Ovarit Archive

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Woman-to-woman marriage in west Africa: a vanishing tradition of power and agency (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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Technology An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm, sexual violence and terror attacks (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in STEM

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Article The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in Women

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Article China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroad (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensLiberation

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Why thinking about ageing is so complex when you’re a woman in your 20s today (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensLiberation

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Article Modern workplaces were never designed for mothers, and it’s time for that to change (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensLiberation

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‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierce (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in FeministBooks

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Badass The female explorers who braved the wilderness but were overlooked by the history books (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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Why you should revisit the classics, even if you were turned off them at school (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in Books

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Eating disorders don’t just affect teen girls. The risk may go up around pregnancy and menopause too (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHealthLounge

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Amazon’s Goodreads builds community, but breeds division. Indie rival StoryGraph is playing it safe – and gaining ground (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in Books

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Scientists have discovered a 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars (theconversation.com)

posted by Pas_Une_Parisienne in STEM

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Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care – new research (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHealthLounge

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Book Review ‘Faced with the unthinkable, we must fight back’: Gisele Pelicot’s daughter is combating drug-facilitated sexual abuse (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in FeministBooks

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Article Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it’s practised – new study (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensLiberation

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Technology From chatbot to sexbot: What lawmakers can learn from South Korea’s AI hate-speech disaster (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in STEM

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Ancient History Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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Article Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women (theconversation.com)

posted by Elizabelch in WomensLiberation

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Surveillance tech is changing our behaviour – and our brains (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in STEM

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Work and Economics The history of women cyclists – an uphill climb to equality (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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Social media ‘soft girls’ depend on men for money – but Sweden once used state ‘influencers’ to urge women to get jobs (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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From tuxedos to tattoos, Eleanor Medhurst’s Unsuitable traces a hidden history of lesbian fashion (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory

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Weight loss drugs help with fat loss – but they cause bone and muscle loss too (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHealthLounge

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Outer Space Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in STEM

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Badass Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1 in WomensHistory