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You Stand On Her Shoulders | Olivia Starling | Substack
Daily Stories on Hidden Women Inventors, Pioneers, Heroes, and Leaders the Patriarchy doesn't want you to know about. Click to read You Stand On Her Shoulders, by Olivia Starling, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.You Stand On Her Shoulders
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
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Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.
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#News #Women #Health #Florida #Law #Pregnancy #Medicine #Doctors #Courts #Legal
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men.
“This technology disrupts humanities-trained—largely Democratic—voters, and makes their economic power less. And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters....”
#ai #humanities #women #feminism #democracy #palantir
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.The New Republic
"According to the code, men are allowed to beat their wives as long as they do not use 'obscene force', defined as causing fractures, wounds or visible bruises, which the wife must prove in court."
#women #Taliban #Afghanistan #violence #WifeBeating #misogyny
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"'A little anger and a few beatings won’t kill you. Islam allows a man to beat his wife if she disobeys him, to discipline her. Go, and don’t come again asking for divorce over such things.’ ...
A new criminal code given to courts last year – and publicised in January – has gone further by permitting violence against women and preventing them from seeking justice."
#women #Taliban #Afghanistan #violence #WifeBeating #misogyny
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"When Farzana went on to describe the attack she had recently suffered, she said the judge asked whether she had proof of the abuse.
When I said no, he told me: 'You were young and enjoyed your husband. Now that he is getting older you are making excuses to divorce him so you can marry someone else. Go back, you have a nice husband, live with him.'"
#women #Taliban #Afghanistan #violence #WifeBeating #misogyny
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The shocking level of physical violence against women permitted under the Taliban’s new laws has been revealed this week by the case of a woman in northern Afghanistan, who said she was beaten with a cable wire by her husband and told by a judge: 'You want a divorce just because of that? … A little anger and a few beatings won’t kill you.'”
~ Zahra Joya, Tom Levitt, and Ziba Balkhi
#women #Taliban #Afghanistan #violence #WifeBeating #misogyny
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‘A few beatings won’t kill you’: judge rejects divorce request of woman abused by husband in Afghanistan
Under new Taliban laws, a husband is allowed to beat his wife as long as it is not done with ‘obscene force’, which the woman must prove in courtZahra Joya (The Guardian)
Columbia's report was prompted by a 2023 ProPublica investigation that revealed how the university protected a predator who abused more than 1,000 patients during his nearly 25-year career.
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#Columbia #University #Doctor #Health #Medicine #Women #SexualAbuse #Education #HigherEd
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.Hannah Whitaker (ProPublica)
Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, the school is acknowledging a culture of silence that allowed the abuse to continue and some school administrators are finally facing consequences.
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#News #Columbia #University #Doctors #Health #Women #Medicine #SexualAbuse #Education #HigherEd
Report Confirms Columbia Ignored Decades of Doctor’s Sexual Abuse
Columbia commissioned the report after ProPublica’s investigation into how the university protected former OB-GYN Robert Hadden. The school also announced the resignation of two top doctors who were involved in allowing Hadden to continue practicing.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
“The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. FRANCE 24’s Charli James speaks with acclaimed American cartoonist Alison Bechdel about the true story behind the test and how she uses humour to empower the #queer community in the Trump era.
#AlisonBechdel #TheBechdelTest #movies #gender #LGBTQ #women
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Alison Bechdel on 'The True Story of the Bechdel Test' • FRANCE 24 English
“The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. Now, acclai...YouTube
New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings
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In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.
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#News #NewYork #NYC #Columbia #University #Doctor #SexualAssault #Women #Law
