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22 July 2021

 

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โ€œThe rape robbed us of our physical security and trust in men. The police and the hospital robbed us of our basic human dignity. The institutions that were supposed to start putting back the pieces broke us even further. We were no longer people.โ€ ...

July 22nd @ 11:54 pm |

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Through painstaking research and analysis the authors uncover the truth that chemical abortion is ill-conceived and unethical. They caution that low-tech abortion services are under threat as the mainstream hails RU 486 abortion as 'safe and ...

July 22nd @ 9:49 pm |

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Last night's launch of Not Dead Yet edited by Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne was a great success. In the opening chapter of the book 'Sisterhood Is Still Powerful: Maintaining the Rage', Susan and Renate write: "We've wanted to do a book with old ...

July 22nd @ 6:33 pm |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Renate Klein now thanking all the contributors with her customary wit. Thanks to @spinifexpress team! Susan & Renate have been a wonderful team for 30+ years now. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress I have been saving #NotDeadYet for snuggling up with a pot of hot tea. I know it's going to be an emotional journey. I am the sandwich generation of WLM now, between my Elders & the women young enough to be my ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Patricia describing the journey of reading each woman's work. She has contributed poetry to the volume. Women's stories have continuity: understand what we've inherited from our foremothers.

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Patricia describing SPAM - a group with Diane Bell because uni terms & school didn't match so the women took their kids to the uni where off campus women also came & supported the childcare ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Patricia Sykes congratulating Susan & Renate on this wonderful book. Despite turning 80 soon Trish feels young in feminist terms. She has been working since she was 14 & didn't get an education ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Jean describing exactly what I'm feeling about how marvellous it is to see the women's faces & sharing their work tonight. Try to get to the other launches, women!

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Jean reflecting on finally slowing down & being active in different ways now women are over 70. Gladdens her heart to be in company with radical lesbian feminists around the world who are still so ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: @spinifexpress #NotDeadYet Jean Taylor - delighted to be included & read everyone's contributions. Very dense, complex book as it needs to be to reflect WLM in the 1970s onwards. Appropriate book for @spinifexpress to publish ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet other contributors being invited to offer some words too if they would like. Lavender - real feminism via @spinifexpress! "Silly young girls & hairy legged lesbians" is her chapter. She wants city feminists to ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Diane says we need an economics of care. She cites Marilyn Waring on women's work which doesn't count. Her charge in turbulent times: never waste a good crisis, act now! Pursue a wild politics of purpose & ...

July 22nd @ 8:28 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Diane says covid has revealed the structural inequality for women in positions of caregiving who must be heard. Patriarchy devalues care work which feminist philosophers are seeking to bring to light & shift the ...

July 22nd @ 8:27 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Diane describing Jessie Street bringing together a feminist charter & manifesto addressing everything from pay to rights. Why did the charter fail? Didn't have any support from the postwar architects. Women were ...

July 22nd @ 8:27 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Diane Bell OAM feminist anthropologist & social justice advocate in a chilly Canberra which is in need of the grit gathered into this book. Who is the 'all' that is all in it together through the crises of ...

July 22nd @ 8:27 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Betty says as a young woman she didn't know her feminist foremothers but young women today will read this wonderful book & see where their courage has come from!

July 22nd @ 8:27 am |

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RT @feministbirther: #NotDeadYet Betty names Grace Tame, Brittany Higgins, March 4 Justice, friends of Jane (RIP) have not allowed her rape to go unheard. Her memory has not been allowed to fade away. Ms Represented shows the modern day revolution ...

July 22nd @ 8:27 am |