Since 1969, the Association of Shinto Shrines has overseen most shrines in Japan. But ongoing controversies are driving some away. Learn about the scandals - and cases of discrimination against women and LGBTQ people - that are causing some shrines to bail.
Nina Burleigh on how Trump's election was driven by "furious backlash against women’s gains":
"The election of Trump in 2016 was many things, but first and foremost, it was a slap in the face to American women. It signaled the end of an era when women and girls could believe, based on statistics about women in the workforce and girls in college, that we were living in an era of progress."
Tamura Toshiko (田村俊子) was one of the first Japanese women to make a living off her writing in the modern era. Yet her legacy extends beyond the New Woman era, as her focus expanded from gender to social issues involving racial discrimination and class oppression.
Hey ihr Schlauen und Liebhaberïnnen des feministischen Kampfs: Hat wer von euch je ein Fotografie oder ein gemaltes Bild von Linda Malnati gesehen? #feminism#history@histodons
Prisons put survivors of sexual assault under the power of rapists who seek out jobs in prisons. Prisons account for almost as many sexual assaults as happen in the rest of the population outside prison, with most of those committed or enabled by prison officials. One prison down...now to abolish the rest
If you're someone who volunteers and works to help survivors or prevent sexual assault, abolishing prisons will dramatically reduce sexual assault.
Yesterday, we announced our federation of 400 Flipboard curators and curators, so today, we're highlighting just a few you can follow on subjects like food, leadership, basketball, and sustainable food systems.
Allen Westly, technology enthusiast, cybersecurity practitioner, and diversity advocate — @West1118
Brian Fanzo, digital futurist, podcaster and ADHD advocate — @iSocialFanz
Camille Styles, lifestyle writer passionate about plant-based cooking and design and beauty — @CamilleStyles
Christie Vanover, champion pitmaster and creator of Girls Can Grill — @GirlsCanGrill
Daniel Hakimi, style curator and men’s fashion writer — @DanHakimi
Darryl Benjamin, educator and advocate for sustainable food systems — @Kafkaturtle
Janette Speyer, professional marketer passionate about cooking, travel, fashion and connecting the Flipboard community — @JanetteSpeyer
Jennifer Petoff, travel writer and creator of Sidewalk Safari — @sidewalksafari
Jessica Bethel, Los Angeles-based photographer — @4eyedgirl
Ken Yeung, journalist and author of "The AI Economy" newsletter — @thekenyeung
Louisa Moje, pharmacist, fashionista and foodie — @foodpluswords_
Marco Secchi, visual storyteller and photographer — @msecchi
Markus Weber, sustainable agriculture and agtech — @Maakusi
Maurizo Leo, bestselling cookbook author and creator of The Perfect Loaf — @theperfectloaf
Pete Gleason, PhD, professor, psychologist and innovator — @pgleason
Phil McKinney, technologist, author and podcaster — @philmckinney
Scott Kleinberg, OG Flipboarder and proud Apple fanboy — @scottkleinberg
Scott Monty, business leader, executive coach and podcaster — @scottmonty
Tayo Oredola, food writer and creator of Low Carb Africa — @lowcarbafrica
WBB Daily — curator who specializes in women’s basketball, passionate about growing the game — @smrice
Wesley Fryer, STEM educator and media literacy advocate — @wfryer
@Flipboard Thank you. I am not a #Flipboard user but I really do appreciate that you connect with the #Fediverse. What interest me are contents by women who give me hope that #patriarcat will one day disappear ;-) Btw I see there is a feminism topic and magazines on Flipboard https://flipboard.com/topic/feminism with 139.9K followers of the hashtag #Feminism :-) Et j'espère bien pouvoir suivre des comptes Flipboard en français.
While this research was undertaken in Scandinavia, its take of male shirking of admin is all pretty familiar from my 25 years in UK universities watching my male colleagues refusing necessary administration & leaving female colleagues to pick it up.
As the researchers note, however, once such admin is external-facing, males are willing to pitch in.
Its almost like they like the reputation for contributing but not the actual work.
This is really very sad. A woman central to the US Underground, the first woman to draw Wonder Woman for DC, and a woman who wrote a number of books about ignored female cartoonists and advocated for women's visibility late into her life. #comics#feminism inism
Trina Robbins, comics creator and historian, has died at age 85 | Popverse https://www.thepopverse.com/trina-robbins-comics-creator-and-historian-has-died-at-age-85
“It is illegal for women to go topless in most cities. Yet you can buy a magazine of a woman without her top on at any 7–11 store. So, you can sell breasts, but you can’t wear breasts, in America.” —Violet Rose
Just to distract you for a moment; here's an interesting piece on the enduring influence of Josephine Baker on art (its essentially an extended exhibition review).
Like Muhammad Ali because of the sphere in which their careers developed, their cultural influence can be downplayed...
I always admired Josephine Baker, first because of her beauty and style, later (when I learned more about her), for her smartness, bravery and activism.
What an inspirational person.
I'll be back to Berlin soon, and am surely going to visit the exhibition.
Featured story: “[Molly Ivins] came already baked, so to speak. She was already almost fully developed as a writer. So there was not much editing to do, except maybe tone down some of the excesses. I think I saved a couple of libel suits ...” https://www.texasobserver.org/forging-their-own-way-kaye-northcott/
Looking forward to the #sexist#misogynist living under the #patriarchy twisting themselves in knots through their #mentalGynmastics to rationalize why the chest of a girl who hasn't even hit puberty yet is inherently "sksually xplct ndty" while the chest of a MALE at ANY age is always considered public- and online- safe 🙃
If you show the value of a victim, you feel empathy. This increases the desire for equality but you feel bad: it endangers your health.
On the contrary, iIf you stress the mistake of a victim, you protect yourself: you feel like it should not happen to you. Society supports such detachment if the perpetrator is a white man or a police(wo)man.
Blaming the victim justifies inequality, discriminations, violence by the strongest. It normalizes (adult, white, male or cis) privileges. Therefore it normalizes patriarchy and white supremacy.