#women revolution

[luminalunii97]

saying F U to the regime again and again: a quick update on women vs IR regime

Famous Iranian actresses have been appearing in public without a mandatory hijab. This has been happening since the beginning of the protests. Last month, Kiumars Pourahmad, a well known Iranian screenwriter and director, committed suicide. He had a history of criticizing the regime's political decisions. At his funeral, some of the famous actresses attended without mandatory hijab.

You can see Fateme Motamedarya, Katayoun Riyahi, and Golab Adineh in these pictures from the funeral. Ms. Riyahi was one of the first celebrities who took her hijab off at the start of the Jina (Mahsa) Amini protest and for that she's been the target of IRGC harassment and has been to court.

Last week, in the ceremony of screening of the final episode of Lion's Skin (a persian crime show), actress Pantea Bahram participated without hijab. The manager of Tehran’s Lotus Cinema, where the ceremony was held, was fired for letting her attend without hijab.

Other than prosecution, the regime has blocked these celebrities' bank accounts. Basij and IRGC members have also attacked and harassed these women online and in real life.

Students on university campuses take off their hijabs. There's an installed version of morality police in universities that monitor students' styles. Female students must wear "appropriate" hijab and male students must wear "manly" clothes (one of my guy friends once was asked to go back home and change his shoes because they were red casual loafers. Apparently that's gay!). When you enroll in Iranian universities, the first thing you do is to go to the security office and sign an agreement that says you promise to follow the Islamic dress code. There are posters all over the campus that says things like "hijab is security" "respect the islamic hijab" and "not wearing appropriate hijab (tight short clothes, too much hair, makeup, etc) would result in legal action". So not wearing hijab on campus, where a lot of security cameras are installed and it's easy to identify you, is a big deal.

The regime's response to students taking off their hijabs is sending threatening messages to students' phones and increasing the security people. At the entrance of Universities, these security forces check people's clothes and if it's not proper they won't let you in. Some of the students wear the hijab at the entrance and take it off after they're in. They have warned our professors to not let non hijabi students sit in classes too.

One of my favorite trends in Iran now is when guys wear our hijab. These pictures are from universities. Guys wearing hijab make the security mad. This is a great act of solidarity with women against the obligatory hijab.

Some men have been doing either this or wearing shorts in public. The former is to ridicule the obligatory dress code and the latter is because wearing shorts in public is forbidden for guys too.

And women not wearing hijab in general. Though hijab is not our only issue, we want a whole new political system, one that is not theocratic or terroristic, hijab is something the regime won't back down from because it's one of their strongest oppressing tools. If they let us win the fight against obligatory hijab, I quote from a regime head, "people keep demanding more changes"!

So to put people against people to enforce the hijab law again, the regime has closed down many businesses (hotels, cafes, malls, bookstores, etc) for welcoming non hijabi female costumers. They have also warned taxi and bus drivers to not let non hijabi women in their vehicles.

Although not everyone is disobeying the hijab law (some believe in hijab, some don't want to pay the price), the number of women who take the risk and don't wear hijab in Tehran and many other cities is high enough that you feel encouraged to keep doing it.

#iran #iran protests #iran revolution #mahsa amini #jina amini #jin jiyan azadi #women life freedom #politics #human rights #feminism #middle east #women revolution #obligatory hijab #university student #civil disobedience

[anyahita]

Schoolgirls in Iran in protest against the regime sticking their middle fingers to Khomeini and Khamenei

#iran #free iran #iran protests #protests #mahsa amini #feminism #iran revolution #opiran #iconic #the hair tho #🥺 #iranian #iranian women #women’s rights #iranian lives matter #woman life freedom #zan zendegi azadi #jina mahsa amini

[kropotkindersurprise]

March 8th: International Women's Day

The Palestinian woman: the guardian of the dream and the shield of the revolution

(Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 2024)

#pflp #popular front for the liberation of palestine #march 8th #international working women's day #international women's day #free palestine #palestine #feminism #women #guerrilla #communism #revolution #poster #propaganda #posters #2024

[feministglobalresistance]

Don’t speak of how women can’t become heroes: alone, I rode the winds eastward, for ten thousand leagues. My poetic ponderings expanded, a sail between sky and sea, dreaming of Japan’s three islands, delicate jade under moonlight. Grieving the fall of bronze camels, guardians of China’s palace gates, a warhorse is disgraced, not one battle yet won. As my heart shatters with rage over my homeland’s troubles, how can I linger, a guest abroad, savoring spring winds? ~Qiu Lin, A Reply Verse in Matching Rhyme (for Ishii-kun, a Japanese friend) FEMINIST, REVOLUTIONARY, POET, MARTYR for the revolution - China 1911 Revolution

Revolutionaries (Part 7): Qiu Jin, "Woman Knight of Mirror Lake"

Revolutionaries (Part 7): Qiu Jin, “Woman Knight of Mirror Lake”

(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more recently, are beginning to have their stories told…

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#women #womens rights #women revolution #revolution

[pineapplecrispy]

CAN YOU HEAR US??

