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Founded by Noelia Cabrera Publisher and managing director Noelia Cabrera Editor in chief Noelia Cabrera Editor in the following issues #2 #3 #4 Noelia Cabrera Editor in the following issues #2 Noelia Cabrera Guest editors Bruno Barsanti (#3 / Rosetta Stone) Federica La Paglia (#4 / Wile E. Coyote, how do you do?) Pietro Gaglianò (#5 / The Forest) Nicola Mariani (#6 / The Black Swan) Alessandra Franetovich (#7 / An index of) Marta Álvarez (#8 / Exhibit the invisible) Art Direction / Design: Noelia Cabrera

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dear Readers Everyone now a days is angry about young people going all around with their heads down, looking at their phones and walking like a zombies. But in fact, internet and social media actually can be a good instrument of learing and knowing about the news. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new generation and it seems that some people just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand it. But, what if you could watch all of social media and internet stuff in a magazine? Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you look like an intellectual teen/person/human being while you read your social media in paper? With this magazine is now possible. In this first issue of the Scrolling Magazine you would travel all about feminism topics and opinions in social media. You could see the best influences and the funniest opinions. As director, editor and designer of this magazine, I want to say thank you for buying this masterpiece. I really hope you enjoy it and most important, that you always speak your mind, as a new generation of people you are. Social media can be your bullhorn. ; Noelia Cabrera, designer, director and editor of this Magazine.

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the meaning/ 6 All about the meaning of feminism, in social media, in dictionaries... You decide what you believe, you decide your meaning.

the cause / 16 This Is Body Shaming / 18 Misogyny â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Body Shaming / 25 Woman Empowerment / 28 Ariana Grande / 32

the movement/ 40 Free The Nipple / 42 Lola Vendetta / 48 He For She / 58 Emma Watson / 64

find places/ 74 All the interesting places you can find on social media about feminism.

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FEMINIST IS THE PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY OF THE SEXES 10

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COLOR COLOR HAS HAS NO NO GENDER GENDER CLOTHING CLOTHING HAS NO NO HAS GENDER GENDER

CAREERS CAREERS HAVE NO NO HAVE GENDER GENDER

HAIR HAIR STYLES STYLES HAVE HAVE NO NO GENDER GENDER

VOICE VOICE HAS HAS NO NO GENDER GENDER

and... for many more reasons we are feminists.

Because our work is underpaid or unpaid and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it is our fault and if we love women it’s because we can’t get “a real man” and if we stand up for our rights we are loud and if we don’t we are typical weak females and if we want to get married we are out to trap a man and if we don’t we are unnatural and if we object to being sex objects we have no sense of humor

MAKEUP MAKEUP HAS HAS NO NO GENDER GENDER

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liberal feminism ; found in social media by anonymus The liberal feminists, sometimes known as social feminists, attempted to promote liberation and address the inequality between men and women through political tact and diplomacy. The National Organization for Women (NOW), founded in 1966, was the powerful political arm of the liberal feminists and led by individuals such as Betty Friedan, who served as the president; Alice Paul; and Fannie Lou Hamer, although she was not an official member. The organization called for women to achieve an equal socioeconomic status with their male counterparts. NOW supported the notion of organizing small chapters for women to meet and discuss the issues of the period. The discussion of issues surrounding women became known as consciousness raising, which is the ability for women to relate the issues of their personal lives with larger national issues of gender discrimination.

In addition to promoting social equality with men, the National Organization for Women lobbied for congressional legislation, including the prohibition of sexual discrimination in the public and private sector, as well as national equal rights. By the 1970s, NOW began the process of campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment, which was federal legislation that called for a ban on discrimination based on gender. While equality was the foremost goal of the liberal feminist branch of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movement, the battle against racial discrimination was associated with the larger goal of anti-sexual discrimination. Pioneers, such as Fannie Lou Hamer and Gloria Steinem, campaigned for both gender and racial equality within the United States.

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radical feminism The radical feminists of the era supported a more revolutionary and militant agenda in regard to women’s liberation. Radical feminists, such as Shulamith Firestone and Judith Brown, believed that men, and the institutions created by men, had oppressed every aspect of the woman. The radical feminists overwhelmingly rejected the liberal feminist’s pursuit of socioeconomic and gender equality. Instead, radical feminists called for a total revolution against men. The ultimate goal was the complete reversal of the social hierarchy where women would be above men.

