This is what I read first thing after I woke up this morning...
"Sisters attacked with acid"
"Rape victim forced to marry attacker"
It really breaks my heart when people try to convince me that feminists achieved equality decades ago by discounting what is happening in other countries.
All women are different, but none is more important than another.
I’m starting this project because I want to explore the ways in which both sexism and feminism manifest themselves in today’s society. Is there any way forward for feminism? Beyond finishing my much-thumbed-at copy of the feminine mystique, is there any other way that I be a part of the movement and help to achieve REAL equality? Or was my grandmother right afterall?
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Europe
So in June-July I spent four weeks in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Apart from my 6 hour stopover in Doha, Qatar where I felt SO out of place and unwanted, I was excited to see the feminist groups are so much more active over there! Makes me realise how much Melbourne and the rest of Aus needs to catch up. Anyway, here are some photos of the awesome things feminists are doing over there!
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