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Laure wrote: "A broad view of the problem in this article (in French). I had never heard about it besides on OSS, hopefully this scandal will get more international coverage."The more people talk about it, the better.
The "Highway of Tears" - even a street's inofficial name shows the the vastness of the epidemic. IT HAS TO STOP!
When you don't acknowledge that there is a problem you can't fight the problem.
I think that bathrooms with walls, that are connected via a third room in which the sinks are are the best solution, unisex or not. Then you literally have a solid wall all around you. So basically like stalls, just with walls instead of what is normally separating stalls.
Abigail wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm an author of an intersex book Golden Boy which Hida Viloria reviewed as "A grippingly innovative take on coming of age, sexuality and family dynamics … [with] a rad..."Thank you for your comment.
I have read Golden Boy, and I must say I think it is quite the rollercoaster-ride. I wish more people would have a Sylvie in their lives. And maybe less Karens....
Lewis wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Lewis wrote: "It's a super cool idea !How it works exactly to sort every people stories and integrate them in the final biography ?
Maybe I didn't really understood the con..."
I am pretty sure I'm going to get one to share with you.
Emma wrote: "I find this idea fascinating! But I feel like it would be really challenging at first. Like managing all of the bits and pieces of everything would be hard, but it would be a really neat project. ..."
The two stories that I got to read were made up of 6 people's biographies - I think there definitely is a limit as to the maximum number of people involved in.
But it also has many advantages, and when used in the right way is a very powerful tool!
Michaela wrote: "Great, now my whole post was deleted before sending it... so again.I recently stumbled upon Jordan Peterson (starting with his Channel 5 interview) and i wanted to know what you think about him a..."
I think the only option is the "using a long time to dismantle it step by step" - I haven't come up with a better one myself...
And this is not just about the gender pay gap, this is about so many more issues... having a narrow view on an issue hardly ever helps the goal you want to achieve.
I was in a unisex bathroom in Vapiano in Copenhagen, and there were no issues with it at all. The tiny but important difference here tho was that it wasn't just stalls, but single-toilets lined up, separated by walls... instead of having just one toilet, they made 4 of them. Separated by real walls, and with normal doors... I found that a very good way to deal with the whole issue.
Sonja wrote: "Ich würde Marc da in einigen Punkten zustimmen. In Berufen, die durch Tarifverträge geregelt sind, gibt es meist keine Unterschiede in den Verdiensten zwischen Männern und Frauen. Schön wäre es j..."
#ichbrauchefeminismus #genderequality #gleicheArbeitgleicherLohn
Was haltet ihr davon, dass Nahles jetzt nominiert wurde? Ich bin ja immer der Meinung, dass es nicht unbedingt ein Sieg ist, wenn eine Frau leitet, man denke an Thatcher. (Oder Frauke Petry). Wie gesagt, für mich ist es noch lange kein Sieg, nur weil eine Frau einen Posten einnimmt...
One of my facebook friends shared this with me, I think especially since February is #BlackHistoryMonth this is really good to hear:https://www2.gender.hu-berlin.de/ztg-...
Don't worry, while the blog is in German, the post is in English and so no language barriers for anyone around here....
Lewis wrote: "It's a super cool idea !How it works exactly to sort every people stories and integrate them in the final biography ?
Maybe I didn't really understood the concept, I can be a little bit silly so..."
I haven't participated in constructing the fictional biography, so I am not completely sure, but as I understand it it is just about writing a story together - deciding when to use what... It'll be much easier to understand when you have an example...
Joanna wrote: "Saying people of color is just a useful and practical way to refer to all people who are not white and therefore do not benefit from white privilege. Instead of referring to them as Non- whites, wh..."What is important to remember tho when using the term "people of color" is the fact that they are not a homogenous group of people, but hugely diverse. We tend to lump them all together, same with the term "Indigenous"...
Ashley wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "I got to know this way of story-telling in the past few days and am rather fond of it:)Instead of telling one's own story from start to end the idea behind collective story-t..."
I was at the 2nd OII Europe Community Event in Copenhagen the past few days... that's where I got to know this technique. I can share what we came up with when it is finally edited...
I got to know this way of story-telling in the past few days and am rather fond of it:)Instead of telling one's own story from start to end the idea behind collective story-telling is a different one. A number of people sit together and build a fictional new biography out of their own bits and pieces of biography. So everyone who participates in it has a connection to the story, but since it is only a part of oneself that is in it, it is easier to handle.
And the really cool thing is that one can later record the story, and use different people's voices for different parts, to show even more diversity in the topic at hand.
