Links roundup around the IMF chief's sexual assault of an immigrant worker in NY, including how IMF policies have enabled violence against women on a mass scale in poor countries.

1. Deportation fears force immigrant women to be mute on sexual abuse, harassment at work
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=184726

2. The IMF:  ( Read more... )

(I wouldn't normally title something like this, but it seemed appropriate in light of the wording, tone and substance of the various anti-Hillary posts and comments lately; and I think even the parts of this that might not seem to directly relate to this community do relate to feminism in light of both the misogynistic nature of many of the attacks ( Read more... )

Currently, we have The White Privilege Checklist, The Male Privilege Checklist, The Non-Fat Privilege Checklist, The Straight Privilege Checklist, The Non-Trans Privilege Checklist, and The Non-Disabled Privilege Checklist.And since we've had some excellent wealth-related discussions here and in other communities recently, I'd like to see a ( Read more... )

I remember a few months ago there was a post here talking about how there's this subtle form of male privilege whenever a woman and a man cross each other on the street. The two people make eye contact, but usually, it is the woman who looks away/down first. After this post, I started to try holding my gaze longer than a man, although I must admit ( Read more... )

I just watched the most interesting program on PBS about women in poor, rural areas of Asia and Africa (they may have covered other areas but I turned it on late ( Read more... )

but the geniuses on my flist keep feeding me excellent material and i keep coming across great stuff, so i'll keep on 'til the cows come home or i get booed off stage ( Read more... )

Obviously, redindigo was onto something when she posted about heteronormativity and heterocentrism, at least judging from the 312 commentsSo, I'll risk appearing the angry, man-hating separatist dyke and attempt to move this conversation to the next level ( Read more... )

I'm somewhat of a lurker here. I have never posted before and I rarely reply to comments. I do read many of the posts and some of the discussions. I just HAD to share an article I just read. I know it may not seem to be a strictly feminist issue but I believe it is relevant to the issues discussed here (intolerance for example, and how it is ( Read more... )

maclyn shared a post with the community a few days ago urging us all to acknowledge and reflect on the US-centric posts that have proliferated and become standard in this community.  in that same vein, i'm calling on everyone to pause and reflect on their own heterocentric inclinations.  the posts recently, and in general, have been very much focused on ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to feel really irritated by the US centrism in this community, and I bet I'm not the only one.

( Cut in case this gets long. )