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The Loop newsletter, October 2019

By preventing mobility, you prevent empowerment, and you prevent women taking care of themselves. That’s key to independence. ― Loujain…

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Media handling of male violence against women: consciousness-raising materials

More for your WAAC pack: Australian Journalists Code of Ethics Preferred language in reporting violence against women (Qld govt) Stephen…

#consciousness-raising, feminism, incels, male supremacy, manosphere, meetings, MRAs

The Loop newsletter, September 2019

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged…

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Media handling of male violence against women: WAAC meeting, Monday, 2 Sept 2019, resources and reading

Some things to help orient us for the meeting. WEB ARTICLES ‘Party Twist’: The Herald Sun published an appalling front page…

meetings, violence against women

The Loop newsletter, August 2019

Women accept [man-made] conventions, repeat them, enforce them upon their daughters; but they originate with men. ― Charlotte Perkins Gilman,…

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The manosphere and male supremacy: consciousness-raising materials

More for your WAAC pack: ‘Tutorial’ notes: The manosphere and male supremacy Manosphere glossary

#consciousness-raising, feminism, incels, male supremacy, manosphere, meetings, MRAs

The manosphere and male supremacy: WAAC meeting, Monday, 5 August 2019, resources and reading

WEB ARTICLES Incel, the misogynist ideology that inspired the deadly Toronto attack, explained Swallowing the Red Pill: a journey to…

incels, male supremacy, manosphere, meetings

PornSnub: August 2019

Porn sells the idea no will turn into yes. In reality, no means no. — Fight the New Drug, via…

child abuse, exploitation, porn, pornsnub

The Loop newsletter, July 2019

A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for…

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Women and the justice system: WAAC meeting, Monday, 3 June 2019, resources and reading

WEB ARTICLES Why is the criminal justice system still skewed against women? Women’s Law Collective: Experiences of women in the courtroom…

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The Loop newsletter, 16 April 2019

I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off…

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PornSnub: 13 April 2019

When pornography is … normal, a whole population of men is primed to dehumanise women and to enjoy inflicting assault…

child abuse, exploitation, porn, pornsnub

Women’s participation in oppression: consciousness-raising materials

More for your WAAC pack: ‘Tutorial’ notes: Women’s participation in oppression (handout) CR notes: Women’s participation in oppression Bargaining with…

#consciousness-raising, feminism, meetings, oppression

The Loop newsletter, 30 March 2019

Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies,…

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Women’s participation in oppression: WAAC meeting, Monday, 1 April 2019, resources and reading

Some things to help orient us for the meeting. WEB ARTICLES No, feminism is not about choice On ‘choice’ feminism…

The Loop newsletter, 9 Feb 2019

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn’t afford to be. ― Barbara Smith Dear Women, Where…

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PornSnub: 9 February 2019

The pornographers did a kind of stealth attack on our culture, hijacking our sexuality and then selling it back to…

porn, pornography, pornsnub

Feminist and women’s history: consciousness-raising materials

More for your WAAC pack 🙂 ‘Lecture’ notes: Feminist and women’s history handout Liberals vs radicals The waves of feminism,…

#consciousness-raising, feminism, meetings

The Loop newsletter, 8 Dec 2018

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. ― Virginia Woolf, Orlando Dear Women,…

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WAAC meeting 11 Dec: Feminist and women’s history, reading and resources

Some things to help orient us for the meeting. WEB ARTICLES ‘Lone-wolf’ terrorists and domestic violence: it’s time to start…

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