#women empowerment website

[trans-axolotl]

hey do you have an antipsych reading list or anything like that? i’m trying to learn more about the topic. thank you!

yes!! This is more a list of mad studies books than like, sociological theory from the 60s because disability justice + mad pride is more what I vibe with, but if you want some more in-depth theory recommendations I can do that as well. blanket trigger warning that all of these books discuss psychiatric abuse, institutionalization, and many of them candidly address topics of suicide, mental distress, and sexual assault. If anyone wants more specific trigger warnings please feel free to ask!

Books:

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang: This book is a fabulous collection of essays based on the author's own experience of schizophrenia, and explores the complexities of diagnosis and institutionalization.

Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare: This book is incredibly important to me and explores the concept of cure, what it means to have anti-cure politics, and all the nuances of cure. Truly a beautifully written book and I really recommend it.

Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada edited by Liat Ben Moshe: This book is an amazing exploration of institutionalization and incarceration from so many different perspectives, including the special ed to prison pipeline, segregation, psychiatric medicine within prisons, and how institutionalization functions as incarceration. This book can be challenging to read as a psych survivor, but I highly recommend it.

How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity by La Marr Jurelle Bruce: I highly recommend this book. It really delves into complex meanings of madness, how that's tied to radical tradition, aesthetics, art, liberation, so much more, and also really engages mad studies and Black cultural studies.

Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker: I think this book can be a good foundation for learning the history of psychiatry in America in particular, and although I don't necessarily vibe with everything in this book, I think it is still absolutely worth reading and engaging with critically!

The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Johnathan Metzl This book does a really good job looking at the history of psychosis in the context of the United States, the civil rights movement, and how pyschosis diagnoses connects to eugenics and slavery.

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman I have not actually read this yet, but it is a classic and it's been on my reading list since @bioethicists recommended it to me!

Open in Emergency: DSM II: Asian American Edition edited by Mimi Khúc This collection of essays has so many different fabulous perspectives on mental health, disability justice, community, and resistance.

Miscellaneous:

Girls do what they have to do to Survive: Illuminating Methods used by Girls in the Sex Trade and Street Economy to Fight back and Heal by the Young Women's Empowerment Project I'm including this on the list even though it might not connect as clearly to antipsychiatry as some of the other titles, because reading this was transformative to me for understanding my own experiences and the ways in which social services like the medical system are not our friends. I also view liberatory harm reduction as essential to building alternatives to psychiatry and YWEP is so completely foundational and groundbreaking in many ways.

Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs

Cutting the Risk: Harm Reduction and Self Harm I want to add an extra trigger warning for in-depth discussion of self harm and anatomy, including anatomy diagrams.

Asylum Magazine

Mad In America Website--this can be a good place to keep up with psychiatric news in America.

This is very much not a complete list, so followers PLEASE add on!

#antipsych #antipsychiatry #mad studies #mad pride #disability studies #disability #mental health #and obvious disclaimer that i don't agree with 100 percent of every page of all these books #approach these critically and take what works and leave what doesn't! #okay to reblog

[molsno]

what I've experienced and observed as an asexual trans lesbian is that engaging with certain kinks can be unhealthy and harmful, but it doesn't necessarily have to be.

by and large, most of the people who have "unhealthy" kinks are victims. that is to say, their kink originates from a place of trauma. someone who's experienced sexual abuse in the past, for example, may very well have internalized the idea that they deserved what happened to them. and because escaping that traumatic mindset is incredibly difficult, they may find themselves having sexual fantasies about being abused again long after the danger they were in ceases; to them, it can feel like being sexually abused means they're fulfilling what they believe to be their only purpose. these fantasies can be deeply damaging to a person's self worth, not just because they're blind to their own inherent value as a person, but because they're denying themself any form of sexual agency. they may very well seek out relationships in which they're abused once again. and that is unambiguously harmful! I've certainly seen several people that this has happened to, and it's an incredibly demoralizing and heartbreaking situation to observe and an even more miserable one to be in.

however, that isn't a universal experience. for some people, engaging with their kink with someone can actually be a source of empowerment. let's continue with the previous example. if, instead of seeking out a relationship in which they're sexually abused, they decide to engage in their fantasies with someone who genuinely recognizes their sexual autonomy - someone who they can honestly talk to about their experience, who respects their boundaries, and who communicates with them to establish safeguards to ensure that their consent is never violated - then they may well find a feeling of power over the situation that they didn't have before.

that isn't guaranteed to happen; for some trauma victims, their pain may be too great to replicate, even in a state of significantly reduced danger. some people may try to and discover that it is affecting them in an unhealthy way and stop. and that's okay! their sexual autonomy deserves to be respected. however, others who do engage with it may come out of the experience with a newfound recognition and acceptance of said autonomy. if they know they have the power to make the experience stop any time they feel uncomfortable, they may come to realize and truly believe that they didn't deserve what happened to them, and that they don't have to tolerate anyone who disrespects their boundaries in the future.

it's perfectly fine to not want to see someone's engagement with a particular kink. it can be upsetting for those who have been personally affected by it to witness recreations of it. luckily, in online spaces, there's an easy solution to this problem: you can avoid it by unfollowing or even blocking anyone who posts about it.

