic Republic of Congo: Everfair by Nisi Shawl [alternate history]
Egypt: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi [realistic]
France: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn [historical - 1940s]
Germany (present day Poland): Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys [historical - 1940s]
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyashi [historical - 1700s to present]
Greece: Medea by Crista Wolf [mythology]
Iran: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi [memoir]
!Ireland: Hood by Emma Donoghue [realistic]
India: The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal [realistic]
Israel: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman [historical - 1st c.]
Italy: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante [historial - mid. 20th c.]
!Jamaica: The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin [memoir]
Japan: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee [historical - early 20th c.]
Malaysia: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo [historical fantasy - early 20th c.]
Mauritius: Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi [realistic]
Mexico: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [historical fantasy - early 20th c.]
Morocco: Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman’s Journey Toward Independence by Leila Abouzeid [historical - mid 20th c.]
Netherlands: An Address in Amsterdam by Mary Dingee Fillmore [historical - 1940s]
!Nigeria: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta [historical - mid 20th c.]
North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee [memoir]
!Norway: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave [historical - 17th c.]
Pakistan: Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie [mystery]
Peru: Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez [realistic]
Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk [mystery]
Romania: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn [magical realism - late 20th c.]
!Russia (present day Moldova): Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon [historical - late 19th/early 20th c.]
Rwanda: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya [memoir]
!Saudi Arabia: The Others by Seba Al-Herz [realistic]
Senegal: So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ [realistic]
!South Africa: The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif [historical - 1950s]
South Korea: The Vegetarian by Han Kang [realistic]
!Sweden: The Engelsfors Trilogy by Sara B. Elfgren [urban fantasy]
Trinidad and Tobago: ‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma [historical - mid 20th c.]
Turkey: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak [realistic]
Ukraine: Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen [realistic]
United Kingdom: Milkman by Anna Burns [realistic]
United States: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich [historical - late 19th c. to present]
!Uruguay: Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis [realistic]
Vietnam: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai [historical - 1950s to present]
Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo [realistic]
2022 Lesbian Visibility Day Call for Submissions
Every year on Lesbian Visibility Day, LesbiansOverEverything.Com puts out a list of “real life lesbian adults who are living their best lives.” The women we feature usually write 1-2 paragraphs about their careers or passions and submit a picture of themselves to go along with that.
The point of doing this every year is to promote positive representation of lesbians and to highlight lesbian achievements.
Submissions for this year are open until Friday, Apil 22nd. If interested, please send a pic and 1-2 relevant paragraphs to [email protected]
Visibility Day articles from previous years: 2021, 2020
earlier today i saw a post saying radfems talk about problems but not so much about solutions, so let’s talk solutions:
1. meet with other women. talk about your lives, talk about your dreams, talk about what you need, then figure out how to get everyone what they need
2. look around you, where do women you know need help? help them
3. look around. where are there women’s businesses that need support? women’s organizations that need support? help them
4. gather women you know. use some excuse, like a book club, music parties, anything that will get women in a room together, talking and making friends. over time as you get to know and trust each other, start doing little projects and then maybe bigger projects that benefit women, that develop the class consciousness of women, that create women’s solidarity.
look around you, there is so much to be done, literally everything helps.
@radfemsuggestion
Learn about the problems facing the women locally and what you can do with community organising, local politics and such. Are there homeless women or organisations in your area? Also think about broader issues affecting women, how’s the public transport, street lighting, public bathrooms, childcare, public schools, access to affordable nutritious food?
Get involved with your union, talk about salaries to your female coworkers and compare to male as well.
