Sanem Güner: Treating feminism as a Western invention perpetuates a myth from which Turkish conservatives have benefited greatly
The President of Turkey recently signed a decree withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe's Convention on Violence against Women.
Comic: Being “not like the other girls” wasn’t fun
Nika Nazarova's lovely cartoon is about internalised misogyny, or the desire not to be like other girls, and the journey from self-loathing to optimism.
Five reasons why climate change and feminism are related issues
Women are more affected by the impacts of climate change than men. But given the chance, they can play a big part in finding solutions to fight it.
Artists against capitalism. French strike against neoliberal government and the inequality of social welfare
France has been historically in resistance to such structural inequality and has been attached to its social system with retirement, unemployment, social security, “intermittent” status, but the recent governments have been under the same neoliberal influences. So, we are trying to hold on!
Celebrate Women’s Day with us!
Celebrate the weekend of International Women's Day on March 7th with us! Reading group discussion, lecture on vegan feminism, yoga workshop and party!
Why we need feminism here?
Arguing that feminism has achieved its goal, that it’s a relic of the past; now that women are clearly liberated from the regressive misogyny of pre-Industrial family and social organization, there is no use nor need for it to exist today.
TALFF: In a caring society, we need to listen to women and minority groups
On Saturday, 2.11.2019 the first Estonian feminist forum was held in Tallinn. Equal rights supporters recognized that a caring society could only be built by listening and involving all different groups.
If we do not take care of ourselves, we cannot stand up for others
Annija Sprīvule and Anete Biteniece are educators and activists from Latvia who want to remind activists about the importance of self-care.
Help to kickstart The Tallinn Feminist Forum
You can support Estonia’s first-ever feminist forum on Hooandja crowdfunding platform.
On friendly sexism: Who wouldn’t like compliments?
Jaana Davidjants thinks if there is a great craving to compliment someone for their looks, then it's entirely possible to do so without having to resort to sexism.
What in the world is this “gender” thing? A non-binary perspective
Non-binary people have existed for centuries in many different cultures: Two-Spirit Native Americans, French Polynesian Māhū, Indonesian Bugis, etc. That doesn’t necessarily make it a good (or bad) thing, but a thing nevertheless, far from a mere fad invented by young white westerners.
To my fellow-men on the right
All this, while there are other constructive non-sexist, non-racist projects that can help with preserving and propagating our national cultures more effectively.