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Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoAs a business founder and as a man, I regret the decades I spent confined by masculinity | Guy Singh-Watson
Men should actively engage in discussions about gender equality and challenge their own biases to improve workplace dynamics and productivity.
Social justice
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
2 days agoWeakening the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Will Widen Inequality | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
The CFPB's proposed changes to ECOA threaten to weaken protections against lending discrimination.
fromPsychology Today
2 days agoThe Degendering of English
The most obvious example is the adoption of the singular 'they' to replace clunky constructions like 'he or she' and 'he/she.' Language purists argue that this is ungrammatical, even though 'they' has been employed in just this way by authors as diverse as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Dickinson, and Shaw.
Typography
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoTwo generations are currently arguing about work ethic when what they're actually arguing about is whether suffering should be a prerequisite for dignity. One generation believes it is because that was the deal they were offered. The other is trying to renegotiate. - Silicon Canals
Generational differences in work ethic stem from a broken contract between Boomers and Gen Z regarding dignity and economic stability.
#transgender-rights
LGBT
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week agoAcknowledgment of Violence Against Black Trans Girls, Women
Legislative actions increasingly target transgender rights, particularly affecting Black women and girls, compounding their vulnerability to violence and discrimination.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks agoLGBT
This trans lawmaker's colleagues voted to take away her driver's license. She's still hard at work. - LGBTQ Nation
Kansas State Rep. Abi Boatman, a transgender Air Force veteran, delivered a viral speech opposing SB 244, legislation that revokes transgender people's documents, restricts bathroom access, and creates legal incentives to sue transgender individuals.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 days agoEducation Dept. Scraps Some Civil Rights Agreements
The Trump administration rescinded agreements protecting transgender students' rights in schools, claiming previous interpretations of Title IX were ideologically driven.
LGBT
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week agoAcknowledgment of Violence Against Black Trans Girls, Women
Legislative actions increasingly target transgender rights, particularly affecting Black women and girls, compounding their vulnerability to violence and discrimination.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks agoThis trans lawmaker's colleagues voted to take away her driver's license. She's still hard at work. - LGBTQ Nation
Kansas State Rep. Abi Boatman, a transgender Air Force veteran, delivered a viral speech opposing SB 244, legislation that revokes transgender people's documents, restricts bathroom access, and creates legal incentives to sue transgender individuals.
Social justice
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
3 days agoAfter the Breaking: A Black Feminist Response to Retrenchment | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
The world is fracturing, revealing authoritarianism, while philanthropy struggles to adapt, necessitating new visions for justice and community-centered practices.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology suggests that men who were told "man up" as boys don't just suppress their emotions - they develop a pattern of harmful avoidance and it's misread as strength - Silicon Canals
Emotional suppression in men leads to serious health risks and relationship issues, as societal norms discourage vulnerability and expression of feelings.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe real class divide isn't between rich and poor. It's between people who were taught the world will accommodate them and people who were taught to accommodate the world. Both are right about the world they grew up in. - Silicon Canals
Social fluency stems from early life experiences, not wealth, shaping expectations of how the world responds to individuals.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoIs calling a woman auntie' ageist harassment or a mark of respect? It's a trickier question than you think | Lola Okolosie
Respecting how individuals wish to be addressed is essential, as demonstrated by the tribunal ruling in favor of Ilda Esteves against Charles Oppong.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoCompulsory heterosexuality is thwarting pleasure & hindering gender liberation. We can change that. - LGBTQ Nation
Trans women can deconstruct femininity built around male desire and reconstruct authentic womanhood through self-directed pleasure and relationships centered on mutual connection rather than male validation.
Women in technology
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoThe gender gap no one talks about: men missing from care professions
Care professions dominated by women face severe labor shortages and will become increasingly critical as populations age, yet society undervalues these essential jobs compared to male-dominated tech sectors.
Right-wing politics
fromemptywheel
1 month agoThe Wisdom Of The Subservient Class - emptywheel
Conservatism has failed as a rightist sect of liberalism, functioning merely as reactive opposition to other liberal factions while protecting elites from democratic constraints rather than conserving substantive values.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoAmerica's contract to protect white women has always been tenuous
In the hours after the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three, gut-wrenching footage of her killing was released, discrediting initial claims from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and the Department of Justice that she was shot in self-defense. As a response to the public outcry, the Trump administration and a chorus of conservative public figures unleashed a litany of dehumanizing and defamatory remarks about Good,
US politics
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago26 Social Burdens Women Shoulder That Are Completely Exhausting
Putting on makeup. Like, we're supposed to disguise ourselves; otherwise, people think we didn't take this outing seriously, didn't care enough, or didn't act professionally. In some ways, beauty standards are social obligations. Keeping up with nails, clothes, hair, etc., that's almost an expectation in some relationships.
Women
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoThe Guardian view on gen Z: young men hold startling views about women inequality may be to blame | Editorial
A global survey reveals concerning attitudes among Gen Z men toward women's autonomy, with significant percentages believing women should obey husbands, avoid initiating sex, and defer to male decision-making authority.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoThe right has won the family': why are there so few lefty momfluencers?
Polished mommy-influencer content soothes with domestic routines but sparks anxiety about creators' politics, driving a desire for algorithmic feeds that confirm progressive values.
Fundraising
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month agoGiving Bigger, Organizing More Boldly: Centering Disability Justice | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Centering Disability Justice reveals marginalized edges hold deep lessons and requires investing wealth and inheritance into movement infrastructure for collective liberation.
Social justice
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago'Too Educated': Unacceptable Disqualifier for Black Women
Jackson's city council confirmed RaShall Brackney, a highly credentialed Black woman with a Ph.D. and 35+ years of law enforcement experience, as police chief despite one council member's objection based on her education and charm.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoSupermodel says only women can be bisexual: "Double standards exist for us all" - LGBTQ Nation
Jessica White's statement that bisexuality is acceptable for women but not men sparked controversy and amplified biphobic attitudes, with experts attributing such stigma to toxic masculinity and rigid gender expectations.
Social justice
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoData is power: What we need to build meaningful infrastructure for Black & brown trans folks - LGBTQ Nation
Black transgender people are systematically excluded from research design and data collection, rendering their lived experiences invisible in statistics used by policymakers and organizations.
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoPatriarchy, Religion, and the Myth of "Real Sex"
"No, not yet. I am waiting until I am serious with someone, and until then, I am only doing oral and mutual masturbation. My reply, "That is sex!" This usually gets a response of, "Well, I meant f*cking," which they equate to sex. Nothing else. I have to remind my clients that fellatio and cunnilingus is called "oral sex" for a reason. That is still sex."
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