I find it troubling that so many people are averse to this idea - particularly because of the way they direct their anger toward trans women. it is a regular occurrence on this website and in fact most online spaces for someone to accuse a trans women (or multiple) of having an "inherently harmful" kink. often, these accusations are made with little to no context or even proof, if they're not simply fabricated outright (which they frequently are). accusing trans women of being sexual predators is one of the oldest forms of transmisogynistic violence you can commit, which is why I find it infuriating that this is such a common tactic in purportedly transfem-supportive communities.

perhaps you might be thinking that engaging in harmful kinks contributes to their normalization. I find this idea laughable, because sexual abuse is already normalized in society - it's baked into its very foundation, in fact. marriage, the nuclear family, christianity, police, the judicial system, and just about everything else was designed to give cishet white men absolute unchecked sexual power over women and children. and while some small advances have been made to chip away at this authority, by and large, these men are still free to perpetrate sexual abuse without facing any consequences.

minorities, on the other hand, have always been and continue to be violently punished for even being accused of sexual abuse. for example, there's a very long history of white women falsely accusing black men of rape with the express purpose of getting them lynched. still today, black people are viewed as hypersexual predators who pose a danger to white women and children for doing things as insignificant and nonsexual as wearing a revealing outfit. trans women are in a very similar position, with our mere existence being nothing more than a fetish to a significant number of tme people. it's no surprise, then, that accusations of sexual predation against us largely focus on the non-normative ways in which we often have sex.

what this inequality often looks like in practice is that cis men are free to browse the step-sister category on pornhub to their heart's content, whereas a trans woman who might, potentially, call her girlfriend her "sister" as a means of recovering from a form of sexual abuse she faced in the past is stalked online by people who believe her to be a physical danger to others, who will then publicize all of the details they can find about her private sex life with the intention of isolating her from what is likely the only community and support network she has. this should be obvious, but a trans woman without any community to accept her is significantly more likely to attempt to commit suicide, making this form of social outcasting a form of violence.

so the question then is, why does this happen? because let's be honest, it's not really about "removing predators from our communities", as much as people like to claim it is. if that were the case, then it wouldn't happen so disproportionately to trans women; the demographics of people accused would be more representative of their actual proportions. the real reason this happens is specifically because of transmisogyny. tme people, even those who are outwardly supportive, harbor internal conceptions of trans women based on stereotypes of us being sexual predators, and they react to our every action with undue scrutiny and vigilance. and because they hold the privilege of being transmisogyny-exempt, they can exert power over us in a way that they can't do to cishet white men by exiling us, knowing full well that they'll be believed by other tme people, even if they have no evidence of actual harm being done.

and that's the metric by which we should actually be judging the validity of claims of sexual predation - whether or not someone was actually harmed. if no one has genuinely been harmed, what good does it do to isolate someone from the only community they may have? that in itself is obviously harmful to the person being exiled, so the question to ask before utilizing it is: will doing so actually prevent more harm from being done unto others?

trans women as a whole are a deeply traumatized demographic. I can almost certainly list off more trans women I personally know who have been raped than who haven't. we are victims, in the vast majority of cases. despite that, we live under a veil of transmisogyny that constantly calls us dangerous degenerate freaks. as a result, some trans women develop coping methods you may find unpalatable. I'm not a very kinky person myself, and a result of me being ace is that a lot of even the most basic and common sexual acts are physically repulsive to me. because of that, I feel uncomfortable when I see people engage in certain kinds of sex and kinks, even if they're fellow trans women. you know what I do in these cases? I just don't follow them. I mind my own business and move on. it's really that easy.

arguing that nobody can engage in certain trauma-based kinks because it can harm them is short-sighted at best and actively dangerous at worst. how can you claim to be a feminist who supports bodily and sexual autonomy and be opposed to people having consensual sex you don't like? it's the same conservative rhetoric that aims to suppress women for taking control of their own sexual desires. it's one step removed from telling trans people not to get bottom surgery because they'll regret it. if you truly believe that people have the right to do what they want with their bodies, you're going to have to accept that some people will do things that personally make you uncomfortable, and you're going to have to acknowledge the fact that just because they make you uncomfortable, that doesn't mean they're harming anyone. just mind your own business. it's seriously not hard.

#I've finally had enough I'm done playing nice and tiptoeing around the blue whale in the room #I'm almost certainly gonna lose followers for this but I don't really care anymore #if after reading this you're still a reactionary who chooses to paint trans women as degenerate perverts just get out #txt #transmisogyny #my writing

[pancakeke]

what's a polite way to ask the women's empowerment program at my workplace for actual information on what it does. cause its page on our website has a suspicious amount of buzzwords and I want to know if they offer actual resources/education related to my field or if this is just like a newsletter with positive affirmations.

[hymnsofheresy]

If anyone is wanting to have a child and needs emotional and material support from a non-CPC in the USA, here is a list of resources I mostly got from this article.

All Options (Formerly known as Backline) is a pro-choice resource that provides non-judgmental, free counseling on all the options available to someone in their pregnancy and after, including abortion, adoption, and parenting. Their toll-free talk line number is 1-888-493-0092 and it’s open Monday through Friday from 10-1 a.m., and Saturday through Sunday from 10 a.m. through 6 p.m. ET.

DomesticShelters.org is the first and largest online and mobile searchable directory of domestic violence programs and shelters in the U.S. and Canada, and a leading source of helpful tools and information for people experiencing and working to end domestic violence. They aim to make it faster and easier for victims of domestic violence and their friends/family, as well as program and shelter providers, to quickly find services and information best suited to their location, language, and needs.

LoveIsRespect.org engages, educates, and empowers young people to prevent and end abusive relationships. Their free and confidential services are available 24/7: Chat at www.loveisrespect.org; Text ‘loveis’ to 22522*; or make a toll-free call to 1-866-331-9474.

Parents without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence, and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Partnering with over 1,000 local sexual assault service providers nationally, RAINN carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. Their toll-free hotline is 1-800-656-HOPE and it’s open 24/7.

Single Mothers By Choice provides peer support and information to single women who are considering, or have chosen, single motherhood. Members connect with one another through local chapters all over the US, and in Canada, Europe, and beyond.