The radical women’s movement also had a militant component known as the Redstockings. Created by Ellen Willis and Shulamith Firestone, the Redstockings promoted the idea that women were the lowest aspect within civilization and the capitalist system. Women, as the Redstockings contended, were brutally oppressed and were incapable of securing favorable conditions as long as males dominated the world. Therefore, the Redstockings called for women to organize and overthrow men and the capitalist system. Sounds fairly Marxist, doesn’t it?

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We Aim to Change: ; Ephemera collection, (Leaflet- Ephemera A Women 1971 WLM)

THE STEREOTYPE ROLE: To be a ‘success’ as a women in our society one is

expected to be ‘feminine’, that is, to be a passive, servile, submissive sex object existing mainly to make men happy. The women is forced to live vicariously through her husband and children as she has few outlets of her own to express her individuality. Her appearance becomes very important as a means to impress prospective husbands or to impress other women with the economic success of her husband.

THE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA: The media perpetuate the

stereotype of women with their glossy, flawless, unattainable image held as an ideal to aspire to. The natural, vulnerable women with her imperfections feels insecure and inadequate when she can’t match up. We believe that women should be free from societal pressures to choose their own direction in which to develop. They should be accepted as a person on their own terms not on the terms of society’s ideal version of women.

THE STRUCTURE OF MARRIAGE: All too often when a women finally

‘catches her man’ and marries him she becomes his legal, economic and probably psychological dependent taking on his name and his ring. Once married she is a housewife; if she has outside employment this merely means she has two jobs, one paid, the other not. When children arrive and she is forced to give up her paid job she becomes even more dependent on her husband. Should her husband die or divorce her she is treated as an incapacitated person to be supported thereafter by the state or her ex-husband. We believe that a union between free and equal being is the only ‘marriage’ worth having. We believe that the chores and joys of housekeeping, child rearing and outside employment should be shared equally by both partners, or on a mutually agreeable basis not determined only by sex. Because we believe every person has a right to be free and equal, to pursue their own fulfilment and enjoyment to the best of their own capacity and talents without limited choice or hindrance through discrimination based on here genital differences.

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“If you stand for equality, then you’re a feminist. Sorry to tell you, you’re a feminist.” the meaning

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this is body shaming ; by Erika Vargas, MA

Did you ever stop and think about how often we are told to change our appearance? Magazines constantly offer tips about how to lose weight “in days,” appear slimmer “instantly,” and hide our “imperfections”… without actually knowing anything about us, much less our appearance. This is one example of body-shaming, and it is everywhere. Sitcoms so frequently use overweight characters’ bodies as the basis of many of the show’s jokes. It has become the norm to criticize aspects of our bodies as some type of bonding experience with friends – if we all hate our bodies; it somehow makes us feel connected and united. Body-shaming (criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance) can lead to a vicious cycle of judgment and criticism. Messages from the media and from each other often imply that we should want to change, that we should care about looking slimmer, smaller, and tanner. And if we don’t, we worry that we are at risk of being the target of someone else’s body-shaming comments.

No matter how this manifests, it often leads to comparison and shame, and perpetuates the idea that people should be judged mainly for their physical features. This leads to the question: if it has such harsh consequences, why is body-shaming so common? An example we often discuss at the Braintree Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is dealing with conflicts with peers. Why, when we are upset, annoyed, or intimidated by someone, do we default to criticizing their appearance? “Whatever, she’s ugly,” can be a go-to defense in these situations, particularly during adolescence and the young-adult years. In some ways, it feels easier to shoot for something that will hurt, like targeting physical appearance, rather than expressing what is really going on emotionally. Saying, “I’m really hurt by how my friend treated me,” or “I’m terrified of losing this friendship” opens us up and makes us more vulnerable, and therefore feels easier to bury underneath the body-shaming comments that rush to mind.

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A Mini-Manifesto For Things That Should Be Totally Freakin’ Obvious ; found in social media by anonymus

So this evening, I got really wound up, and exploded. As you do. Because I’m getting ever more exasperated with this ridiculous god damn asshat-ridden world in which apparently ‘everyone being nice to themselves and each other’ is a foreign concept – and the idea that you can love your body for its imperfections is causing me to meet with actual side-eyes. In real life. So, to save me having to once again explain that it is okay to be happy, consider that Twitter rant recorded herein. See below for some fairly incoherent, angry words of what I would term What Should Be Freakin’ Obvious. Here goes: Thin people are beautiful. Fat people are beautiful. Everyone in between is beautiful.

