Blog posts from October 2007
Powerful women
By zohra moosa | 31 October 2007, 23:38
Do you think there will ever be a day when a woman with power is not seen as a woman first? When it is so common that it is unexceptional, so that gender is as irrelevant as, say, the type…
Calling all pro-feminist/feminist men in London
By Jess McCabe | 31 October 2007, 22:32
This Saturday will see the first meeting of a new group set up for pro-feminist/feminist men in the capital. The group’s founder, Jon, says: “The group has no set objectives as such yet but will hopefully be a supportive environment…
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Deporting rapists doesn't solve anything
By Jess McCabe | 31 October 2007, 13:54
A judge has halted the deportation of 20 year-old Mohammed Kendeh, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in 2003, and has admitted to 11 cases of assault, reports The Metro. Last year, the Home Office tried to deport…
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The Truth Isn't Sexy Art Exhibition
By Laura Woodhouse | 31 October 2007, 10:06
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From moist to Shampoo
By Jess McCabe | 30 October 2007, 22:59
Personally, I just don’t feel any disgust over the word “moist”. But the news that the word rubs women up the wrong way is all over the blogosphere. Dollymix is running a poll, and Pandagon has a great post summing…
Da boch chi, Mind the Gap
By Jess McCabe | 30 October 2007, 22:22
Cardiff-based activist group Mind the Gap! has announced that it is shutting down its blog. Winter posted a message today: After 3 years and 575 posts, we have decided that this blog project has run its course. However, it’s not…
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Classical music to get the Barbie treatment
By Samara Ginsberg | 30 October 2007, 09:20
A colleague of mine was a little confused yesterday when a press release entitled “Classical Music Gets Barbie-fied!” popped into his inbox. It was from Mattel, who are unveiling plans for a UK tour of Barbie at the Symphony, a…
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Should feminists drop our surnames?
By Jess McCabe | 29 October 2007, 13:58
Today’s Guardian carries a very interesting column by Margaret Sandra, who ditched her surname in 1979 as a feminist statement. Of course, the naming conundrum is not new to feminists - if we decide to get married, do we take…
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Abortion Article
By Laura Woodhouse | 29 October 2007, 08:39
Just thought I’d post up the link to the article Abby mentioned at the end of her last post. I wrote it for my university newspaper, but the Editor decided not to publish it. More details on the site, feel…
All 12 year-old girls to get cervical cancer jab
By Jess McCabe | 28 October 2007, 22:57
From September 2008, all 12 year-old girls in the UK will be inoculated against cervical cancer, in a national vaccination programme set to save the lives of 400 women a year, reports The Guardian. The vaccination has caused controversy, particularly…
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The great debate rolls on
By Abby O'Reilly | 28 October 2007, 03:42
Yesterday in The Guardian there was an article by Ben Goldacre which questions the legitimacy of the statistical information used to bolster pro-life arguments. This is one of the most interesting pieces of reporting I have read to date, since…
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Maxim names 'unsexiest' women
By Jess McCabe | 27 October 2007, 22:02
We’re used to men’s mags like Maxim coming out with offensive lists of the ‘hottest babes of 2007’, etc. But now that this sort of thing has just become background-level annoying, they decide to go a little bit further with…
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Getting women to buy insurance…
By Jess McCabe | 27 October 2007, 11:36
I’m divided over this ad for life insurance (I think?), which popped up on AdsOfTheWorld.Com recently. It originally appeared on Belgian television, and the basic premise is a good one - that it’s probably not a very good idea to…
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'Bin the Bunny' t-shirts, DVDs, etc…
By Jess McCabe | 27 October 2007, 10:30
The bunny-based protest in London against Playboy, kicked off when the porn emporium opened a store on Oxford Street, is now selling t-shirts, badges and DVDs. Hop on over to their blog to place orders - I’m getting one of…
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46th Carnival of Feminists up at Cubically Challenged
By Jess McCabe | 27 October 2007, 10:00
The latest feminist carnival is up and ready to read, over at Cubically Challenged. How cool is it that there have been 46 of these Carnivals? As usual, there’s enough tasty reading material for a reader to chow down on…
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Geri Halliwell is not a feminist but…
By Samara Ginsberg | 25 October 2007, 12:56
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is interviewed in The Guardian today. She speaks out about her recent work for the UN and her travels to Zambia in order to draw attention to the plight of pregnant women with limited access…
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Are father-daughter relationships undervalued?
By Abby O'Reilly | 25 October 2007, 04:04
There was an article in The Guardian last weekend (unforutnately I’ve been unable to source it online as of yet) written from the first-person perspective of a woman and her father. Karen Glaser had asked her father to be present…
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Doing it the Traditional Way
By Holly Combe | 24 October 2007, 19:08
How to Have Sex After Marriage is screened on Channel 5 on Wednesday nights and I am very much hoping that tonight’s show turns out to be more progressive than last week’s. The featured couple in trouble were Sarmila and…
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Is it OK for disabled people to go to brothels?, asks BBC
By Laura Woodhouse | 24 October 2007, 13:25
Is it OK for anyone to go to brothels?, I ask. The title of this BBC online magazine article neatly sidesteps what I see as the rather more pertinent question, framing the debate as one of discrimination against disabled people…
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Moaning Lisa - or how computer programmers conceive of female sexuality….