The National Diaper Bank Network raises awareness of diaper need, strengthens community-based diaper banks, and generates donations of dollars and diapers, so that all babies remain clean, dry and healthy.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline staffs highly trained, experienced advocates to offer compassionate support, crisis intervention information, and referral services in more than 200 languages for DV survivors. Visit their website to find information about DV, safety planning, and local resources. Their toll free hotline is open 24/7 at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

The National Parent Helpline connects parents or caregivers of youth to local services and resources and counsels on problem-solving and personal empowerment for caregivers. Their hotline is 1-855- 4A PARENT (1-855-427-2736) and it’s open Monday through Friday from 10am-7pm PST.

The National Pro-Choice Adoption Collaborative is comprised of two non-profits: Open Adoption & Family Services and Friends in Adoption, which provides pro-choice, not religiously affiliated and non-discriminatory adoption information and counseling. Their toll-free hotlines are open 24/7 at 1-800-772-1115 (OAFS) or 1-800-982-3678 (FiA)

ChildCare.gov is a government-run program to help parents find childcare and government resources. This includes financial assistance, healthcare, and mental health resources.

Free Formula Exchange is a nationwide mutual aid network connecting families who need baby formula to people who have formula to donate.

PDF on how to create a childcare collective which is a way multiple families can collaborate with each other to provide child care.

Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a government healthcare program for children in families not eligible for Medicaid. It offers free or low-cost health insurance for kids and teens. Children can get regular check-ups, immunizations, doctor and dentist visits, hospital care, mental health services, prescriptions and more. In a handful of states, CHIP also covers prenatal care. To find information on health insurance programs call 1-877-KIDS-NOW (1-877-543-7669).

Every Mother Counts is an organization that advocates for and supports accessible maternity care, especially for WoC. They provide guidance about your pregnancy needs, such as finding an affordable doula, and information about pregnant people’s rights.

National Respite Network and Resource Center provides information for national and state respite programs. This includes a directory of various crisis nurseries which provide a temporary safe space for high-risk children without placing the child in foster care.

Hill-Burton Facilities are medical institutions that are obligated to provide free or affordable healthcare. This can be helpful when seeking prenatal and postnatal care.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has a list of resources on finding health assistance programs. To find free or reduced prenatal care call the toll free number Call 1-800-311-BABY (1-800-311-2229) to get in touch with your local health department.

#i will add on to this list over time #pro choice

[humanrightsupdates]

United Nations member countries should abandon an arrangement to elect Saudi Arabia as chair of the UN’s top forum for women’s rights and gender equality. Delegations attending this year’s annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) should oppose the candidacy of Saudi Arabia, which has an egregious women’s rights record, and select a country committed to upholding women’s rights.

Saudi Arabia is the only candidate to chair the next yearlong CSW session, several diplomats told Human Rights Watch. The kingdom is expected to be unanimously confirmed in the post without a vote at the UN’s Economic and Social Council on March 22, the diplomats said. The current chair is the Philippines.

Saudi Arabia systematically discriminates against women and persecutes women’s rights activists. Its own UN mission’s website concedes the government is no leader on women’s rights: “Saudi Arabia is tiptoeing on women progress, but the road is still long to go.”

In response to a query about Saudi Arabia’s qualifications to chair the CSW, the Saudi mission said: “Women empowerment is a collective aim of the international community … that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken major steps towards, and reforms are still going.” The statement flagged a World Bank press release on Saudi labor reforms benefitting women. (Human Rights Watch)

#saudi arabia #human rights watch #womens rights

[onwacollective]

Womb Healing Masterpost

 Please share far and wide.

With the increase of hormonal imbalance as a result of the collective being fed constant cycles of stress through the media, I’ve felt called to organize info that’s been useful to me on healing the womb and healing hormonal imbalance. While menstruation pain has been normalized, it is not natural to regularly be in pain during your cycle. Consistently painful cycles are the body’s way of communicating that something is wrong and that the womb needs attention.  I’ve provided some tools below to help.

I’ve broken the info up into three categories: energetic, physical, and gut health. I’ve found it to be true that womb related issues are always energetic first. Fixing the physical issue without addressing the emotional/energetic wounding will cause the illness to manifest in the body in another way. The physical category focuses on how to address womb imbalance by making changes to diet and behavior. The gut health category is gut specific healing because many hormones are created in the gut or called into creation by the gut microbiome. If you have hormonal issues it’s likely you have gut health issues as well.

The most important element of healing your womb is discernment. Use your discernment when moving through this information. Some things will be helpful and relevant to you and some will not. Everyone’s body is unique. Honor that on your journey to healing.

**note: some of these resources advise restrictive dieting (example vegan, low/no carb or otherwise) to heal the womb. While using these diets to detox for a little while may be beneficial, I’ve personally found restrictive diets to be more damaging long term. I’ve found the most benefit from prometabolic eating or eating ancestrally.  With any dietary info provided in these resources, use your discernment and prioritize listening to your body’s unique needs.**

Energetic

VIDEOS

Caroline Myss: Why People Don't Heal

The Truth About Uterine Fibroids In Melanin Dominant Women (Black Women) - Dr. Jewel Pookrum

5 Mindset Shifts That Have Completely Transformed My Health Journey

PODCASTS

S3E07. HOW TO GIVE YOUR BODY A “SOFTWARE UPDATE” - the art of updating your physical body on emotional breakthroughs for better lymphatic drainage, emotional release, and brain-body connection w/ Julie Tracy

BOOKS

You Look Like Something Blooming: A Memoir of Divination Seeds to Cultivate Your Feminine Garden Temple by India Ame’ye (you can also check out India’s tumblr HERE)

Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit by Queen Afua

Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Physical

VIDEOS

HOW TO V STEAM AT HOME | DIY Yoni Steam

The Goddess Collection aka KrystalTheHealthAdvocate YouTube Channel

DIY Castor Oil Pack Tutorial | How to Castor Oil Pack for Fertility, Fibroids and Liver Health

