As this article notes, the so-called "groundbreaking" #PopeFrancis "spoke with compassion" yet "adher[ed] to traditional Catholic doctrine on marriage, contraception and abortion." Thus preserving the entrenched #sexism of the #CatholicChurch. I'll probably blog on this later. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/pope-francis-dies
Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88

Death of 266th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successorLatest updates: tributes paid after Pope Francis dies aged 88

The Guardian

"It's okay, I don't mind."

Why someone ‘not minding’ isn’t a reason to ignore their needs, or take advantage of them in any way.

A thread. 🧵

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#Power #Exploitation #Oppression #MicroAggression
#Subordination #Capitalism #PowerDifferentials #Marginalized #Feminism #Sexism #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ActuallyAutistic #Trauma

So this is what «real women» do according to TERFs. #sexism #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Bluesky

Bluesky Social

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Study: Twitter community clapped back at racist, sexist posts. “That racism and sexism are prevalent online is not a surprise. But what UIC professor Ian Kennedy and co-researcher Shahill Parsons found by analyzing tweets after the 2023 NCAA Women’s National Championship basketball game was that commentors used Twitter to speak out against racist and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/study-twitter-community-clapped-back-at-racist-sexist-posts-university-of-illinois/

Study: Twitter community clapped back at racist, sexist posts (University of Illinois) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz

Australia’s gen Z men more likely to hold sexist views, data shows, as ‘manosphere’ influences take hold

Young women continuing to move away from traditional gender norms, while gen Z men more likely than millennial and gen X men to believe in them

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/20/australias-gen-z-men-more-likely-to-hold-sexist-views-data-shows-as-manosphere-influences-take-hold

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#News #Sexism #AndrewTate #GenZ

Australia’s gen Z men more likely to hold sexist views, data shows, as ‘manosphere’ influences take hold

Young women continuing to move away from traditional gender norms, while gen Z men more likely than millennial and gen X men to believe in them

The Guardian
Email stalker’s "monstrous" online harassment of woman in Portland, Oregon leads judge to nearly double sentence. Fantastic to see a judge realize just how outrageous this behavior is. Hope it sends a message.
#Safety #Sexism
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/04/email-stalkers-monstrous-harassment-of-woman-in-portland-leads-judge-to-nearly-double-sentence.html
Email stalker’s ‘monstrous’ harassment of woman in Portland leads judge to nearly double sentence

“It was cruel and misogynistic and it left a person feeling unsafe in this world," U.S. District Judge Amy M. Baggio said.

oregonlive

Tran is now feeling both the “pressure of representing a community in a specific way,” and the struggle of continuing to work through her own internalized misogyny, racism and homophobia. But the actor wants “to live in a world where there is a generation after me that does not have any of that.”

https://www.them.us/story/kelly-marie-tran-the-wedding-banquet-queerness-relationship-rom-com-interview

#aapi #aanhpi #lgbtq #queer #entertainment #movies #films #racism #sexism #homophobia #discrimination

Kelly Marie Tran on ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ Coming Out, and Her Queer Relationship

The actor opens up to Them about surviving the shame and overcoming imposter syndrome.

Them.

Killer Joe released in 2011

reinforces the InCel fantasy that men are mostly the victims when the opposite is true.

#film #sexism #blackactors

First female Thunderbird pilot removed from Air Force website

(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — In an effort to comply with directives made by the Trump Administration, the U.S. Air Force recently removed online content...

Yahoo News

Online influencer extremists are brainwashing so many children:

“I have had boys refuse to speak to me, and speak to a male teaching assistant instead, because I am a woman and they follow Andrew Tate and think he is amazing with all his cars and women and how women should be treated. These were 10-year-olds.”

Where are the parents???

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/19/teachers-warn-rise-misogyny-racism-uk-schools

#Online #SocialMedia #Algorithms #Internet #Children #Schools #Education #FarRight #Sexism #Racism

Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew Tate

The Guardian