By Louise Livesey | 24 October 2007, 11:42
She looked at me with her motion detectors as I rubbed the piezoelectric sensor between her thighs. Then I spun the potentiometers that jutted out from her chest like nipples. But it wasn’t until I stroked the piezosensor on the…
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The Taleban would love Bob Jones University
By Jess McCabe | 24 October 2007, 11:29
I don’t like to blog stories about Christian fundamentalists in the US. It’s a bit too much like shooting fish in a barrel. But Bob Jones University’s instructions on dress and behaviour for prospective students is so creepy and ridiculous,…
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At a loose end in our fine capital tonight? How about a WANC
By Jess McCabe | 24 October 2007, 10:55
The Women’s Anarchist Nuisance Cafe meets tonight in London to discuss “polyrhythmic living and loving with live music and guest speakers discussing different ways of conducting relationships”. More appealing still, WANC is holding a clothes exchange fundraiser - you bring…
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Abortion used as a form of contraception? Don't make me laugh
By Samara Ginsberg | 24 October 2007, 09:14
As we near the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act, Lord Steel, the Liberal Democrat peer responsible for it, has criticised what he sees as a culture in which women turn to abortion as a form of contraception. Really….
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UN says "Please stop raping women"
By Louise Livesey | 24 October 2007, 08:57
Now don’t get me wrong, the UN does amazing and important work. But I am not sure the way to prevent women’s and girl’s bodies being used as tools of war through rape and sexual assault is to ask nicely….
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Not exactly reclaim the night…
By Jess McCabe | 23 October 2007, 16:42
A Japanese fashion designer has designed a dress which folds out into a vending machine costume. Why, you ask? For women to hide from potential attackers, reports the New York Times. The wearer hides behind the sheet, printed with an…
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Democrats are ugly
By Samara Ginsberg | 23 October 2007, 13:59
You know, it takes a lot to render me speechless, but I think the above might just have managed it. This image is apparently doing the rounds on facebook at the moment. I don’t think I need to point…
The abortion debate hits the cinema
By Samara Ginsberg | 23 October 2007, 13:30
British film-maker Tony Kaye has produced a film entitled Lake of Fire, exploring the American abortion debate, and is the subject of an interview in The Guardian. Kaye comes from an interesting standpoint to discuss the issue as he is…
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Request for help with research project
By Abby O'Reilly | 23 October 2007, 03:21
This is not a usual blog, it is a (cheeky) request for help if at all possible. I am currently involved in a research project investigating the provision of care for people with disabilities. I am looking at Autism and…
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You don't own me
By Jess McCabe | 22 October 2007, 19:27
You know that song “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to… cry if I want to, cry if I want to…”? Well, Hazel from the fabulous Buffy blog Let’s Fold Scarves has tracked down some footage of…
Teachers advised on enforcing the gender divide through reading assignments!
By Jess McCabe | 22 October 2007, 17:19
According to the blog Collected Voices, a leading website for UK teachers is peddling a reading list for 14-15 year olds which splits its recommended books into a section for girls and a section for boys. Unfortunately I can’t find…
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Utilikilt
By Jess McCabe | 22 October 2007, 15:47
One of my favourite bloggers, Twisty from I Blame the Patriarchy, has semi-emerged from a posting hiatus to not-quite-blog about the utilikilt. Utilikilts, it amuses me to report, are nothing but skirts. Big whoop, you say? Well, they have giant…
Astronaut watch
By Jess McCabe | 22 October 2007, 10:20
If the Discovery shuttle launch goes ahead tomorrow, it will be the first time two simultaneous missions have been under the command of female astronauts, reports The Guardian. Retired US Air Force Colonel Pamela Melroy (pictured left), will lead a…
The F Word Podcast - episode two!
By Jess McCabe | 20 October 2007, 17:05
UPDATE: You can now subscribe to The F Word podcast and review it on iTunes. Click here to subscribe. Some months ago, we recorded episode one of our brand new podcast. It’s taken us longer than we thought to record…
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There are more feminists out there than you realise
By Jess McCabe | 20 October 2007, 16:37
When people think about or talk about feminists, there is a tendency to look for the big-names. Whether that be Gloria Steinem or Jessica Valenti of Feministing. Feminist celebrities, in other words. But the worst-told story of feminism is just…
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Storm in a (Vintage) Tea Cup?
By Catherine Redfern | 19 October 2007, 16:40
There’s a really interesting post over at the craft blog Needled. Entitled The Domestic in Drag, the post discusses the issues behind the aspirational, some would say unrealistic worlds portrayed by shows such as Nigella Express and publications such…
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Hating the Man
By Laura Woodhouse | 19 October 2007, 11:29
That delightful old chestnut, “all feminists hate men” came up in my French Feminism class yesterday. A guy was giving a presentation on the first chapter of Simone de Beauvoir’s Seconde Sexe II and said he felt that de Beauvoir…
We missed love your body day…!