BOOKS

In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life by Alisa Vitti

Hormone Intelligence by Aviva Romm, MD

PODCASTS

S3E02. FROM WELLNESS EXTREMES TO A HEALTHY FOUNDATION - why getting back to basics, saying no to fads and fueling our bodies is the medicine women need with Nina Passero, FDN-P

S3E05. BEYOND BIRTH CONTROL - tracking your menstrual cycle, reproductive empowerment + ways to take control of your fertility and health with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

S2E12. PCOS: WHY ARE SO MANY WOMEN SUFFERING? - a conversation about carbs, body temperature, metabolism, stress and phone addiction with Amanda Montalvo, RD, FDN-P

S2E2. WHY HORMONE IMBALANCE IS ON THE RISE - Dr. Aviva Romm shares tangible solutions for endo and PCOS

BLOGS/INSTAS/WEBSITES

What is Yoni Steaming?

Herbal Tea Nourishment - https://thealkalinegoddess.com

@thegoddescollection on insta

@JessicaAshWellness on insta

https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/

Gut Health

BOOKS

Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar by Jessie Inchauspe

BLOGS/INSTAS/WEBSITES

@GlucoseGoddess on Instagram

@JessicaAshWellness on insta

How to make your own Saurkraut

How (and why) to do an Enema

PODCASTS

S2E13. THE LIVER GUT CONNECTION - Dr. Asia Muhammad on why fatty liver is exploding, leaky gut, and the root of most health concerns

APPS

Monash University FODMAP diet (for locating food sensitivities)

I’ll add to this list as I continue to find and remember resources that have been supportive. If we let it, womb healing can be a beautiful initiation into feminine power. Be gentle with yourself 💗

#reblog to save a life #reblog to save a womb #womb health #pcos #fibriods #endometriosis #chronic illness #gut health #self care #black women #eatmangoesnekkid #beauty tips #sacred woman #spirituality

[separatismus]

... For instance, in an episode of Embarrassing Teenage Bodies, screened on Channel 4 in 2008, a young woman consulted a doctor about the fact that her labia minora extended slightly beyond her labia majora and that this caused her embarrassment. Instead of reassuring her that this was entirely normal, the doctor recommended, and carried out, surgery on her labia. The comments left on the programme’s website showed how this decision to carry out plastic surgery to fit a young woman’s body to a so-called norm made other young women feel intensely anxious. ‘I’m fifteen and I thought I was fine, but since I’ve watched the programme I’ve become worried, as mine seem larger than the girl who had hers made surgically smaller! It doesn’t make any difference to my life, but I worry now that when I’m older and start having sex I might have problems!’ said one girl. This idea that there is one correct way for female genitals to look is undoubtedly tied into the rise of pornography. Indeed, one website for a doctor who specialises in this form of plastic surgery makes this explicit: ‘Laser Reduction Labioplasty can sculpture the elongated or unequal labial minora (small inner lips) according to one’s specification … Many women bring us Playboy and say that they want to look like this. With laser reduction labioplasty, we work with women to try and accomplish their desires.’ If the rise of pornography was really tied up with women’s liberation and empowerment, it would not be increasing women’s anxiety about fitting into a narrow physical ideal.

Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter.

#me posting #radical feminism #radfem safe #radfem #feminism #passages #misogyny #anti pornography

[djuvlipen]

Palestinian Domari feminist: Amoun Sleem

-> Amoun Sleem is a Domari activist and writer living in Jerusalem. She grew up in one of the most impoverished parts of Jerusalem and had to drop out of school at age 7 to help financially supporting her family. At age 16, she founded the Domari society of Gypsies in Jerusalem.

-> The Domari society has four main goals: 1) providing education to Domari children, 2) helping and empowering impoverished Domari women, 3) providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian Domari people, who were hit particularly hard by the Covid crisis, and 4) preserving the Domari culture and language, threatened by cultural assimilation.

-> The Domari society fights the traditional and patriarchal Domari culture by economically empowering women. Here are their main goals:

“- Provide Dom women professional skills and enable them to establish small businesses (even in their homes) without the need for large initial investments.

The sub-objections are:

- Awareness of women's rights and of their right to decide about their own life and the wellbeing and future of their children, particularly girls, despite the challenges facing women in a traditional society.

- Enable Dom women to establish small businesses (even in their homes) without the need for large initial investments

- Greater self-respect and awareness of self-value bringing about self-confidence and assertiveness.

- Influence decision-making processes within their immediate and extended families.

- Serve as role-models for other women in the community, who will turn to the Domari Center for feminist-based empowerment workshops.”

(They accept donations!! Here is their website)

Quoting Sleem’s website: “I am the only recognized representative of the Domari Gypsy minority in the Middle East in that I founded the first self-help organization to answer to the needs of my community. Over the twenty years I have been working to promote our culture locally and internationally. The Domari Center in Jerusalem is an established non-profit organization under my direction that serves approximately 2000 Domari from within the Old City and as far as the West Bank.” And she started all this as a 16 year old teenager!

The Dom people are the Middle Eastern branch of the Roma people. Domari communities are found in the entire MENA region and in Central Asia, most of them living in Iran and Turkey

#remaking this post because you all are sleeping on amoun sleem so much!! #radical feminism #amoun sleem #roma #domari #palestine

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[freifraufischer]

So a little inside baseball ... but let's assume you are excited about starting a female empowerment narrative pro sports league for a niche sport that's never been done before where athletes get to tell their own story and make cash so they can continue their sport after college.

Narrator: It's not the first time, it's only new in concept in that it's structure is more ambitious and less obviously feasible.