I don’t give a shiny damn if you have a thigh gap, or if your thighs are tasty-ass chicken drumsticks like mine. I don’t care if you’ve got a big stomach or washboard abs. You should think the same about me. I just care that you’re a person. I expect the same in return. But don’t ignore what makes you you. Whatever you’ve got: own it. Whoever you are: own that. Don’t be ashamed; don’t judge. Don’t throw negativity in your own direction, or anyone else’s. Just be nice. Be confident. Be flawed. Be beautiful, not in the way swooshy hair ads and diet ‘after’ pictures say is beautiful, but in the way you, individually, are beautiful.

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Be normal. Be weird. Be ugly – powerfully, confidently, I-don’t-give-a-crap ugly. In fact, just don’t give a crap. Don’t sit uncomfortably just ’cause you feel you’ve got to. Don’t fake-smile for photos you know you’re going to hate. Just smile, and be you. Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve a voice. You do deserve a voice, and it deserves to be heard. Loud. Don’t believe anyone that says they’re selling something that’ll make you happy. It’s probably just going to distract you from what you really need. Don’t buy into the idea that foods are bad, that pain is good, that you should ever, ever have to change in any way, for anyone but you alone.

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Don’t waste your life worrying. Every moment you lose to thinking you’re not perfect – that your life isn’t perfect – is one in which you could be living. Like, properly living. Don’t forget to challenge ideas. Assume big ideas are wrong, and know they can be changed by small ones. Your ones. Don’t read magazines. And if you do, don’t believe anything you see. Being vulnerable enough to be kind, but strong enough to know yourself – that’s perfection. In other words: be you. Be good. Be happy. Over and out, guys. Over and bloody out.

CELEBRATE ALL kind of BODIES

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MISOGyNY ‘N’ SEXISM ; by Psyche

When people only listen to suggestions when a man makes them that is sexism. When people only listen to suggestions when a man makes them and personally disparage the woman who made them originally, that’s misogyny. When people have a different set of rules for men and women allowing men to speak without interruption while women are interrupted constantly or not allowed to participate, that is sexism. When people personally disparage the women who make note of this, that’s misogyny. When men only allow the participation of women who agree to sit silently in admiration while men pound on the table and give repetitive, self-serving diatribes, that’s sexism. When they publicly disparage and question the sexual identity of those women when they leave the room, that’s misogyny. When men in a workplace are allowed to wear

comfortable, functional clothing but women are required to wear revealing, uncomfortable clothing that is sexism. When the women who raise an issue about it are publicly disparaged as frigid bitches who aren’t getting enough, that is misogyny. When the men in a group assume that all the women in the group are dying to sleep with them, that’s sexism. When they disparage, fire, or sexually assault the women for refusing to date them, that is misogyny. When men’s feelings or passion about an issue is treated with dignity while women’s feelings or passion about an issue is treated as a weakness which disqualifies her from discussion, that is sexism. When the people who subsequently exclude her trade exotic sexual insults about her later, that is misogyny.

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Let’s get something straight: feminism seeks political, social, and economic equality with men. Intersectional feminism, a logical extension introduced in third-wave feminism, also seeks equality across class, race, sexuality, body shape, and ablest divides. Equality. That’s the secret agenda, folks. Feminism isn’t about women first, it’s about women too. Yet, for some reason some people still see “feminism” as a scary word, and will go at pains to deny affiliation. But if you believe that men, women, and other gender categories should have equal opportunity, I hate to break it to you, but you’re a feminist. So, what does it mean when I say that Spiral Nature is a feminist website? It means that, as editor, I work to ensure that women, men, and other gender categories are fairly represented, and that the articles, essays and reviews we publish don’t discriminate based on class, race, sexuality, gender, body shape, or abelism. Slips can happen even among thoughtful, intelligent people. In reviewing a piece for publication, I found that one writer referred to a generic magician as “he.” I requested that he change this to a neutral pronoun. A simple fix, no fuss. Another essay, which touched on political themes, referred to “gay marriage” rather than marriage equality. Political framing matters. People slip. It happens. What we can do is recognize when we’ve made an error and learn from it. We’re better served by becoming attentive to our word choices and ensuring that we’re saying what we really mean, rather than what comes easiest. This why in my most recent call, I specifically asked to hear from writers who were women and people of colour. We have quite a few wonderful men writing for us, and I’m always open to hearing more pitches from dudes, but I’d also like to see greater diversity in who and what we publish. Representation matters. There are structural issues within society and within ourselves that need to be challenged, but it’s not going to happen overnight, and it’s never going to happen if we keep silent. A future piece will look at ways we can ensure we’re creating a safe and equitable space for all members of our community.

