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Disrupting Dinner Parties

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Tag Archives: universal childcare

Five Family-Friendly Feminist Fights

27 Sunday Sep 2015

Posted by Kate in Career, Class, Organizing, Parenting, Politics, Uncategorized

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#standwithPP, black lives matter, childcare, dignified wage, family, family leave, family values, feminist, fight for 15, mass incarceration, maternity leave, minimum wage, movement for black lives, paternity leave, planned parenthood, police violence, reproductive health, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, trans, universal childcare

Let’s talk about family values, y’all. I’m not talking about the so called “family values” pushed by the religious right. This isn’t some anti-marriage-equality Focus on the Family nonsense that keeps families from accessing legal rights. And it’s not about pressuring hetero couples to maintain gender norms for the good of the children, nor is it about taking reproductive choices away from people. No, the anti-feminists have falsely laid claim to the political realm of the family for too long.

Families are important, and family values, real family values, are feminist values. To prove it to you, here’s a list of five family-forward policies feminist are pushing for and taking action on–and way that you can join in the work.

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