"I taught our women how to speak, but don't know how to make them silent."Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet.
Stephanie Toumi - an indictment of our immigration system (@ The F Word blog) - The story of Stephanie Toumi's deportation from the UK back to Cameroon, over the course of which she was assaulted and badly injured.
When Fanny Rocked (@ AfterEllen) - Jamie Anderson tells the story of Fanny, a trailblazing all-female rock band from the 1970s. The article includes quotes from the members and tells of their troubles with the male-dominated rock scene of their time.
Activism embodied (@ Clamor Magazine) - A roundtable discussion between Leslie Feinberg
Not a happy birthday (@ The F Word) - Amity Reed presents on the issue of childbirth rape, and how it seems to be a rather troubling, prevalent and power-laden form of abuse in society.
Choice Ireland Month of Action against the WRC (@ Indymedia Ireland) - Choice Ireland, the organisation I am part of, calls for a month of action against the anti-choice, anti-women agency WRC. This agency gives false medical information and bullies vulnerable women with a variety of tactics to discourage them from having an abortion.
Kyle Payne: There is no debate, this is wrong (@ Renegade Evolution) - Ren exposes Kyle Payne, an avowed radical feminist male who has pledged guilty to the charge of, while being an assistant in a student hall, breaking into a woman's room and taking pictures of her breasts. Ren links to a blogroll that is exposing this creep on the internet.
On a personal note, Kyle Payne, you're the embodiment of everything you hypocritically claim to hate. And if that weren't enough, you have done nothing but a disservice to all the feminist allies out there that have done so much to help the movement become stronger and more diverse.
Finally, on a lighter note, Alison Bechdel ponders the idea of the compulsory reading of literary classics, in her own, inimitable style as a comic-book artist.
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