If men be the best, why do they so often fall from reason?

-- Jane Anger (Her Protection for Women, 1589)

#feminism #quotes

Started #reading Amia Srinivasan’s Right to Sex. Srinivasan has examined #feminism from varied lenses - how it affects women of colour, white women, men of colour and white men. Patriarchy is grossly internalised by both men and women but should we not keep inspecting it to unlearn our problematic behaviours?
The book is quite academic so far and might not be everyone’s cup of tea but so far it has been enriching.
#bookstodon #womensrights #womenempowerment #bookreview

One teen's killing has shaken a nation, fuelling demands for justice
By Luke Cooper

The alleged brutal murder of 14-year-old Agostina Vega in Argentina has reignited a generation-defining movement demanding justice for the women victims of crime and violence.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/argentina-agostina-vega-murder-ni-una-menos-protests/106757634

#LawCrimeandJustice #WomensRights #Feminism #LukeCooper

One teen's killing has shaken a nation, fuelling demands for justice

The alleged brutal murder of 14-year-old Agostina Vega in Argentina has reignited a generation-defining movement demanding justice for the women victims of crime and violence.

The problem with the world is that men have been the default setting for humanity.

-- Caroline Criado Perez (Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, 2019)

#feminism #quotes

Bonjour peuple de mastodonie. C’est jeudi et toujours pas de pluie! Il y a pourtant de quoi se réjouir ! Ce salopard de Bruel commence à annuler ses dates et doit pleurer sa mère à l’heure qu’il est. Tant mieux!
Bravo à toutes ces femmes courageuses qui ont brisé le silence.
Belle journée à tous.tes
#metoo #feminism

The emancipation of women is the emancipation of the human race.

-- Rosa Luxemburg (Speech at the International Socialist Women’s Congress, 1912)

#feminism #quotes

@Melezioh I think patriarchy harms most people, including trans men. That is exactly why the fight against toxic masculinity is important, not in spite of trans men, but for them as well. No one should expect us to give up this fight

#feminism #trans #patriarchy

Ok, whoever told me to watch The Diplomat! Season 3 kinda turned my stomach -- the second half was very much like the obligatory humbling of Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story!! wtaf?!?

#TV #TheDiplomat #feminism

Women are the salvation of men from the fearsome darkness of their own ignorance.

-- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997))

#feminism #quotes

Quote Analysis: “Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.”

— Simone de Beauvoir In this striking observation, Simone de Beauvoir exposes the connection between social value and economic usefulness. When viewed through the lens of gender and society, this quote reveals how systems of inequality are reinforced not just by cultural beliefs, but by how society measures worth. Value Tied to Productivity Beauvoir suggests that society does not inherently value individuals for who they are, but for what they contribute—especially in economic terms. […]

https://brestylefire2-aziqp.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/quote-analysis-society-cares-for-the-individual-only-so-far-as-he-is-profitable/