So you are wanting to start a pro league for, let's say for the sake of argument, oh I don't know, women's gymnastics. You have all this attractive market research data available based on the popularity of NCAA gymnastics. But one of the very basic things when you launch a new product is you see if someone has launched a similar product before or if there is a similar product else where in the world.

Narrator: Yeah that step? These people don't appear to have done that.

So talking to some people who have heard the pitches for this league both to sponsors and athletes here is the first major mistake they made (aside from you know, not doing research). Imagine that you are some well meaning gymnastics coaches and a marketing executive that has tried to start several (apparently folded) sports leagues in the past. You've lived through the dumpster fire of the USAG sexual abuse scandal. You think... oh I'm going to tell all these potential sponsors that we have nothing to do with USA Gymnastics. That will give them confidence.

And maybe at the height of the dumpster fire in 2018 in the wake of the victim impact statements that might have been the call. But it's a terrible reading of the room now. And really it was a terrible reading of the room a year ago when they apparently started pitching this to sponsors. Corporate sponsors have been returning to USAG. Whatever you think of Li Li, this was her job, to right the ship and her job experience (unlike the women running this enterprise) is dealing with major sponsors. So what the pro league people thought was going to be reassuring to sponsors in fact was a red flag to them.

See, no one loves a sports national governing body (or an international one), but what they have is institutional knowledge, access to equipment manufacturers, to athletes, to venues, they know how to run meets and in general they provide a certain amount of safety net on basic organizational issues. Every sports league founded in the last few decades that is successful has some support from the governing body even when there is tension between the players and that organization. The national women's soccer league has ties to USA Soccer because you need those ties to function as a league and I promise you there is no more love between women's soccer player/fans and USA Soccer than there ever was between USAG and women's gymnastic fans.

This stance probably seemed even more out of touch in 2023 than it was in 2022 as USAG emerged from the sponsorship wilderness and started seeing much bigger names having confidence in putting their names next to them.

Who in this group decided that "we have nothing to do with USAG" was a good move I don't know.

They also apparently spent a lot of time being concerned that the potential sponsors fit their leagues ethos. Which is not inherently bad, you don't want a case like US Figure Skating being sponsored by the It's not a Diet It's an Eating Disorder App - Noom. But that becomes less something I trust them with when one of the big name founders has previously shilled a weight loss MLM.

But anyway apparently the sponsors also looked at the reaction among the fandom to the launch of the website in June and were put off by the fact that there was less enthusiasm and more skepticism than the league founders had expected.

I know I was active in those few discussions and if I was a sponsor I'd probably be concerned about one of the things that @darthmelyanna raised: the nature of gymnastics means injuries will happen and the league didn't seem to be providing insurance meaning that we were likely to see a lot of medical expense Go Fund Me's n the future.

But all of these missteps with sponsors also has a side issue. Apparently they finally did realize they need to get insurance for their league (I can't imagine a venue was willing to host one of their events without it and I would hope that athletes wouldn't be signing up to this without it). Supposedly they then went to USAG... the organization who they were badmouthing to sponsors (who themselves were trying to recover sponsors so was very much aware of that)... and they inquired about getting USAG to add them to their insurance pool for gyms.

I'll just let you think about what the answer might be to that. Because that would be a profoundly bad financial stewardship decision for USAG to do for their overall membership/insurance pool. Even if they wanted to help these people.

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Mayfair witches episode 6

My review of episode 6 of The Mayfair Witches: I just watched episode 6 of Lives of the Mayfair Witches and I have to say... This was not a good episode.

The quality has gone down hill. The focus on the redneck witch hunters has not only amplified but the symbolism is so hamfisted it’s insulting.  You see the coroner sitting in front of a laptop computer in a dimly lit room.  And you hear this apparently conservative rant about women changing the status quo.   And the evils of sisterhood and empowerment and women being equal to men and how bad that is. The feminism metaphor is so blunt it’s intellectually insulting. I am a feminist but the way the witch hunters rant negatively about woman’s rights takes me out of the story.  Religious fanaticism and fear of beliefs different from their own and perceived Satanism should be enough.   Most misogynists don’t actually know they’re being misogynist and don’t openly whine about women being “too empowered.” At least not with that wording, not today.  They were better off just using religious fanatics scared of anything different.  The metaphor did not need to be spoon fed to us.  There are plenty of people like that today- people stupid enough to think Wicca is Satanism.  

Tessa Mayfair feels like a sort-of stand-in for Mona Mayfair.  I was slightly annoyed that she called her power to ENTHRALL men by the title Glamour.  No that’s an enthrallment.  You literally used the words to describe it.  “I have glamour. That means I can enthrall men.”  Enthrall / hypnosis is its own power.  A glamour in most witchcraft is an illusion or disguise spell to make you appear different to someone else, yes, often attractive but it’s not the same as enthrallment. The word Glamour in occultism is also an archaic word for magck itself, as used in Gospel of Loki. But in modern witchcraft and fantasy fiction it usually means a visual illusion spell over one’s appearance.

Ciprien did not have a lot of screen time along with The Talamasca and I’m sorry to say it was rather predictable that Tessa was captured by the modern-day witch hunters- which are ridiculous and unnecessary plot point that annoys me more than anything else as it has been mostly dragged out filler and now blatant symbolism of misogyny and incels.  

But honestly, I think these show runners stand the potential of doing a great job if there was ever a TV adaptation of Fred Saberhagen’s “An Old Friend of The Family.”  It’s the perfect atmosphere for it. 

Though I feel it is going down hill and does deviate drastically from the book, I still think this is better than the Interview with the Vampire TV series. 

