February 2012
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Recap: 12/17/11--2/18/12
Yes, I’m way behind.
I’ve been out of commission for a while, but that doesn’t mean women haven’t been busy in the Occupy Movement! Stay tuned for more consistent updates.
“Justified Rage from an Unsafe Space: Reflection on Occupy Wall Street” by Charlene Obernauer for People of Color Organize
“Occupy Rape Culture” by Dana Holtby for The...
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January 2012
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The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Is... →
New Book:
by Don Hazen, Tara Lohan, Lynn Parramore
Published: Dec 5, 2011
Provocative, fresh, and profound, The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Changing America reveals how in a tiny park, a bold idea broke through to broad public consciousness: that regular people can take on the entire economic and political system.
Journalists, eyewitnesses, artists, teachers, union...
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Public Sector Meltdown Hits Black Women the... →
Public sector cuts also fall heavily on women. Overall, women are 50 percent more likely to work in the public sector than men.
That means, naturally, that black women are feeling public-sector cuts the most. Twenty-three percent of employed African American women work in the public sector, compared to 19.8 percent of employed white women, 18 percent of employed black men and 14.2 percent of...
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Blaming the Victim →
Ritual humiliation
It’s been a year now - exactly a year this weekend, in fact, since the Parliament Square kettle. But there are still moments when the routine becomes unfamiliar - when you understand with renewed rage that these images must never be allowed to become part of our psychic furniture. Watching this youtube clip of a young woman in Melbourne being stripped to her ...
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December 2011
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Recap: 12/8/11--12/16/11
“Feminism and Occupy Wall Street” from the Feminist Peace Network [podcast]
“Friday Action Highlights Intersections in #OWS” by Lori Adelman for Feministing
“Why Occupy Should Be an Inherently Safe Space” by Melissa Byrne for Role/Reboot
“Starhawk to Support Occupy Minnesota” by Nels Linde for PNC-Minnesota Bureau
“Feminism in the...
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Occupying Patriarchy Throughout the U.S. →
Talking about the need to confront patriarchy and insist that women’s voices be heard and women’s needs be met within the context of Occupy or any radical or progressive movement can feel like a lonely pursuit, but the good news is that actually a whole lot of people are working to do exactly that. All around the U.S. and throughout the world there have been a number of very empowering...
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Egypt: Military Policy Towards Women Human Rights... →
And on the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, the Cairo Court of Administrative Justice today adjourned ruling on lawsuit No.45092/65 filed by several human rights groups, including Nazra for Feminist Studies against the military’s decision of forcing women to examine their virginity in military prisons and detention places for Armed Forces. The case famous known as the ...
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Occupy and Women's Rights →
WOMEN ARE a majority of the 99 percent.
We are still paid, on average, only 77 cents to a man’s dollar (that number drops to 68 cents for African American women and 58 cents for Latinas). When one takes into account the impact of childbearing and the fact the women still bear the brunt of unpaid labor in the home, this figure slides further downwards. One study measuring the...
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Why Immigration Is a Feminist Issue →
Thanks to pressure from women’s groups, federal immigration law actually includes exceptions for victims of violence, provided there’s “credible evidence,” typically a police report. But when laws like HB 87 deter women from calling authorities, there’s often no such record. “Even to apply for an order of protection you have to fill out a complex document,” explains Noronha. She draws from...
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Alison Davison: 'A Society Fueled by Curiosity,... →
I am heartened that folks are now so aroused. I applaud “Arab Spring” and our own “Occupy” efforts. I am terrified that nothing but more brutality and the control of dissidents will come of it. We do not tolerate dissent well. Differences question our understanding of reality. It is much more comfortable to be right.
Whether we challenge gender, economics, or...
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Why I Occupy →
Twitter served as an amplification of the People’s Mic. By now I was hooked on ustream, day and night, especially night. I tuned into the General Assembly in Oakland, which reminded me of long long hours of student government in college. Those who could argue latest into the night often wore down all resistance. And I was struck by the optimism: these crazy people actually believed...
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My trip to Occupy Wall St for "Trans-form the... →
I was invited down to Occupy Wall St. to participate in The “Trans-Form The Occupation” a transgender awareness event on day 58 of Occupy Wall Street in Liberty Plaza on November 13, 2011 in New York City. This was trans 101 type panel, put on by some of the members of QueeringOWS. Some of the speakers included Jenn and Craig from QueeringOWS; Noah from TLDF; Pauline Park from...
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A Space of Our Own: A women's perspective on women... →
But the fact is, that these strong women and these women’s groups didn’t seem to raise the issue of male dominance within the OWS structure itself. Any woman who spent any time in any of the work groups or GA’s had to recognize the signs of male dominance — leadership is still mainly young, white, male. Women tend to cede space to men and, when we do speak up,...
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A Women's Caucus Hallelujah Chorus! →
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Four protesters arrested for occupying Egyptian... →
According to a press release from the protesters;
“At 9.00am this morning a number of women activists entered the Egyptian Embassy in London with a banner reading “Solidarity with Tahrir” in English and Arabic. Tahrir is both the square which has been the focal point of protests in Cairo, and Arabic for “Liberation”. They are currently occupying part of the...
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Steinem’s Wall Street Occupied as Women Still Earn... →
Steinem said the Occupy protests have inspired her, and that they have enjoyed more support than the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s that took longer to reach a broad audience. “It’s much more immediately international,” said Steinem, who participated in the earlier causes.
The movement’s success in bringing attention to income inequality may help narrow the gender-wage...
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WatchHundreds of women protested in Cairo against military rule and brutal treatment of female protesters by Egypt’s security services. They rallied outside a government complex in Tahrir Square, where earlier at least four demonstrators were shot dead. Dozens of male supporters joined the rally, acting as a protective cordon.
[via The Guardian]
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WatchThe author of Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism, Tufts University sociology professor Sarah Sobieraj is a reigning expert on media and social movements in the U.S. In the four minute clip below, she discusses what it is about the Occupy Movement that has led to such favorable coverage. This includes an answer to the now ubiquitous question: “Is their message too...