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"[T]he #Jewish #Orthodox #Feminist Alliance (JOFA #Australia) is hosting an inaugural #writers’ retreat in the Yarra Valley from May 23-25, offering aspiring #women writers the chance to connect with like-minded individuals, and foster their creative and spiritual growth.

This is the first time that a writers’ weekend of this nature has been held in Australia, and we are so pleased to be able to support women to create works of #Torah related to women’s #health, encompassing mental, spiritual and physical health,” said JOFA Australia president Nomi Kaltmann."

australianjewishnews.com/ortho

www.australianjewishnews.comOrthodox women’s writers’ retreatJewish women from across Australia are invited to fill in the expression of interest form.

I'll be attending #WisCon, the oldest and most well-known #feminist #SFF #conference online on May 23-26. This year, it's online-only, and it's also "pay what you can." The standard price is $25, but you can choose to pay less (they recommend $5, but even $0 is OK) if that works for you. I think a high attendance to help demonstrate that people value online conferences benefits us all.
#books #scienceFiction #fantasy #literature #women #gender #LGBTQIA #feminism
wiscon2025.sched.com/

wiscon2025.sched.comWisCon 2025 ScheduleCheck out the schedule for WisCon 2025
Draft: Date: 21/03/2025
Location: Lorrainebad, Bern

The Slogan: Macht aus dem Staat Gurkensalat (in its orginal Swiss German version: Machet usem Staat Gurkesalat) [Turn the state into cucumber salad] from the 80ies is transformed into a feminist message: Macht aus dem Patriarchat Gurkensalat [Turn the patriarchy into cucumber salad].

Patriarchy is still one of the fundamental structural problems in our societies. It remains the breeding ground for sexist thinking and the blueprint for power from the top down. We have not managed to smash it, yet already we see this massive anti-feminist backlash from without – and within like from the tiktoked hipsterification of tradwifes or TERFs or many other forms of "enemy feminisms" > Sophie Lewis newest book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-enemy-feminisms

Photo description: A wooden wall with some grafiti on the left with a pathway next to the river on the right is a feminist collage pasted that reads: MACHT AUS DEM PATRIARCHAT GURKENSALAT [translates to: Turn the patriarchy into cucumber salad]


#Feminist #FeministStrike #Femicide #Feminicide #Feminizid #PatriarchyKills #Collage #FeministCollage #CollagesFeministes #Bern #Switzerland #Féminicide #MeToo #GreveFeministe #Sexism #WomanLifeFreedom #Revolution #NiUnaMenos

qz.com/1768545/hinduisms-kali-

#Kali is the 3,000-year-old #feminist icon we need today
Annalisa Merelli

..."Kali’s role in the mythology vehicles a concept of femininity very different from the demure, graceful ideals that are mainstream the world around—including in India, the land that gave birth to this fierce goddess and yet prescribes the ideal woman as dutiful, submissive, obedient. Kali is none of that: Her power and ferociousness are greater than Shiva’s"...

As a guy who considers myself a #feminist ally, I really struggle with how much more I discriminate against #women online these days. If you present as a woman in her 20’s and you message me for any reason, we’re starting from the assumption that you’re actually a 40 year old dude with a crypto scam he wants to get me involved in. Not because I have negative feelings towards women, but because as an obviously straight white dude, that’s the pattern that every single scammer who contacts me uses. So if a man contacts me for something it’s far less likely to make my scam radar go off. I really don’t know what to do with that. Maybe this is what equality feels like? I can only assume that every time I talk to any woman online she’s assuming I’m a creep who eventually wants to send her unwanted dick pics. Even if I, like, just think her fanfic is cool or whatever.

#зламавка - zlamavka.com/en - #Feminist #activists in the territories temporarily #occupied by #russia

Their regular updated diaries ( zlamavka.com/category/shhodenn ) about live under #russian #occupation are currently not translated into English. But deepl.com usually does a good job translating from #Ukrainian into most #European languages.

See also: theguardian.com/world/2024/dec