And now the Mayfair Emerald (which they just call “The necklace”) has an origin of being the key to a witch-dunking cage. Why would an iron witch-dunking cage have a golden key with an emerald in the setting?   It looks cool but the Mayfair Emerald in the book was just a rectangle.  In the preview for the next episode you see Tessa as a prisoner of the witch hunters.  How come they didn’t take the necklace from her? She’s obviously trying to cast a spell with it.  At the very least you’d think those anti-woman witch hunters (who are also Internet trolls) would think it’s Satanic or something.  As these witch hunters are all misogynistic men literally against anything feminist or “empowered”  My friend Savanah just said (about this episode) “Oh, God, it’s 4chan!  They’re hunting witches!” She’s not wrong. The show behaves as if this is what would happen if 4chan took up witch hunting.   And speaking of the “internet troll” witch hunters... Tessa showed Rowan that one of them had Deirdre’s heart in a jar.   That’s Rowan’s mother’s heart in a jar.  Yes, she only just learned about her biological family but she was very concerned / attached immediately, especially when Deidre died in her arms but she ls LITERALLY indifferent when she sees her mother’s heart in a jar on an anti-witch website.   She says something dismissive like “I’m a doctor.  I’ve seen lots of hearts.” and then she tells Tessa not to let the Internet trolls get to her.  It’s more than a troll if they have taken the heart from your mother’s corpse!  WTF Rowan? Rowan isn’t that bright in the books.  I’m reminded that in all of The Witching Hour novel she didn’t catch on that Lasher wanted her impregnated and then to take over the fetus. But in this show last episode she was shocked that the woman who tried to kill her and Ciprien, and had kept her mother drugged for thirty years- she was shocked to find out that same woman had killed her grandmother.  And now Rowan is like “Oh, they’re just Internet trolls.  Block ‘em.” When they’re posting pictures of her mother’s heart.  And she doesn’t even act like she doubts it’s her mother’s heart or that it’s a hoax. No.  She acts like using the heart of your mother’s corpse is trolling.  

The writing in this episode was... weird to say the least.

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i want thank you for writing that post about prostitution etc., that appreciation for "sex work" is an online conversation that truly enrages me, and I just don't understand how it does "women" as a whole any good. If one woman does not mind and likes making money this way, that is something that exclusively benefits her and not any other woman, it isn't "feminist" whatsoever. The most important thing is protecting cis/trans women, girls, (and men and boys) who get involved in these industries. The things that enrages me the most is the demand, which also includes p*rn watchers, consumers unleash all of the abuse that happens in the industry, if it wouldn't make money, it wouldn't happen as much and human trafficking would reduce drastically ... People really cannot set their priorities straight it seems or cannot ever think a bit selflessly

i know im late to reply to this but youre welcome <3 and yea "feminism" nowadays has mostly become a rly self-centered and individualistic thing, many have kinda forgotten that its not just abt "personal empowerment and choice" or whatever but abt giving a shit abt each other and what may benefit all/most of us. and porn consumption being not only destigmatized but outright promoted and protected by libs&leftists drives me nuts too. they want to talk abt how exploitation is bad no ethical consumption under capitalism whatever, but giving sooo much money to websites which profit off of trafficking is just fine :/

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Women have shared their concern about the erasure of "all female identities" after Johns Hopkins University used the phrase "non-man" to describe lesbians.

The Baltimore-based university received backlash online after defining "lesbian" as "a non-man attracted to non-men" in its glossary of LGBTQ+ terms.

The update, which has since been removed from the website, was initially meant to be inclusive of non-binary individuals, who may still identify as lesbians.

However the definition was labeled misogynistic, with social media users pointing out that the guide does not use similarly non-binary-inclusive language for the term "gay man.

Johns Hopkins University has temporarily taken down the glossary from its website while it looks into "the origin and context of the glossary's definitions" and stated that the guide is not intended to "serve as the definitive answers as to how all people understand or use these terms."

This Language Pushes Us Back Years

In my view, Johns Hopkins describing women as a "non-man" is outrageous and an insult to women everywhere, especially those who want to be known as women.

I believe it strips us of our biological makeup and makes identity more complex. In my opinion, it suggests that women are irrelevant, and it tramples on women's rights and equality that we have fought so hard for.

In my experience, the majority of women in the workplace are happy to be identified as such. It's part of our identity. I feel that this has a lot of wider implications long term, especially around equity.

Johns Hopkins is a prominent research university and one of the first of its kind. A lot of research and opinions that come from the institution are used worldwide. This could mean other institutions calling women "non-men", which is a term I personally do not gravitate towards.

It puts us back years as there is more to fight for. The adoption of this term in the workplace is problematic too, as it brings into play the gender bias that we are fighting so hard against.

Evelyn Okpanachi, 46, from London, is a leadership and women's empowerment expert

I Trained at Johns Hopkins, I'm Dismayed

Johns Hopkins has long been regarded as the premier institution nationally—perhaps globally—for biomedical sciences. I was fortunate to get excellent training and research opportunities from this institution.

I am utterly dismayed that my alma mater would subvert all of the biology that it so assiduously taught me. If Hopkins has decided to cast biology aside, what use is my hard won degree?

In my opinion, Hopkins has decided to pander to the post-modern ideologues who demand intellectual submission to factually untrue statements that serve to erase the humanity, biology, and progress of women.

I refuse to be defined as "non-man". I define myself. I am a woman. I reject the narrative that men are women; it is objectively false.

Perhaps we need to have the broader philosophical discussion about whether or not science should be based on objective reality or whether it ought to bend to ideological mandates. I am ready to have that discussion now.

Dr. Amy Chai, 59, from New Haven County, is a physician, educator and author.

I'm Bisexual, I'm Horrified by This Language

I am a bisexual woman and I was deeply horrified by Johns Hopkins using this language.