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women empowerment ; by Mac Lee Women empowerment is empowering the women to take their own decisions for their personal dependent. Empowering women is to make them independent in all aspects from mind, thought, rights, decisions, etc by leaving all the social and family limitations. It is to bring equality in the society for both male and female in all areas. Women empowerment is very necessary to make the bright future of the family, society and country. Women need fresh and more capable environment so that they can take their own right decisions in every area whether for themselves, family, society or country. In order to make the country fully developed country, women empowerment is an essential tool to get the goal of development. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, it is a legal point to grant equality to women in the society in all spheres just like male. The Department of Women and Child Development functions well in this field for the proper development of the women and child in India. Women are given a top place in India from the ancient time however they were not given empowerment to participate in all areas.

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THE DIY MANIFESTO Do it yourself. Be your own brand. Make the others follow your path. Share your ideas and search for new ones. Try new thing you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about. Make your best you, bc the strange thing is that we all are the same. Live your difference. And remember: If you are not happy, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sense. ; martha brown

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PRETTY IS NOT THE RENT YOU PAY TO EXIST IN THE WORLD AS A WOMAN. THE CAUSE

ariana grande One of the biggest feminist influences on social media, speaking out against the damn double standards, misogyny, sexism and body shaming.

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Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009. The show ended after four seasons, and Grande starred on the spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in other theatre, television and film roles, and has lent her voice to animated television and films.

Grande’s music career began with the soundtrack Music from Victorious (2011). She signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released her debut studio album, Yours Truly in 2013, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. The album’s lead single, “The Way”, debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with critics comparing her wide vocal range to Mariah Carey’s range.

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Grande was raised a Roman Catholic but abandoned Catholicism during the reign of Pope Benedict XVI, citing opposition to the church’s stance on homosexuality, noting that her half-brother is gay. She has followed Kabbalah teachings since the age of twelve or earlier, along with Frankie, believing “the basis lies in the idea that if you’re kind to others, good things will happen to you.” At the age of ten Grande co-founded the South Florida youth singing group Kids Who Care, which performed for charitable fund-raising events and raised over $500,000 for charities in 2007 alone. In the summer of 2009, as a member of the charitable organization Broadway in South

Africa, Grande, along with her brother Frankie, performed and taught music and dance to children in Gugulethu, South Africa. After watching Blackfish, she urged fans to stop supporting SeaWorld and has become a vegan. She was featured, along with Bridgit Mendler and Kat Graham, in Seventeen magazine in a March 2013 public campaign to end online bullying called “Delete Digital Drama”. Gande, who has adopted several rescue dogs as pets, promoted pet adoption and paid the adoption fees of 35 rescue dogs in connection with her concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City and American Airlines Arena in Miami in March 2015.

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when you are fucking exhausted OF THIS SHIT ; by Ariana Grande via Twitlonger. Being “empowered” … Is not the same as being a “bitch” … HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY… Is not the same as HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE… What I meant when I said about being Sean’s ex is that I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man’s past, present or future PROPERTY/ POSSESSION. I… do not. Belong. To anyone. But myself. And neither do you. I have clearly not been having the boy questions in my interviews lately because I have come to the realization that I have SO. MUCH. MORE. To talk about. I’m currently making the best music I’ve ever known, working my ass off every single day, performing/ creating for my babes and getting the chance to meet and hug my babes all over the world every day. I come from a long bloodline of female activists. My aunt Judy was the first Italian American female president of the National Press Club in Washington DC. I think she would have been proud of me for speaking up about something that has been bothering me personally for so long. Gloria Steinem published an article in 1969 titled “After Black Power, Women’s Liberation” … and 46 years later… we’re still not quite there yet! If a woman has a lot of sex (or any sex for that matter) … she’s a “slut”. If a man has sex… HE’S. A. STUD. A BOSSSSSS. A KING. If a women (or commonly used “bitches”/ ”hoes”… how lovely) he’s had… he is regaled. If a woman is seen with a friend with a penis, there is an immediate assumption of romance or sex and she is labeled!! If a man is seen with a woman… his status is elevated/celebrated. “AWW SHIIIT HE SMASHED!!!1!!1!”. I know y’all already know this but the double standards and misogyny still ever present. I can’t wait to live in a world where people are not valued by who they’re dating/ married to/ attached to, having sex with (or not)/ seen with… but by their value as an individual. I want the people reading this to know that they are MORE THAN enough on their own. I want the media to please help me with this!!!!!!!! Please support each other. I’m saying that after literally 8 years of feeling like I constantly had to have a boy by my side. After being on my own now for a few months I am realizing that that’s just not the case… I have ever felt more present, grounded, and satisfied. I’ve never laughed harder or had more fun or enjoyed my life more. […] “any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke… She will need her sisterhood.” – Gloria Steinem.

