So, today when I was mansplained…
… I alternated between frustrated, angry, and amused every couple of seconds. Eventually I settled on ignoring him until he gave up. “Mansplaining“ is an Internet slang term used to […]
Tag Archives: privilege
Bigger. Fatter. Horribler
I was really shocked the other night when I watched two minutes of “Bigger, Fatter, Gypsier” on Channel 4. I was flicking around stations and was stopped by the horror […]
In brief: cultural snow: the sins of the sons
Via the inimitable cultural snow: the sins of the sons. Grammar aside, is this not a very good question?
The Real Face Of Rapists (Trigger Warning)
Please read this. All of it. Now tell me again how I’m supposed to “avoid” being rape, stop putting myself in danger, stop wearing those rapey sorts of clothes etc. […]
In brief: child brides
(Trigger warning.) Photo caption: “Whenever I saw him, I hid. I hated to see him,” Tahani (in pink) recalls of the early days of her marriage to Majed, when she was […]
Calm down, dear. Fuck off, toerag.
Yes, I know Osama Bin Laden was killed today or yesterday or overnight but I have a feeling that’s been done to death (pun intended) at this stage. Frankly, I’m […]
What I’ve been reading – burka ban, budget 2011, Ivory Coast horrors, and US revisionist history
Ok, yes, I possibly have been on the Interbets all week. Here’s some of what’s been happening: It’s quite unbelievable, still, that France passed the “Ban on the Burka” law last week, but […]
What I’ve been reading – Willets, “virginity tests”, acid violence, and slut-shaming
If only I could spend all day online reading blogs, I would. I can’t, so I can only give you what I see. Recently: David Willets: feminism has held back […]
What I’ve been reading – French ads, men against rape, condoms in Uganda, and Nigerian traffickers
Where to start. It’s been a busy week in the blogoshere. There’s been a lot to talk about. In no particular order: The iconography of French advertising (theillusionists). This is a discussion of […]
Naughty little peers, they are
I’m only really posting this because it makes me laugh. Not because I care enormously about it one way or t’other. Peers respond to cash allegations Two of the Labour […]