In the most charitable possible interpretation, I feel it's a clumsy attempt to include non-binary and gender non-conforming people. But, in my opinion, it should have been obvious to the people making this change that this was not the right way to do it.

It's also concerning that they apparently didn't want to include non-binary and gender-non-conforming people in their definition of "gay".

In my role as co-founder of a diversity and inclusion consultancy, I often run workshops with clients to help them build directories of definitions of inclusive terms, and we always stress the importance of involving staff and key stakeholders in this process, rather than these terms being dictated from above.

Clearly, not enough voices from within the lesbian community were involved in creating this definition. I think this shows how woefully lacking we are in language to describe non-binary and gender-nonconforming people, and how difficult a space this is for organizations to navigate.

We see similar clumsy effects when people are flailing for words to describe people from ethnic backgrounds that are in the minority in the country concerned, and they use non-white. In my experience, many people of color, quite reasonably, don't want to be defined in relation to white people. We have to stop defining under-represented and marginalized groups in relation to the dominant groups.

There's a lot of fear-mongering out there that inclusive terms are "erasing women". For example, I often hear right-wing commentators saying: "You can't say the word woman anymore," when in actual fact inclusive terms are about making space for everyone.

I believe that Johns Hopkins, unfortunately, has added fuel to the fire.

In my eyes, this demonstrates how all organizations make mistakes—everyone can get it wrong sometimes. The fear of making mistakes holds a lot of organizations back from taking any action at all, which is a real tragedy.

It's important that we all learn from this, and recognise that the important thing is to apologize, acknowledge the damage done, listen, learn and take steps to do better in future. Starting with ensuring greater representation of different groups in the decision-making process to make sure voices from these communities are heard.

Allegra Chapman is the Co-Creator of Watch This Sp_ce, an award-winning diversity and inclusion consultancy.

Women Are Being Failed by the Medical Field

Using the term "non-man" to describe women seems to me like a poor attempt to avoid wading into the complex waters of gender; yet it ends up erasing all female identities.

In my view, it takes away all of our hard-fought-for agency and reverts us to something from the past—degrading us to beings that only exist in relation to men rather than as our own, unique and varied people.

It also highlights something most women have experienced, which is having your identity defined by your relation to men.

I recently had a dentist tell me: "If I was his daughter" he wouldn't prescribe me antibiotics for a wisdom tooth infection. I was left untreated, in pain, and feeling belittled. I was angry with him but also myself, because I hadn't pointed out that I was his patient and not his daughter. I ended up needing surgery.

Given Johns Hopkins' role as a prestigious scientific institute, to me it acts as yet another indication of how often women are failed by doctors. Not just in my case, but in the case of every cis woman I know.

For many, it takes years for common disorders to be diagnosed, because our pain and symptoms are chalked up to hysteria.

For example, I know several people who had to wait years for their endometriosis to be finally diagnosed, despite it being a common illness that roughly 10 percent of women in the U.K. experience.

Describing everyone who identifies as a woman as "non-men" others us. I believe it implies that men are the norm, and we are not. In my eyes, it's outdated, has no place in society. We deserve to be seen for the complex beings we are.

Jennifer Smith, 25, lives in London.

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I was born a man. Extreme trans activists make my life harder

Regressively Sexist Term

Defining women as "non-men" suggests that our only characteristic is "not being men". It is so regressively sexist that it sounds like it must have been something said about women in the far past. Women are half of humanity and, like men, we should be defined by what we are. Not by what we are not.

The fact that any 21st century medical institution would endorse anything this backwards, and this dismissive of women and girls, is appalling to me.

It is not, however, surprising to me. In my opinion, there has been a relentless social push from certain proponents of trans ideology to reduce women to stereotypes and to body parts—who can forget the headline which referred to women as "bodies with vaginas".

In my eyes, the motive for this dehumanization seems to be an attempt to divorce being a woman from being female, and largely for the sake of the few men who assert that they are women.

But what are they really claiming to be if we are only the absence of a man?

Lorelei H, 35, is a writer and women's rights campaigner from England.

Women Are Being Treated Like Witches

In my opinion, to suggest that a lesbian is not a woman is misogyny, pure and simple. But for an American university to suggest this is even more shocking.

It seems that people have forgotten women were not admitted into universities in the U.S. until the 1960s—they literally had to burn their bras in protest to be given the same privileges as men. And within just 60 years, these same institutions are seemingly, once again, trying to eradicate women.

In my view, not being able to use the word "woman" in an institutional context, states loud and clear that women are not as important as men, that women should not take up the same space as men and that women's voices should not be heard.

I believe that modern universities in the west have become dominated by left-wing groupthink, that silences debate. I feel they have fostered an anti-woman stance, where women who stand up for their own rights and the freedom to disagree with others, are branded TERFs and treated like witches.

It seems as though many people are so tangled up in trying to not discriminate against people who identify as trans that they are discriminating against women, who have been marginalized for centuries.

I believe this cult-like ideology is a new form of male violence towards women. It may not leave physical scars, but it is no less scarring for women as it tries to silence us and wrestle from us our hard-won freedoms and equality.

Let's not go back to burning our bras

Paola Diana is CEO, author and a woman's rights activist.

I'm a Lesbian, I've Distanced Myself From the LGBTQ Community

The Johns Hopkins website recently redefined "lesbian" as a "non-man attracted to non-men," igniting widespread concern and disappointment among women, including myself as a lesbian. This attempt to erase women from the conversation is deeply troubling.

As a prominent Twitter user, writer, activist, and a married lesbian, I spoke up. In fact, I've officially distanced myself from the LGBTQ community due to the erasure of women and lesbians.

The temporary removal of this offensive definition from Johns Hopkins provides some relief, but it underlines the ongoing fight to ensure that women and lesbians are not marginalized or erased.