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dangerous is the new strong. ; by Ashani Jodha via Bustle. Ariana Grande recently released her third studio album, “Dangerous Woman.” If the title doesn’t imply it, the album is about Ari taking risks and owning her sexuality, all while exuding an air of mystery. It’s her most badass album yet, and if it wasn’t clear before, it is now that the former Nickelodeon star has become one of the biggest powerhouses in pop music. Along with the album’s mix of tempo, handful of catchy pop tracks, and Ariana’s fabulous vocals, there’s also a certain truth to it — she’s not afraid to break the rules and doesn’t give a shit what anyone thinks. “I feel like my personal growth is reflected in the sound. I’m really proud of it... To me, a dangerous woman is someone who’s not afraid to take a stand, be herself and to be honest.” she said. In fact, Ariana is one of Hollywood’s most outspoken stars. She’s constantly sticking up for other women, slamming sexism and double standards while celebrating what makes each woman special. The singer is one of the best feminist role models out there, and she does so just being 100% herself. “No, I’m not anyone’s property. I’m not anyone’s ex, I’m not anyone’s future wife, I’m not anyone’s future girlfriend, I’m Ariana Grande.” I think literally that moment she was like, “What the f*ck is happening?! We need to educate the world right now.” And I think it pushed her in a different direction with her album where she was allowing that inner, dangerous woman to come out. It’s also a celebration of everyone’s dangerous woman. There’s a dangerous woman inside of you and you can choose to let her out. You can choose to not let her out. You can choose to keep her in your bedroom. That’s the point — feminism means you get to choose. And that’s what the whole album is: Her making very strong decisions.

Don’t need permission, make my decission, to test my limits — Dangerous Woman

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the th A new wave of feminism is here, and its most powerful weapon is the hashtag. As recently as a decade ago, those seeking to fight sexism had few avenues to easily do so in a public way. Discussion of feminism and feminist values was scarce, if not dispirited; activists had been branded “feminazis” by Rush Limbaugh, and numerous celebrities, like pop star Katy Perry, actress Shailene Woodley, and actress Kaley Cuocco rejected even the word “feminist.” Before Twitter and Facebook exploded as platforms for news, participating in rallies was limited to those who were in those cities, or those who could afford to take time off work and travel; letter-writing was seen only by the recipient of the letter. Social media democratized feminist activism, opening up participation to anyone with a Twitter account and a desire to fight the patriarchy. By removing the barriers of distance and geography, sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have made activism easier than ever, facilitating public dialogues and creating a platform for awareness and change.

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FREE THE NIPPLe ; by Ariana Grande using Twitlonger.

Free the nipple is a global campaign of change, focused on the equality, empowerment, and freedom of all human beings. Free the nipple has become a premiere voice for gender equality, utilizing all forms of modern media, to raise awareness and effect change on various social issues, and injustices.We believe that all human beings are created equal. We believe that the time for change is now.We believe that together, through one unified voice, we can affect change globally. Free the nipple has become one of the fastest growing movements of our time.The mission behind free the nipple is to raise awareness, and affect change, in the areas of the inequality of men and women that are still being experienced in the world today. In 2012, a feature film was titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;free the nippleâ&#x20AC;?, which followed lina esco and a small group of women in their effort to raise awareness on this issue. The film quickly sparked what has become an international movement that seeks the equality, empowerment, and freedom of all human beings. The free the nipple movement is now raising awareness and impacting change in countries across the world.

