Estrogen and Tonic

ukrfeminism:

Glasgow streets to be made with women in mind

Lighting is set to be improved in parks and pavements widened to accommodate buggies in Glasgow after it became the first city in the UK to

thetimes.co.uk

Lighting is set to be improved in parks, and pavements widened to accommodate buggies in Glasgow after it became the first city in the UK to adopt a “feminist town planning approach”.

Councillors yesterday backed a motion by Holly Bruce of the Scottish Greens which will see the city make a commitment to making women central to “all aspects of planning, public realm design, policy development and budgets”.

She claimed that streets, parks and buildings have been designed by men for “too long”. Bruce said that shortcomings in design have often been “unintended”, but underlined the need for women to be involved in decision-making.

“Women, and those of marginalised genders, have a right to the city, have a right to not only exist but to flourish in its environment,” she said. “I’m delighted that our motion received unanimous support from across the chamber today and it’s so exciting to consider how much better Glasgow can become with a feminist approach to designing our city.”

The idea will be considered in projects such as the liveable neighbourhoods scheme, which explores the concept of a “20-minute neighbourhood” — which allows people to meet most of their daily needs within a 20-minute return walk from home.

etodderz:

goatmeats:

I was asking myself just now why they have “16 and pregnant” but not “16 and impregnated a girl” but I realized it would be pretty boring to watch a 16 year old boy play video games and go to school and live life as normal

Whoop there it is

notastraightalien:

Listen,,,,Miss Congeniality isn’t about Grace getting a makeover and ~learning to love herself~ it’s about Grace learning to overcome internalized misogyny and realizing that the “airhead beauty queens” are real, important, and brilliant people and that their interest in fashion and makeup doesn’t make them idiots. Grace loved herself the entire movie, with or without the make over; the makeover helped her learn to respect other women.

lanotteseneva:

i understand the whole “it’s offensive to ask a woman if she’s on her period just because she’s nervous” thing but i also think we should start saying more that yes, periods can in fact make you tired and nervous (and you’d be nervous too if you were going on about your daily activities while bleeding and battling with cramps) and maybe instead of making an unfunny joke about it you should try to be more sympathetic towards someone who’s clearly having a difficult day for reasons outside their control. like idk i think i should be able to say “yeah today i’m super tired because my period just started” the same way i’d say “yeah i’m super off today because i slept badly / have a headache / whatever” and have guys just go “okay fair” instead of acting either like i said the most icky and disgusting thing ever or like it’s okay to make an unfunny sexist joke about it

luvdrunk:

can we talk about the way we encourage women to enter stem fields but then do nothing to change what makes stem environments hostile to women

straightwhiteboystexting:

badarzewska-deserves-the-world 

mysharona1987:

yardsards:

thedyke:

also i literally do not care whether you prefer pads or tampons but the fact that in almost every situation where free period supplies are available, they’re tampons, and this is just assumed to be fine (or people like campaigning for “free tampons” rather than “free menstrual products”) upsets me bc there are a lot of people who use pads who cannot use tampons and i don’t understand why tampons are considered not just the default but the only option worth mentioning

also how pad users are seen as unhygienic or childish or less capable/active

i-was-today-years-old-when:

i learned that researchers historically have avoided using female animals in medical studies specifically so they don’t have to account for influences from hormonal cycles. This may explain why women often don’t respond to available medications or treatments in the same way as men do (x)