A woman cannot be defined solely as a "non-man." Women deserve to be defined by their own attributes and strengths. We are beautiful, life-giving creatures vital to humanity's survival and flourishing.

I am not a "non-man." While I jokingly said on Twitter: "man, I feel like a non-man," a reference to Shania Twain, let me make it clear that I am unequivocally female and proud to be a woman who loves other women.

I refuse to let women and lesbians be erased, and I hope this issue has raised awareness among more people. Together, we must stand against this erasure and fight for the visibility and rights of women—adult female humans.

Heidi Briones is a writer and content creator from Portland.

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I first found out about what John Hopkins University had done from the below article on msn:

Woke individual claim lesbians are non-men attracted to non-men and not specifically for women

Story by Asir F • Yesterday 1:00 PM

The article says that Republicans are even coming to the defense of Lesbians. There ARE conservative LGB, many of whom I've seen express upset that Trans were included under the umbrella of LGBTQ.

There actually is an attempt going on to erase women from society, even going as far as taking our very identity.

Two things can be and are true: That all of this is a huge psyops, part of the drumbeat of Fascism in turning different groups against one another. But many of the young people sincerely pushing all of this have been steadily groomed/brainwashed into these beliefs. so, while some know exactly what this is about, others are quite serious.

What is it about? What exactly? As far as I can tell, Population Control by pushing individuals to prefer an alternative lifestyle. Also, Pedophilia. The younger they can encourage kids to talk about such subjects, knowing how experimental and vulnerable children are, that they may just do so. The erasure of women is how pedophiles can get more access to children.

DON'T BELIEVE ME? I'VE ESTABLISHED THAT BRITAIN HAS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE. READ BELOW WHAT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN BRITAIN THINKS IS APPROPRIATE TO TEACH CHILDREN. IF ANY AMERICAN PARENTS, TEACHERS, ETC WANT AN ACTUAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT GROOMING LOOKS LIKE, HERE YOU GO:

"A Church of England primary school in Norfolk has refused to amend its extreme and graphic Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) lessons, and to address safeguarding concerns following parent complaints.

The controversial lessons and materials, which were implemented without effective parental consultation at Swanton Morley VC Primary School in Dereham, Norfolk, teach children as young as seven “to think about what gender they are” and they may be “born like a boy (with a penis), but feel like a girl inside”.

Elsewhere, the material encourages teachers to hold mock same-sex ‘weddings’, promotes the use of contested terms such as ‘pangender’ and ‘cisgender’ and tells children they can identify as pangender – someone who is neither a boy or a girl..."

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FIA says 'due process followed' in employee exit after sexism allegations against president

Mohammed Ben Sulayem was elected president of the FIA in December 2021 The FIA says "due process was followed" in the departure of a former employee after sexism allegations emerged against its president. Shaila-Ann Rao wrote a letter accusing president Mohammed Ben Sulayem of sexist behaviour before her departure last December, the Telegraph reported. Rao was the FIA's former interim secretary general for motorsport, who left after just six months in the role. An FIA spokesperson said Rao left following an "amicable discussion". BBC Sport has been told by a senior source that the letter does exist. Any investigation into whether the president of motorsport's governing body has been guilty of a breach of its code of ethics has to be reviewed by the organisation's Senate, according to the FIA's statutes. Responding to a series of questions from BBC Sport about the specific allegations and Ben Sulayem's wider behaviour arising from the report, the FIA said in a statement: "Due process was followed, with an amicable negotiation conducted by the president of the senate and, as such, no referrals were made to the ethics committee. "As previously stated, both parties agreed she would leave her position in November 2022 and mutual privacy terms were agreed, as is common business practice." Referring to wider allegations of bullying and abusive behaviour by Ben Sulayem, the statement said: "There have been no complaints received against the president." The statement added: "The FIA takes allegations of abuse very seriously and addresses all complaints using robust and clear procedures. "As part of this, the FIA has an anti-harassment policy, an anonymous whistleblowing facility and an investigation procedure and all staff are made aware of these through an induction and regular training." The allegations reported about Rao are the latest in a series of controversies to embroil Ben Sulayem since he became FIA president in December 2021. His first full year in office saw him anger teams and commercial rights holder F1 with his approach to a series of regulatory issues, including blocking for six months a plan to raise the number of 'sprint' events for 2023, and a ban on drivers wearing jewellery which many saw as a targeted attack on Lewis Hamilton. Over the winter, his comments on the value of F1 following a report about a potential sale of the sport led to him receiving a 'cease and desist' letter from F1's lawyers, emphasising that he had no power to intervene in commercial issues and threatening legal action. He was also forced to back-track on a new rule that prevented drivers from speaking out on sensitive issues. And there was widespread outrage in the sport when historic sexist comments emerged from an old website in which Ben Sulayem said he did "not like women who think they are smarter than men… for they are not in truth". The FIA said at that time that the remarks did not reflect his current beliefs. In the wake of the controversies, Ben Sulayem announced that he was stepping back from day-to-day involvement in F1, and set up a new management structure to oversee the FIA's blue-riband category. Ben Sulayem has appointed the FIA's first chief executive officer, Natalie Robyn, a former automotive industry executive, and its first equality, diversity and inclusion advisor, Ukrainian Tanya Kutsenko. The FIA statement added: "As part of the restructuring of the FIA that was initiated by the President and under the leadership of our new CEO, we are actively reviewing the entirety of the FIA organisation with a deliberate and sustained effort to create an excellent culture that fosters collaboration, empowerment, and purpose among our employees. "Should the FIA ethics committee or compliance officer receive any complaint from a member of staff it will be dealt with in a comprehensive manner by our panel of independent elected ethics committee members which has been in place since 2012." via BBC Sport - Formula 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/

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