Alice paul, founder of the equal rights amendment, has been trying to pass the era since 1923, guaranteeing equal rights for women and men on all levels. After 50 years of struggle, it was defeated under ronald regan in 1982. An equal rights amendment would guarantee men and women would finally be recognized as equals in the framework of the constitution under the federal protection of the united states. Passing the era would legally close the pay gap between genders, and allow women to finally enjoy all the same freedoms as men. The united states is only one of seven countries in the world (along with iran, somalia, sudan, south sudan, palau, and tonga) that have not ratified the un convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination of women (cedaw). Known as the international bill of rights for women, cedaw has been signed and ratified by 187 countriesâ&#x20AC;Ś virtually every country in the world, except the united states of america. This has greatly hindered getting the era passed.

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how the evolution works ; by Ariana Grande using Twitlonger.

Present: SIGMATIZATION Most people have some pretty vague ideas about what evolution is, but most of us don’t really know how evolution actually happens. (Some people even claim evolution isn’t real, but that’s about as sane as saying the Earth is flat, or that the Phantom Menace is better than the Empire Strikes Back). In this post I’ll try and explain how evolution happens as simply as possible, and tell you why in the future human’s won’t evolve six fingers, wings, or two heads.

Short term: ACCLIMATIZATION Evolution means change. If you remember anything about evolution remember this. Evolution does not mean improvement, or progress, or anything like that, it just means change. If a species evolves, it changes, it doesn’t “improve” or become more “highly-evolved”, just different. Never forget this. I’m sure most people know that evolution is something to do with species changing to become better adapted to their environments over time, and eventually this change causes them to become a new species altogether. A common example of evolution is usually something like; “giraffes developed longer necks to help them reach leaves that other species couldn’t reach”.

Long and final term: NORMALIZATION In fact, no scientist understood this until Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace came along and explained it to them. Darwin and Wallace didn’t discover evolution, they discovered how it works (although Darwin is more famous, Wallace also made the discovery too).Before them, many scientists recognised that animals and plants had changed over time, as palaeontologists could track the evolution of life in the fossil record. They could see that life began in the sea, that fish evolved, and that some fish developed into amphibians on land, which evolved into reptiles, and then mammals and so on. But no one understood how this actually happened.

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lola vendetta One day, tired of her room mateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments about her vegetarianism, Raquel decided to cut her leg and force her to eat it. Another afternoon, an old man stalked her on the subway. She threw him on the tracks. All this figuratively, of course, and thanks to the magic of pencil and paper, in a kind of poetic justice exercises in A4. This is how Lola Vendetta was born, an illustrated sadist.

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a lot of blood and truth ; by Silvia Laboreo via PlayGround. Rachel is a bit like Lola, or Lola is a bit like Rachel. Striped t-shirt, red lips, black hair... And lots of desire of justice. The personage of Lola arises a year and a half as a way of relief before the problems and pressures with which lived Raquel. I have stayed with her to talk about feminism, illustration, women... All this watered with liters and liters of blood. Raquel uploaded the first illustration of Lola to Facebook and soon began to have followers. She continued to draw until she realized something: without realizing it, in her drawings came a great number of feminist themes. “I never thought, I would end up doing a super feminist comic strip

that will ruin macho men,’” she says. It just came up. One day, he illustrated a vignette said: “Fuck the weak gender” and soon became one of her most shared illustrations. “That’s when they put the label on me as a feminist. And I thought, it makes sense, deep down is what I’m doing.” For Raquel, Lola is a way to deconstruct herself, to learn from the character. And also a way to help many women. I didn’t know I would make that connection with so many women. That we would all have the same problems. Over time I realized that all of that made sense within feminism. Nobody teaches us

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to be women and it’s so labeled: either you are a whore or you are a nun”, she explains. “The patriarchal system works very well by dividing, unlike the feminist movement. Patriarchy divides and depersonalizes everything in order to control it better. Feminism ceases to fit women, genders, intelligences and unites it. It opens windows, generates debates and forces people to leave their comfort zones. Because we do not realize it, but these comfort zones are not necessarily comfortable.” One of Lola’s primary goals is to educate people in feminism. With liters and liters of blood. Someone who explains why blood is life or why romantic love is toxic, while drawing your katana and cutting heads. One of her battlefields is the struggle for the normalization of taboos such as motherhood

(Weak gender? Fuck you.)