#mahsa amini #women movement of iran #religious oppression #iran #this is a revolution #feminism #feminist

[nastylittleman]

I’m in tears. My heart goes out to all the brave women and men fighting against the authoritarian religious oppression

#Iran #iranian revolution #walking unvailed #mahsa amini #support Iranian women #the video is enraging

[bellucci-daily]

The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 - dir. The Wachowskis

#monica bellucci #belluccidaily #dailywomen #monicabellucci #vanessa #userklaudia #flawlessbeautyqueens #userrobin #wonderfulwomendaily #breathtakingqueens #persephone #2003 #matrix revolutions #the matrix revolutions #women directors #femaledirectedfilms #dailyflicks #usersource #usergif #userstream #userthing #cinematicsource #userladiesofcinema #userladiesblr #m!lfsource #brunettessource #*gifs #* #tvedit #filmedit

[odinsblog]

Studying at Tehran University in 1977: While many women were already in higher education at the time of the revolution, the subsequent years saw a marked increase in the number attending university. This was in part because the authorities managed to convince conservative families living in rural areas to allow their daughters to study away from home.

"They tried to stop women from attending university, but there was such a backlash they had to allow them to return," says Baroness Haleh Afshar, a professor of women's studies at the University of York who grew up in Iran in the 1960s.

"Some educated people left Iran, and the authorities realised in order to run the country they needed to educate both men and women."

Window shopping in Tehran in 1976: Before the revolution, the hijab was already widely worn but many women also chose to don Western-style clothes, including tight-fitting jeans, miniskirts and short-sleeved tops. "The shoes haven't changed - and the passion for shoes is in all of us! Women in Iran are no different from women the world over, and going shopping is just a means for women to get away from every day stress," says Prof Afshar.

Friday picnic in Tehran in 1976: Families and friends tend to get together on Fridays, which are weekend days in Iran. "Picnics are an important part of Iranian culture and are very popular amongst the middle classes. This has not changed since the revolution. The difference is, nowadays, men and women sitting together are much more self-aware and show more restraint in their interactions," says Prof Afshar.

Hair salon in Tehran in 1977: "This is a scene you would no longer expect to see in Iran - but even after the Islamic Revolution, hairdressers continued to exist," says Prof Afshar. "Nowadays you wouldn't see a man inside the hairdressers - and women would know to cover up their hair as soon as they walked out the door. Some people may also operate secret salons in their own homes where men and women can mix."

Bodyguards surround the shah in 1971: A young woman approaches Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (far right) at a huge party marking the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian monarchy - the extravagance of the event was widely condemned by his left-wing and clerical opponents. "By this time, the shah was already very much disliked and some believe this image of excess and indulgence may have contributed to events leading up to the revolution eight years later," Prof Afshar explains.

Walking down a snowy street in Tehran in 1976: "You cannot stop women walking in the streets of Iran, but you wouldn't see this today - her earrings and make up so clearly on show," Prof Afshar says. "There is this concept of 'decency' in Iran - so nowadays women walking in the streets are likely to wear a coat down to her knees and a scarf."

Women rally against the hijab in 1979: Soon after taking power, Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decreed that all women had to wear the veil - regardless of religion or nationality. On 8 March - International Women's Day - thousands of women from all walks of life turned out to protest against the law.

Walking in Tehran in 2005: Not all women in Iran opt to wear the black chador, a cloak that covers the body from head to toe and only leaves the face exposed. Many prefer to wear loosely fitted headscarves and coats. "The real question is how far back do you push your scarf? Women have their own small acts of resistance and often try as far as possible to push their scarves back," says Prof Afshar.

Watching football from a Tehran shopping centre in 2008: Though women were never officially banned from watching men's football matches in Iran, they are often refused entry to stadiums and some of those who have tried have been detained. Before the revolution, women were allowed to attend sporting events.

SEPTEMBER 2022: Protests, after the Morality Police beat, arrested and then murdered Mahsa Amini — for the “crime” of improperly wearing her hijab (source) (source)

#mahsa amini #jini emini #jini amini #iran #hijab #morality police #politics #islamic revolution #tehran #protests #bodily autonomy #womens rights #feminism #womanism #war on women #patriarchy #jhina emini

[intersectionalpraxis]

Palestine will be free.

#feminist #feminism #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #free west bank #settler violence #settler colonialism #resistance #palestinian liberation #revolution #international women's day #womens days #end the occupation #ceasefire now

[earlgrey24]

Which Underrated Woman from History are You?

Finally got around to making a uquiz featuring six of my favourite women from history! You can either get someone from the French Revolution, Roman Republic (I know, how unexpected!) or from 1700s/early 1800s.

Featuring scientists, writers, politically active icons and a few poets whose lives were intertwined with theirs, as a treat!

