Posted on 12/08/2018 5:42:28 AM PST by rickmichaels
NYC birder Molly Adams, 26, is leading the nation’s first-ever network of Feminist Bird Clubs to provide a “safe opportunity” for womxn, LGBTQ, and gender-nonbinary folks to practice bird-watching free from the constraints of the patriarchal world.
Founded in 2016, the first Feminist Bird Club was launched in Manhattan by Molly Adams, who graduated from Stony Brook University with a master’s in marine science and who now works for the Wildlife Conservation Society in NYC.
Since the NYC club’s inception, Adams boasts of active chapters in NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Buenos Aires, all of which host monthly or weekly bird-watching treks. (Chapters are also currently being organized in Michigan and the San Francisco Bay Area).
The Feminist Bird Club describes itself as an “inclusive bird watching club dedicated to providing a safe opportunity to connect with the natural world ... while working to protect the rights of all womxn, non-binary folks, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.”
Not only that, but members have also successfully fundraised for Planned Parenthood ($300), Black Lives Matter ($4,600), and the New York Abortion Access Fund ($1,000), among a few other nonprofits.
Next year, the club will sell birding patches to benefit another nonprofit, and is currently looking for illustrators to create a new design. PJ Media reached out to Adams to ask why an explicitly feminist approach is necessary for birding, but she declined to respond.
“Raising money is just one small thing we can do, but I look forward to seeing how much we can donate to another organization next year,” wrote Adams in an October 26 newsletter.
The club recently hosted its most well-attended birding event yet.
>>Another aTtEnTiOn getter. Hey, look at MEEEEEEEEE!!! I’m in a special birding group that you aren’t allowed into.
Does her employer know that she openly discriminates?
Has anyone made a civil rights charge yet?
#BakeTheCake
Say Hi, Michelle ... !!
This sounds like a Portlandia sketch.
LOL. Good one. :D
Chicks with something extra maybe.
"The fantasy never stops."
Reality is now like satire. This could be a ‘South Park’ episode.
Of course that doesn't mean that all birdwatchers are Communists.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/cock-of-the-rock/images-videos
Sounds like a bunch of XX loonies, making trouble where there really isn’t a problem. I am an avid birdwatcher and I’ve never felt the need for “Intersectionality” or whatever the heck they are nattering about. Just need a good pair of binoculars and a spotting scope. The heck with these idiots trying to sully a great hobby.
Hmmm....New York. Maybe they should take a trip west and check out Lewis’ Woodpecker and Clark’s Nutcracker.
“... inclusive bird watching club..”
Interesting study on the word “inclusive”, when the first thing they boast of is exclusive.
These asshats don’t know which way the wind is blowing.
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