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(Gross? That’s the only blood that should be spilled)

or menstruation. Aspects of the feminine universe that have been traditionally seen with repulsion and obscurantism. Yes, patriarchy has imposed on us that the blood is negative. We associate it with violence, death, disgust. And if you as a woman attribute negative feelings to the blood, you are very negative once a month. And that’s fucked up. You pass the compresses as if it were cocaine or you have to listen to the typical quotes that tell that the women go crazy with period. “I think we have to change that negative conception of blood. You are on your period and blood comes out, you have a child and blood comes out. That means blood is more life than violence. And that’s why i try to speak with Lola. I like to include the character in this debate and be able to educate with it, to change the negative conception that we have, even of our own body.”

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(Boys know they have two holes, why girls canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be told they have three?)

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(Honey... No one will ever love you more than I do. )

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(I promise to love me, respect me, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, until death tear me part... of this awesome body of mine!)

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HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of women initiated by UN Women. Its goal is to engage men and boys as agents of change by encouraging them to take action against negative inequalities faced by women and girls. Grounded in the idea that gender equality is an issue that affects all people—socially, economically and politically—it seeks to actively involve men and boys in a movement that was originally conceived as "a struggle for women by women". On the HeForShe website, a map—which uses a geo-locator to record global engagement in the campaign—counts the number of men and boys around the world who have taken the HeForShe pledge, and was used as UN Women worked towards its goal of engaging one million men and boys by July 2015, a goal which they failed to meet. The campaign website also includes implementation plans for UN agencies, individuals and civil society, as well as those on university and college campuses, both through online and sustained engagement. "Initially we were asking the question, 'Do men care about gender equality?' and we found out that they do care", said Elizabeth Nyamayaro, senior adviser to the executive director of UN Women. "Then we started to get a lot of emails from men who signed up, who now want to do more."

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IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative ; by HeForShe ambassadors

UN Women launched the HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative to gain further momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2015. The initiative was launched as a one-year pilot effort to engage governments, corporations and universities as instruments of change. IMPACT 10x10x10 targets some of the communities that most need to address women’s empowerment and gender equality concerns—and those that have the greatest capacity to make and influence those changes. Global leaders serving as IMPACT 10x10x10 founding champions include H.E. Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands; H.E. President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone; H.E. Prime Minister Stefan Löfvén of Sweden; Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Rick Goings, chairman and CEO of Tupperware Brands Corporation; and Dennis Nally, chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. UN Women Executive Director and UnderSecretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: “HeForShe exemplifies UN Women’s groundbreaking leadership on gender equality. We know where change is proving hardest. The HeForShe IMPACT initiative puts responsibility for change right where it matters—and spotlights leaders who can make it happen. The founding champions from industry and government will pave the way for others to join in, us-

ing the pilot initiatives to streamline decisionmaking on relevant and successful activities. Ultimately, we need everyone to get involved if we are to turn the tide.” IMPACT 10x10x10 prioritizes legislative bodies and corporations based on the severity of gender inequality in these areas, as confirmed by findings from the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report in 2014. The report highlights the large gap between men and women in terms of political empowerment and indicates that there has been little improvement in workplace equality since 2006. Universities were invited to join the impact trio because youth engagement represents one of the greatest opportunities to accelerate progress in the achievement of gender equality and the end of violence against women. Popular British actor and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson serves as the public face of the movement. She said, “The groundswell of response we have received in support for HeForShe tells us we are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change. Now we have to channel that energy into purposeful action. The pilot initiative provides that framework. Next we need all country leadership, as well as that of hundreds of universities and corporations to follow HeForShe’s IMPACT 10x10x10 so as to bring an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally.”

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Since its announcement with Emma Watson on 20 September 2014, the HeForShe campaign has received widespread media coverage and praise. “In a campaign from the United Nations that seeks to promote women’s rights, there is not a woman in sight—and that is deliberate. The strategy behind the campaign, which is to begin on Friday morning, is revealed by its theme ‘HeForShe’—in other words, men ought to stand up for the rights of the women of the world who are their mothers, sisters and daughters. The centerpiece of the campaign is a website, heforshe.org, where visitors can watch a video clip meant to serve as a teaser that introduces the initiative.” “Usually, you first have to be a woman. But not in the case of Farhan Akhtar, a Bollywood superstar—actor, singer and filmmaker—who recently became the first male ambassador for UN Women, an agency that focuses on gender equality. He’s also an advocate for the UN’s HeForShe campaign, designed to encourage men to stand up for gender equality.”

