Originally published on #ThisDayInHistory in 1963, #TheFeminineMystique by #BettyFriedan was a sensation. It played a key rôle in launching #SecondWaveFeminism in the United States. I still assign large sections of it; consider reading it if you have not. https://zurl.co/ivOjs
“Goils don’t know how to make speeches”: The comic strip “Nancy” and men’s silencing of women. #111Words #Nancy #Sluggo #Comics #SenecaFallsConvention #SecondWaveFeminism https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/goils-dont-know-how-to-make-speeches.html
“Goils don’t know how to make speeches”: The comic strip “Nancy” and men’s silencing of women

A fan of Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip "Nancy" posted a strip from 23 October 1944, in which Sluggo tells Nancy that he wants to run for "...

Die mythische Figur Medusa, Symbol von Versace und #SecondWaveFeminism, erfreute sich schon in der griechischen Antike großer Beliebtheit.

Giulia Grossi führt durch die Entwicklung des Mythos von einem furchteinflößenden, Unheil abwehrenden Monster zu einer vermenschlichten Figur:

https://vigilanz.hypotheses.org/5999

#Vigilanzkulturen #Antike #Medusa

Medusa: eine popkulturelle Ikone

von Giulia Grossi Kaum einem ikonographischen Symbol antiken Ursprungs ist eine ähnlich breite Rezeption und Verbreitung in moderner Popkultur zuteil geworden wie der mythischen Figur Medusa, der monströsen Frau mit Schlangenhaar und versteinerndem Blick. Als Emblem eines berühmten Modelabels, in Film, Fernsehen und Unterhaltungsliteratur, nicht zuletzt als bedeutende Inspiration feministischer Literatur begegnet sie uns verstärkt … Medusa: eine popkulturelle Ikone weiterlesen →

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I just finished the 2014 #documentary #film SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE'S ANGRY and it is very good. A lot of what it covers (in terms of the time period) took place when I was just a kid and, I should add, a kid in a very conservative Christian bubble. So you can imagine the propaganda I received about the #SecondWaveFeminism movement. This was an excellent eye opener. Lot's of detail. Amazing people & stories.

Of course, it must be said a lot has happened since 2014.

https://youtu.be/e-n829QzZ58

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

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The ERA Could Expand Abortion Rights

“We need to use every tool at our disposal to protect and expand abortion access—one tool is the ERA,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley told Jezebel.

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