Enjoy and thanks everyone for sharing! ✨

#frev #french revolution #ancient rome #roman republic #history #tagamemnon #uquiz #tumblr quiz #which are you? #age of enlightenment #1700s #1800s #romantic era #18th century #19th century #émilie du châtelet #fulvia #clodia #mary shelley #ada lovelace #lord byron #literature #women's history #uquiz link #personality quiz #quiz tag #percy bysshe shelley #lucile desmoulins #camille desmoulins #catullus

[luminalunii97]

Today marks one year anniversary of 2022 Iranian uprising against the oppressive Islamic Republic regime. An uprising that started with the brutal murder of a young kurd woman, Mahsa Jina Amini, for "inappropriate hijab".

For the past couple of weeks, the regime has prepared their forces to beat down any new movement immediately. The streets of Tehran and many other cities are lined with anti riot forces and police cars. In Saqez, the home city of Amini family, they've stationed the army around the city to massacre people in case they try to start another wave of protest. Mahsa's father has been arrested alongside some family members of other last year uprising martyrs.

There has been small protesting gatherings in Iran in the last two days, there has already been some arrests and violent crackdowns on protesters. I hear people chanting from my neighborhood homes. The government would commit as many bloodbaths as it takes to secure their position, but you can't beat people into obedience when they hate you from the bottom of their hearts.

Woman life freedom

#iran #mahsa amini #iran protests #human rights #iran revolution #women's rights #middle east #politics #woman life freedom

[canisalbus]

you say machete has to be closeted then why's he always wearing them little heels

Maybe he thinks he's a tiny bit nicer looking in them.

#no in fact he's just a little ahead of the curve let me try to explain #again I'm not a historian I'm just sharing what I've read I might be misremembering stuff so don't quote me on this #high heels became extremely fashionable in the early 1600's probably just a few decades after Machete's time #and they were originally worn by men #because they were inspired by Persian riding boots #if your shoes had heels you'd have easier time keeping your feet in the stirrups (think of cowboy boots) #Europeans saw them thought they looked snazzy and they became wildly popular in noble circles fairly quickly #for some hundred years or so high heels were the epitome of class wealth power and status and they were essentially genderless #remember that concepts of masculinity and femininity are fluid and change over time #things that were seen as manly a few centuries ago may seem downright effeminate to a modern viewer #it's all matter of perspective neither is objectively more correct than the other #they started to separate into men's heels and women's heels around mid 1700's iirc but the changes weren't massive even then #and only truly went out of vogue when the French Revolution hit in 1789 #and people all across the continent were suddenly put off by everything that reminded them #of the frivolousness and extravagance of royalty and aristicracy #so in his canon timeline I don't think people are looking at him and going “hmmm that's pretty gay” #because heels hadn't become gendered yet #maybe he likes how they accentuate his already tiny paws and make his legs look even longer than they are #he's interested in fashion or at least likes to dress nicely in high quality garments #he tries very hard to look his best despite never really feeling comfortable in his skin #he was a real shrimp as a kid and even though he eventually grew up to be a beanpole he might still find the extra height appealing #no one's going to look down on him ever again #I admit the way I draw them is a lot more modern than the true historical style at the time but not outrageously so #artistic freedom and all that in the end I'm not aiming for 100% accuracy #modern au Machete has no excuses though he's just a little bit fruity #if the guy feels empowered by wearing little clip cloppers let him #answered #anonymous #Machete

[wastinawaaay]

US politicians enabling hate crimes and war crimes and still acting like they have the moral high grand is mind blowing

#nex benedict #palestine #actively backing up the terrorist state of Israel and sending them all sort of help #the blatant trans phobia in the policies and the behavior demonizing them to the point of encouraging others to murder them #pro life BS and ignoring women's autonomy and everybody else's #still claiming they are actually the good guys #I don't know how us americans tolerate it at this point to change the situation and making it better you guys need a fucking revolution #overthrow the government and everything #I as an outsider see no other solution because let's be honest all of your politicians are corrupt in millions ways you can't change them #trans rights #free palestine

[kropotkindersurprise]

#international women's day #international working women's day #posters #propaganda #feminism #women #women's rights #communism #pflp #palestine #eritrea #ireland #germany #revolution #eplf #ira #guerrilla #march 8th #march 8 #8 de marzo

[feministglobalresistance]

“... Those who became known for their bold strength, their fearlessness and their leadership rose in spite of the oppression at the hands of their “brothers” in service of the revolution.  They fought side by side and often excelled in battle.  Some became leaders of their own armies; some led guerilla campaigns..”

#womenempowerment #women's rights #women Revolution

[connorthemaoist]

#Anuradha Ghandy #women's liberation #the philippines #flip #cpp #npa #revolution #revolutionary #marxism leninism maoism #marxism #maoism #communism #communist #maoist #socialism #MLM