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“Emma Watson launched the HeForShe campaign at the UN last week and extended a ‘formal invitation’ to men to participate in the conversation about gender equality. ‘Gender equality is your issue, too,’ said the actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Watson’s speech struck a chord with many and fanned the feminist fire that is, slowly but surely, being reignited.” “Watson is an ambassador for the United Nation’s HeForShe campaign—a movement to remind us all that feminism really just means people treating each other with equal respect— and while discussing it last week she recalled a date who became ‘tetchy’ when she offered to pay for dinner. ‘Awkward,’ she said.” “Nyamayaro—senior adviser to the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women—Worked with Publicis Dallas, Chief Creative Officer Brad Roseberry and launched the HeForShe campaign as a means to promote solidarity among both genders to enhance the rights of women around the world.”

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emma watson Emma Watson has transformed from a child star defined by one of the most popular film series in the world to a powerful voice for women and a driving force towards acheiving gender equality.

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“It is not the word that is important. It’s the idea and the ambition behind it.”

Since first capturing our hearts over 15 years ago as the adorable and quick-witted Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film franchise, the actress has continued to inspire us with her grace, intelligence, and tireless dedication to being a voice for women around the world. Since being named a UN Goodwill Ambassador in 2014, Watson has inspired a new wave of feminism, one where both men and women are coming together to fight for gender equality and a better future for young girls all over the world.

Emma captured the world’s attention with a stirring speech kicking off the HeForShe campaign, which encourages men and boys to be advocates for girls and women worldwide. That was only the beginning, though. Since that watershed moment, Emma has traveled the globe speaking out about empowering women and banishing gender stereotypes, proving just how dedicated she is to the cause.

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HE For she speech ; by Emma Watson in the UN He For She Campaign

“Today we are launching a campaign called HeForShe. I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality, and to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN. We want to try to mobilize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. And, we don’t just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it’s tangible. I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women six months ago. And, the more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop. For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes. I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was 8, I was confused for being called bossy because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents, but the boys were not. When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media. When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of sports teams because they didn’t want to appear muscly. When at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings. I decided that I was a feminist, and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, I’m among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, and anti-men. Unattractive, even. Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? I am from Britain, and I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to see these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they achieved gender equality. These rights, I consider to be human rights, but I am one of the lucky ones.

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My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn’t assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influences were the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today. They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists that are changing the world today. We need more of those. And if you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important. It’s the idea and the ambition behind it, because not all women have received the same rights I have. In fact, statistically, very few have. In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today. But what stood out for me the most was that less than thirty percent of the audience were male. How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

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Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue, too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society, despite my need of his presence as a child, as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help for fear it would make them less of a man. In fact, in the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality, either. We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that they are, and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, instead of two sets of opposing ideals. If we stop defining each other by what we are not, and start defining ourselves by who we are, we can all be freer, and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom. I want men to take up this mantle so that their daughters, sisters, and mothers can be free from prejudice, but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too, reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned, and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves. You might be thinking, “Who is this Harry Potter girl, and what is she doing speaking at the UN?” And, it’s a really good question. I’ve been asking myself the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem, and I want to make it better. And, having seen what I’ve seen, and given the chance, I feel it is my responsibility to say something. Statesman Edmund Burke said, “All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.” In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt, I told myself firmly, “If not me, who? If not now, when?” If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope those words will be helpful. Because the reality is that if we do nothing, it will take seventy-five years, or for me to be nearly 100, before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work. Fifteen and a half million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children. And at current rates, it won’t be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education. If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier, and for this, I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word, but the good news is, we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I invite you to step forward, to be seen and to ask yourself, “If not me, who? If not now, when?” Thank you very, very much.”

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emma’s book club ; by Elizabeth Kiefer via Refinery29

Emma Watson’s feminist book club now has a name and is open to anyone who wants to join. The UN Women Goodwill ambassador announced the club will be called “Our Shared Shelf ” and meetings will be conducted through a group on Goodreads. The 25-year-old actress explained her inspiration for the club in an introductory message on the group page. “As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading as many books and essays about equality as I can get my hands on,” she wrote. “There is so much amazing stuff out there! Funny, inspiring, sad, thought-provoking, empowering!” She began the book club to hear the thoughts of others, and share what she was learning through the literature. Each month, Watson chooses a book (which she has not yet read herself) and club members have a month to read it before commencing a discussion on the Goodreads forums.

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