Daily acts of feminism - a thread for ideas

Encourage charities (esp any you donate to) to use clear information re: cervical cancer, pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc instead of obfuscation.

@Evarish Her collection of short stories called ‘The thing around your neck’ is excellent.

Feminism centres women and campaigns for sex based rights. Which in the past were non existent and today still are either ignored or still need action on. (Aka women's rights but no one appears to know what a woman is now.)

Transmen have certain rights due the the fact that they were born female and still have female biology.

Trans men have gotten and are getting shooed away from reproductive (organ) health care facilities on the basis that they're women-only facilities, though. Listing them under 'women' and expecting people (especially financing companies that seem to love nothing else but to not cash out) to include them is, thus far, proving to be lethal.

[quote Thelnebriati]Share short reads and feminist books.

A program for feminist consciousness raising
womenwhatistobedone.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/notes-from-the-second-year-a-program-for-feminist-consciousness-raising.pdf[/quote]
I have just ordered Joan Smith's Misogynies.

Thelnebriati

Only donate to orgs that use full transparency; so you know who they are, where the money is going, how it will be used, and where any spare funds will go in advance.

Excellent advice. Look at WHO and WHERE the money us going to. And WHAT the money is going to be used for.

Raquel's second one is already up btw

I recommend Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I always encourage my GCSE and A-level students to read her.

Ah, thanks for reminding me! I thought I ordered one of her books already but it turned out I didn't (adding too many books for a 'to read' list makes for a horrible organisational solution). Will also be adding Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions to the list (or, well, buying - it's... unfortunately got the same date indication that so far has gotten all books I ordered pushed back, so I'm hoping I'll actually get it in a reasonable time).

Share short reads and feminist books.

A program for feminist consciousness raising
womenwhatistobedone.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/notes-from-the-second-year-a-program-for-feminist-consciousness-raising.pdf

Doing our very very best to ignore derail attempts on FWR threads and staying focused on what we can achieve

Yes this is good advice, and across social media generally.

I've signed up for Glosswitch's emails and will put some more money into Raquel's crowdfunder tomorrow.

Reply to and share this reopened survey:

www.gov.uk/government/consultations/violence-against-women-and-girls-vawg-call-for-evidence

Only donate to orgs that use full transparency; so you know who they are, where the money is going, how it will be used, and where any spare funds will go in advance.

Good advice, Ineb. I’ve been reading very worrying concerns over who’s got about £360,000 raised in memory of Sarah Everard and whether it is actually going to women’s causes.

If you ever have to do Stonewall-style workplace training and you are secretly GC, you can try to ask innocent questions that highlight the pertinent issues for others, and cut through the obfuscatory language.

Feminism centres women and campaigns for sex based rights. Which in the past were non existent and today still are either ignored or still need action on. (Aka women's rights but no one appears to know what a woman is now.)

Transmen have certain rights due the the fact that they were born female and still have female biology.

Ignore obvious attempts at derailing feminist threads to become about men rather than centering women

Donate to crowd funders if possible

Always write sex when sex is what you mean & challenge any org listing the protected characteristics of the equality act 2010 incorrectly usually gender when they mean sex or gender identity when they mean gender reassignment

Write to your MP about feminist issues.

I wrote to my own MP when during earlier lockdowns local loos were converted to mixed sex without appropriate thought and planning. My MP was supportive.

I wrote to a couple of representatives of the House of Lords to thank them for representing women in discussions about the recent MP maternity policy. The response was good.

Shizuku, where can I buy that badge? Can they be personalised - if, for example, I wanted the topline to read Transmen? TIA

Can I just point out that insisting trans men are included in your feminism as they're either females or women who want to call themselves men (depending on the charming personality of the person stating it, of course), by default not just makes it pointedly obvious you don't and won't listen to trans men, but you're also transphobic?

Only donate to orgs that use full transparency; so you know who they are, where the money is going, how it will be used, and where any spare funds will go in advance.

I designed some paper cuts this morning for myself today, didn’t intend to share them but thought fuck it and have listed the templates on Etsy - they may well piss people off, hopefully it won’t completely wreck my business but I am absolutely exhausted of hearing this shit over and over. These are going on my wall and I plan to have a wall full by the time I’m done. Hopefully others will fill a wall in their home with them too!

I’ve been wanting to make some feminist-themed work for ages but this current situation gave me a push. I am planning more, and will be donating a share of the proceeds to Rape Crisis.

If anyone has any suggestions for phrases they’d like to see, let me know and I’ll put them on my list! In fact maybe I’ll set up a shop just for feminist content but I quite like having it mixed up amongst other stuff.

Currently getting started in broadening my knowledge of Black feminism (books are getting harder to order, I'll tell you, half of them keep being pushed back for unknown reasons).

I also signed up to campaign for a feminist political party! Admittedly it's more handing out than any speaking position (likely won't surprise anyone to say that I'm not that verbally eloquent), but I'm genuinely hoping they'll get a much bigger space in the current political climate. The rise of the right is making me fearful- especially given my own relatives seem to be in full support of right conservative parties that want to take away my legal protections.

Also making a point of writing to thank public figures who do speak sense on the issue.

Absolutely. It was flowers and postcards last year (pre Covid).

Thank you for this thread. I too have been feeling frustrated but powerless. Following with interest and I'll contribute as and when I can