I think this method is especially good when telling something that is not easy to talk about, and at the same time is something people from all walks of life face.
Meelie wrote: "NETFLIX: So, it helps if you have Netflix, however I'm going through a few new releases at the moment.A few days ago, I noticed a new addition - "Seeing Allred."
"Women's rights attorney Glor..."
Wow, two really interesting series you have there....
From 7th to 11th of February, 2018, the 2nd OII Europe Community Event took place. Its main theme was story telling, and so we told stories using different means, I will share what I have written further down below...We also had a debate in the Danish Parliament, in which Kitty Anderson has said a sentence that, in a way, she has spoken for all of us who were in this room: "My body is not a disorder."
That for me, is the one sentence I think of when I think back to the last few days now...
among meeting old and new friends, sharing stories, sharing space, helping each other and having a very special time.
We have strength in numbers and we lift each other up when we are feeling down and are struggling.
Being a woman:
No matter whether you have XX or not – you are a woman
No matter whether you are tiny or tall – you are a woman
No matter whether you like men or not – you are a woman
No matter whether you are cis or trans – you are a woman
No matter whether you have children or not – you are a woman
The thing about being a woman is – we come in all shapes and sizes – we are not a one-size-fits-all model. We have big and small families, we have siblings or are only-children. There is diversity in womanhood, and this is beautiful and needs to be celebrated. We need to be respected for who we are.
We need to be treated by our actions, and not our gender, or our sex. Being a woman is something beautiful. There are intersex women: we are BEAUTIFUL! We are not disordered, we are who we are – women who are intersex! We show the true diversity of biology, and this diversity is beautiful. We need no fixing, we need our basic human rights respected! Because think about it – if you don’t respect the Human Rights of a human being – aren’t you denying then that they are human? I think you do – and that is wrong!
We are human beings – no matter our sex characteristics or gender identity. And it is our right that these are respected. We are no monsters. No “less-than” human beings, no “life unworthy of life”.
We are perfect human beings, who happen to have variations in our sex characteristics, and some of us identify as women. And there’s nothing special about us: hey, all people have variations in body features – we all have different hair colours and skin colours… and that is okay and beautiful and is something to be celebrated.
There is no need to handle it the way it is handled now – now we are subjected to rules that other people make for us. Without asking us whether we want to follow those rules or not. The rules of heteronormativity, of allowing a woman to be only a woman when she ticks 10 out of 10 boxes… whatever these boxes say. Womanhood is diverse, and it only harms us in the end when we oppress any kind of being a woman but this one type that society has in mind for us.
Being a woman is so much more than ticking boxes – it is how we feel inside. And our feelings, however complicated they are – they are true. Even if we can’t name them, if we are confused by them – they are still our feelings and they won’t go away when we ignore them – we need to understand why we have them.
And to understand what we can do to process them so that they can change - if they can. Because for many of us, we are on a long journey of finding ourselves again – ourselves and our family, our story and where we are standing in life. It is not easy, and it can be very hard – to understand why things have happened the way they happened. Not being told the truth, the truth being hidden from oneself – that hurts a lot.
We can only change this when we relate our stories, when we find friends who can help us in the process of figuring everything out, of finding ourselves again. This is not easy – especially when something happened that is irreversible.
So, if there can’t be done anything anymore for us – at least let’s try our best to ensure that the next generation grows up without having to face what we had to face. Having their human rights respected, having the ability to give fully informed, free consent. Being able to grow up without shame and stigma. Growing up into the wonderful persons they have the opportunity to grow into.
Change is on its way – and there is hope to that!
Felicia wrote: "Can I just say, I think it would be cool to just meet each other. I'm in Aarhus too. Should we maybe make another topic without the word "cancelled" in IT?"One of the mods can amend the title...
You Danes have a really wonderful Parliament!
I hope you get a meeting together. I am flying back to Austria tomorrow.
So th 2nd OII Europe Community Event just took place in the last couple of days (and this being the reason I wasn't online). It was also the biggest human rights based intersex gathering in history to this date, with about 50 intersex people participating:)Folks, it as amazing;)
Lewis wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "James wrote: "Lewis wrote: "Jasmine, the feminism you're fighting for is what I call "Toxic Feminism".That's 'cause of this kind of feminism a lot of people are misled and think f..."
Think of the Haudenosaunee/the Iroquois Confederacy: They didn't practice matriarchy the way we from a Western perspective understand it, but it is the term that comes closest to it. They actually also were consulted in forming the US Constitution, but many things the US constitution allowed, were forbidden among the Six Tribes.
