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I was reading a course-required blog by a very articulate graduate student in a women’s studies course.  She was reviewing a novel in which the main character, a young girl who is trafficked, is… more →

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(Femen)ism? by Kile Jones — 14 comments

Kile Jones wrote 3 weeks ago: As most of us are aware by now, there is a “feminist-sextremist” group from Ukraine call … more →

Tags: Politics, Violence Against Women, Reproductive Justice, ethics, Gender and Sexuality, Résistance, activism, General, Feminism

Women as Stairways to Heaven by Jameelah X. Medina — 20 comments

Jameelah X. Medina wrote 1 month ago: In mainstream Islam, the ways and sayings of Prophet Muhammad are second in importance only to the Q … more →

Tags: Islam, Feminism, gender and power, Women in Islam, Jameelah Medina, Muslim Women, Gender and religion

The Roman Catholic Theology of Womanhood by Ivy Helman — 8 comments

Ivy Helman wrote 1 month ago: The Vatican has created an entire theology of womanhood without the input of a single woman!  Search … more →

Tags: Catholic Church, Women's Ordination, Feminism, Women in the Church, gender and power, vatican, Motherhood, Family, Hierarchy

Orientations: Body, Space, Authority by Linn Marie Tonstad — 4 comments

Linn Marie Tonstad wrote 1 month ago: In her book Queer Phenomenology, Sara Ahmed investigates how we orient ourselves in space with respe … more →

Tags: Feminist Theology, Christianity, Feminism, Theology, LGBTQ, abuse of power, Body, Power, embodiment

Marriage as a Commodity (Satisfaction Guaranteed) by Michele Stopera Freyhauf — 6 comments

Michele Stopera Freyhauf wrote 2 months ago: This Saturday I will be presenting a paper about Cyberbrides at the United Nations Commission on the … more →

Tags: abuse of power, activism, Children, consumerism, ethics, Family, Feminism, gender and power, General

’Kathmandu Declaration’ adopted at conference on Peace building in South Asia

hilleletv wrote 2 months ago: PRESS NOTE UN Women – South Asia SASRO ‘Experts Group’ on Women Peace & Security organized … more →

Tags: The Feminist, Kathmandu Declaration, un women, South Asia SASRO ‘Experts Group’ Peace Building in , Transformative Strategies, IDRC, UN Women South Asia Regional Office’s program, Anne F. Stenhammer (UN Women Representative for Bhutan, Maldives

SPECIAL AAR SERIES Part 2: Gamer-Player/ Gamer-Avatar: The Potential of a Video-Gaming Body by Sara Frykenberg with introduction and response by Mary Hunt — 5 comments

Sara Frykenberg wrote 5 months ago:  Introduction: This is one of four papers presented in Chicago at the Annual Meeting of the American … more →

Tags: Feminist Theology, Gender and Sexuality, Feminism, gender and power, naming, LGBTQ, identity construction, women and community, Power Relations

The Impact of Excommunication in the 21st Century (Part I) – Spiritual Redemption or Hegemonic Power by Michele Stopera Freyhauf — 8 comments

Michele Stopera Freyhauf wrote 5 months ago: “The Lord loves everyone and died for everyone, and He wants all to be saved…the best lesson that ca … more →

Tags: thealogy, women's suffering, Catholicism, ethics, Church Doctrine, activism, General, Catholic Church, Women and Ministry

Pussy Riot: Guilty of Crimes of Blasphemy or Being Feminists? By Michele Stopera Freyhauf — 4 comments

Michele Stopera Freyhauf wrote 6 months ago: In a country that was willing to [sic] its secular court on a “religious” cause, Pussy Riot are true … more →

Tags: abuse of power, activism, Art, Catholic Church, ethics, Feminism, gender and power, General, Hierarchy

Building a Bridge toward the Future: Will You Meet Me in the Middle? By Ivy Helman — 5 comments

Ivy Helman wrote 6 months ago: On Tuesday, President Obama’s acceptance speech included the following statement about coming togeth … more →

Tags: Politics, General, Feminism, Social Justice, justice, Patriarchy, Politics 2, sexism, Dialogue

Exposure by Elise M. Edwards — 5 comments

Elise M. Edwards wrote 6 months ago: Before I feared too much disclosure, but now I seek to channel revelations of personal experiences i … more →

Tags: ethics, God Talk, General, Feminism, naming, Academy, identity construction, women and community, womanist theology

Covered in Light and my experience veiling today — 5 comments

The Spinner wrote 8 months ago: A scarf does not oppress people. People oppress people. -Covered in Light Today is the Covered in Li … more →

Tags: General, Relationships with Other Pagans, Feminism, Religion and Spirituality, Religion, Culture, spirituality, Faith, Events

Happiness is a Warm Space: Enchantment as Feminist Virtue by Amy Levin — 4 comments

Amy Levin wrote 8 months ago: Art can provide a balm for the modern soul – Claude Monet Living in New York has its vices, an … more →

Tags: Violence Against Women, ethics, Résistance, Feminism, women's spirituality, Body, Amy Levin, Enchantment, Jane Bennett

How Joan of Arc Crashed Through My Pagan Heart by Marcia Quinn Noren — 3 comments

Guest Contributor wrote 8 months ago: Born into a Lutheran family of academicians, from earliest childhood I questioned their divisive, an … more →

Tags: Violence Against Women, General, Feminism, Women in the Church, herstory, Women Mystics, Female saints, Joan of Arc, Marcia Quinn Noren

Rape is Not a Political Platform – Rape is a Violent Crime! By Michele Stopera Freyhauf — 13 comments

Michele Stopera Freyhauf wrote 9 months ago: Just when you think you have heard it all, here we go again – another politician with “open mo … more →

Tags: women's suffering, Violence Against Women, ethics, Gender and Sexuality, Church Doctrine, activism, General, Catholic Church, Feminism

Girls Gone Gray by Erin Lane — 6 comments

Erin Lane wrote 9 months ago: My hair started “going gray” at nineteen. Prophetic, you could say, for a college girl whose life wa … more →

Tags: Feminism, Body, aging, Body Image, Erin Lane, aging, Gray Hair

If You’re Lucky You Get Old—Part One by Marie Cartier — 17 comments

Marie Cartier wrote 10 months ago: This year two significant shifts happened inside of me: I realized I was getting older. And I wanted … more →

Tags: General, Feminism, Body, Body, Yoga, self-image, Marie Cartier

To "Ride By On a Wheel" by Kathryn House — 10 comments

Kathryn House wrote 10 months ago: If you have been socialized that fading into the background should be your first concern, cycling ca … more →

Tags: activism, General, Feminism, Academy, Kathryn House, Cycling, Susan B. Anthony, Wheels of Change

Silencing Miriam: Prophetess, Liberator, and Leader By Michele Stopera Freyhauf — 4 comments

Michele Stopera Freyhauf wrote 10 months ago: The prophetess Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, while all the women went out a … more →

Tags: spirituality, Music, Judaism, Politics, textual interpretation, General, feminist awakenings, Women and Ministry, gender and power


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