mythologyandhistory · @mythologyandhistory
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(This matters because it's a outrage.)

Have you ever heard of an Icosathlon? It's a double . 20 events.

And just like the decathlon is exclusively open to men.

The Icosathlon was open to for two years (until 2021) & then eliminated - women were again barred from competing!

The 2021 made her own open to All this year, but its results remain "unofficial".

Imagine barring someone for their in 2023...

#genderequality #sport #misogyny #gender #icosathlon #winner #women #decathlon #historical

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Poetry News · @haikubot
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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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Some are even exploring options to potentially prosecute people who help travel out of state to obtain an .

In the early skirmishing over this agenda, opponents including the federal have won a surprising number of decisions, mostly in , blocking from implementing the new .

#states #women #abortion #legal #doj #federalcourt #laws

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ZhiZhu · @ZhiZhu
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"“We’re looking back at the movement now in the rearview mirror and everyone’s always asking, ‘Are things better? Are things worse?'” said producer Kathleen Lingo, who works for the Times. “It’s really hard to have a blanket assessment, but just the fact that the women who felt a sense of promise at that moment now don’t feel it anymore — I think is quite stark.”"
washingtonpost.com/entertainme

#MeToo #women #sexism #misogyny #entertainment #usa #News

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LA Legault · @LALegault
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disproportionately use and women are not the of lockdown mode…..

#women #iphones #developers

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A. Rivera · @bloodravenlib
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Again, if I am ever single again, why I would be on my way to a Buddhist Tibetan monastery. I would not survive 5 minutes in the modern dating scene with women like these. (At least Abby got my back).

>Dear Abby: Every man is either bad at conversation or bad in bed chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/10

#women #men #relationships #dating

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ZhiZhu · @ZhiZhu
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@rbreich

Stripping women of their rights leaves them vulnerable to abuse by men.

In Afghanistan, religious-based laws have made it impossible for a woman to survive on her own....

“The Taliban have created the perfect situation for men seeking revenge [against women]”
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/

Thread of article: newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/10996575

How far will the go in stripping women of their freedom?


#gop #afghanistan #taliban #Religion #conservatives #misogyny #women #womensrights #usa #News

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LA Legault · @LALegault
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Is there any research on ‘s lockdown mode as a tool as it intersects with required irl safety measures? Preferably performed by , but not necessarily?

(The restrictions in it are so great as to not leave enough evidence of what happened, from my estimation...)

#apple #cybersecurity #women

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joe•iuculano :mastodon: · @iuculano
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Feminist pioneer dies at 87

«In 1966, she was a signatory of the founding charter of the , for which she served as the first vice-president.

The following year, she was named secretary general of the of Inquiry into the Status of in . The report it published in 1970 remains important to this day.»

Read more here:

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fe

#moniquebegin #federationdesfemmesduquebec #royalcommission #women #canada #ffq #quebec #feminist #feminism #canadahealthact #childtaxcredit #orderofcanada

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Radio Jammor · @radiojammor
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3pm on Radio Jammor: Female Voices hour
Featuring music where the predominant singer or singers is/are

Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from to the , &
radiojammor.com/

#women #music #scottishindependence #canada #us #uk #scotland #female

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William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
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"White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout US history. The post-Dobbs era is no different.
This is not the first period in U.S. history when white men have exercised control over women’s right to bear – or not bear – children, including during slavery."

~ Rodney Coates

talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whi

#men #race #women #abortion #womensrights

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Laceys House · @LaceysHouse
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Here's what the status of and in the United States looks like at the moment blackenterprise.com/status-of-

#Black #women #girls #us #usa #news

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Hazel · @HazelWood
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Eurosport · @Eurosport
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Burkely Hermann · @historyhermann
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MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Writing History September 10, 1960: Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator was born. She is most famous for her “Dykes to Watch Out For,” comic strip. And for her “Bechdel Test,” originally intended as a joke in one of her comics, but which has since become a routine metric used by critics as an indicator for the active presence of women in a film.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #lgbtq #lgbtqia #AlisonBechdel #women #feminism #dykestowatchoutfor #comics #artist #writer #author #books

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