Blog Posts on feminism

metafictionally: delacroix: imnotyogi: toptumbles: Even... by talkplaylove on Jan 4, 2012metafictionally: delacroix: imnotyogi: toptumbles: Even worse than a friendzone I’m getting sick of the term friendzone. Me too. And, more than that, I’m sick of the people using it. Women are told almost constantly—by the media, the gove...

Video Games and Tears by Chronicles of Vanity on Dec 29, 2011It's one of those days when I spend the entire afternoon eating gelato, sipping Bundaberg beers and sit in front of my laptop devouring fashion and design blogs. In one of the blogs I was reading, I caught an odd looking photo, nonchalantly clicked t...

Angry Nuns protest coal power plant. by The Pinoy Catholic on Nov 3, 2011From UCANews. *** Hundreds of nuns have criticized a decision by their city council that paves the way for the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Mindanao. [HUNDREDS?!?!?!] Sister Elvie Solemino  [SISTER?!?!  Is that you?

Jay Leno's wife: Koran is more liberal to women than the Bible by The Pinoy Catholic on Oct 28, 2011And it is not even part of the routine of Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. Taken from the Examiner. *** When asked about the role of Islam in the status of women in Afghanistan, Leno confirmed that “the Quran is more liberal with women than the Bib...

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On Humans and Clothing by Filipino Freethinkers on Sep 1, 2011Things are not just what we make them look like, but also what others want or can see in us.

Hey, Look! There’s a Big, Disgusting Bias on My Dick! (Part 1) by Filipino Freethinkers on Aug 23, 2011Majority of straight men do not have a proper venue for productive discourse with regard to men’s issues because, in the dominant paradigm of gender politics, straight men are considered to be the privileged oppressors in patriarchal cultures and a...

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — TANDANG SORA @ 200 CONFERENCE by Notes From The Philippines on Aug 20, 2011Announcement courtesy of Dr. Ma. Luisa de Leon-Bolinao, Chair of UP History Department.  January 6, 2012 is the 200th birthdate of Melchora Aquino, popularly known as Tandang Sora and one of the many women who contributed to the Philippine revolutio...

Sluttier than Thou (Part 2) by Filipino Freethinkers on Aug 9, 2011The SlutWalk is not about daring men not to feel sexually attracted to women whose fashion sense can induce sexual desire. One of the points of the movement is to dare a patriarchal society to create an environment that accommodates and respects wome...

Demeter and Persephone by Filipino Freethinkers on Aug 8, 2011To the rape victims in my clinic, I try to be Demeter. There can be no stigmatization that is attached to their ordeal. I require nothing more of them but to return to the light and to eventually learn again to dance and sing. There is no shame in ha...