Happy Mother’s Day for yesterday to all the mothers reading this. We hope you had an inspirational day.
Below is what we, at feminaust, were reading, listening to and watching this week. There’s some interesting stuff so please feel free to comment and get the conversation started on any of the topics we’ve brought up. We look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Topical from the NYTimes; Mothers we could save
Julie Zeilinger at the New York Endangered Species summit
Women’s suffrage in Saudi Arabia
Deaf not Dumb: muslim girls “speak” out
Think rape jokes are just jokes? Think again.
The story of a survivor contacted by her rapist 20 years after the event.
How to be a public feminist: and we here at feminaust can take heed too
US Girl Scouts censored on environmental activism
Is the real reason women struggle to hold high office in the workplace, men’s struggle to exit it?
Top 10 most powerful women in the UN
Child beauty pageants in Australia?
Damon Young shows us his feminism (look out for Damon’s contribution coming later in May to feminaust)
Thanks to Jenny from YWCA Australia for bringing this article about women in movies to my attention
Is feminism about lipstick and fashion now? An insightful article on missing the point from The F Word
