Refrains such as “I am not your toy, you stupid boy”, summed up the concerns of many women against sexual harassment
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Feminism
Why Iranians are Really protesting Compulsory Veiling Laws
By Moujan Mirdamadi | (The Conversation) | – – Protests against Iran’s mandatory hijab law – which requires all women to wear it in public – have sprung up across Iran in the first few weeks of 2018. Women, acting individually, stood on utility boxes in public places, taking off their headscarves and holding them […]
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ Protest Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Laws
By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling. Photos of their demonstrations have been widely circulated online under the hashtag #دختران_خیابان_انقلاب (translated to #Girls_of_Enghelab_Street). As of the afternoon of January 29, at least two women […]
Thousands protest for Women’s Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)
May Lee | (CGTN) | – – The rally in Los Angeles last year dwarfed those in most other cities. Did the City of the Angels outdo itself again this year? Thousands rally in Los Angeles at Women’s March for gender rights NB May Lee @mayleetv May Lee joined CGTN-America as the Los Angeles based […]
After Golden Globes Speech (Video), Oprah said open to Presidential Run
Golden Globes/ Oprah Winfrey | (Video Clip) | – – Amy Kaufman of the LA Times wrote that she asked Stedman if Oprah would be open to a presidential bid and he said, “absolutely she would.” I asked Stedman if @oprah would run for President. "It's up to the people. She would absolutely do it." […]
Chess is Universal; Saudi Arabia isn’t: Women’s Boycott, Israeli Lawsuit
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia under the hyper-active crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman is undertaking rapid changes in society and international diplomacy. But the kingdom’s conviction that it is ready to host international events has been demonstrated to be premature by a debacle over a chess tournament. A chess […]
The Fempire Strikes Back: #MeToo and the Man-Monsters
By Ann Jones. | ( Tomdispatch.com First, for the record, let me tell you my story about another of those perversely creepy Hollywood predators, a sort of cut-rate Harvey Weinstein: the screenwriter and film director James Toback. As I read now of women he preyed upon year after year, I feel the rage that’s bubbled […]
Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies
By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Almost 80, I’ve been stunned and bewildered by the ever-expanding list of sexually predatory males, from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to former New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier to comedian Louis C.K. And it’s triggered a list of questions for me: Who raised these louts? How did they […]
Iraq & End of Women’s Rights: Girls Marriage age of 9?
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – Proposed changes to Iraq’s personal status law caused protests because they drop the legal age of marriage to 9. Even worse, the changes come at the same time as an ongoing erosion in women’s status in Iraqi society. On October 30, Iraq’s parliament made a decision […]