By Jess McCabe | 19 October 2007, 10:49
Yesterday was apparently Love Your Body Day. It’s a shame we missed it, but it’s not too late to point you to this presentation by the US feminist group NOW, about the impact of advertising. The whole presentation is really…
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Please, leave Britney be
By Abby O'Reilly | 18 October 2007, 22:18
If you were not familiar with Britney Spears’ music, you will almost certainly be familiar with her press persona. Her face is more often than not splashed across the pages of every women’s glossy magazine on news stands, and…
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No women composers? Pah!
By Samara Ginsberg | 18 October 2007, 20:16
Hot on the heels of Jess’ furious post criticising the latest tidal wave of misogyny from the Daily Mail, I have something of my own to contribute. As a music graduate, a former professional musician and a current music journalist,…
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Low libido? Sniff a used breast pad
By Abby O'Reilly | 18 October 2007, 17:54
Breastfeeding continues to unfairly be a controversial subject. Some people couldn’t be happier at the thought of us exposing our baps on a train to nourish our young, with others believing that the nursing mother should be neither seen…
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In praise of the pill
By Lynne Miles | 18 October 2007, 15:35
This is just a quick follow-on from Abby’s piece yesterday on the new ‘genetic contraceptive’ pill which may become available in the future. I disagree that this is an instance of (are they necessarily male?) scientists medicalising women’s bodies…
More male geniuses?
By Jess McCabe | 18 October 2007, 12:59
There are more male geniuses than female geniuses - and more extremely stupid men than stupid women, according to research reported in the Daily Mail. I say reported, but actually I mean: “leapt on with glee by the Daily Mail”….
How A Baby Is Made
By Jess McCabe | 17 October 2007, 17:05
I feel compelled to draw attention to the illustration used in Abby’s latest post. It is from How A Baby Is Made, a book which unfortunately no longer seems to be available in the UK. The book is aimed at…
Rushdie calls on Dutch government to protect Ayaan Hirsi Ali
By Jess McCabe | 17 October 2007, 16:43
Readers undoubtedly know all about Ayaan Hirsi Ali - the former Dutch MP and advocate for Muslim women’s rights who was forced to flee from the Netherlands to the US in fear for her life. Undoubtedly, as well, readers will…
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Just another way to alter our bodies
By Abby O'Reilly | 17 October 2007, 16:19
A group of Harvard scientists have developed a new “genetic contraceptive” that promises none of the side effects associated with the traditional oral contraceptive pill, according to a report in The Guardian today. This new pill will allegedly make…
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Continuing the Abortion Thread
By Louise Livesey | 17 October 2007, 09:06
A survey released by Marie Stopes has revealed that just over half (52%) of G.P.s believe women should be able to access abortion with the agreement of one doctor (rather than the current two) until 14 weeks of pregnancy. Whilst…
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Pro-choice actions you can take
By zohra moosa | 16 October 2007, 16:06
Following on from Lynn’s post about the current Parliamentary committee hearings on Abortion (which is due to report before Christmas), readers may be interested to know that the Human Tissue and Embryo Bill is due to go through Parliament in…
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The true cost of being fat?
By Lynne Miles | 16 October 2007, 12:50
For better or worse, I’m an occasional participant in WeightWatchers. Sometimes I’m okay with that, sometimes it makes me feel a bit dirty. There’s a whole other blog post or perhaps an article about the trying-to-lose-weight-in-a-feminist-manner issue. But anyway, let’s…
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Feminists are better in bed
By Lynne Miles | 16 October 2007, 11:56
Of course we knew that already. But an article has just been published in the most recent issue of the academic journal ‘Sex Roles’ which has studied the impact of feminism in relationships and the extent to which sexual stereotypes…
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Protecting women from discrimination by… banning them from 'unsuitable' jobs!
By Jess McCabe | 16 October 2007, 10:55
The Chinese government has passed legislation that sets out which jobs are “unsuitable” for women to perform, reports China Daily. It quotes a “senior labour official” as saying, with a notable lack of irony, that this will be an advancement…
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Math is hard!
By Samara Ginsberg | 15 October 2007, 22:22
I pity anybody who missed Beautiful Young Minds last night. This documentary by Morgan Matthews following several phenomenally gifted young mathematicians as they battled it out for the chance to represent Great Britain in the International Mathematical Olympiad was…
Impartiality of abortion enquiry witnesses called into question
By Lynne Miles | 15 October 2007, 18:45
There’s an important committee sitting today. The Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and Technology is beginning an enquiry into developments in science and evidence related to abortion since the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act (the act which is 40…
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Why wind turbines are feminist
By Jess McCabe | 15 October 2007, 15:13
Today is Blog Action Day, which sees tens of thousands of bloggers take a breather from writing purely about, say, vegan recipes, their day-to-day existences, or, um, feminism, to show how environmental issues are relevant to their readerships. Actually, I…
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Sometimes the logic escapes me…
By Louise Livesey | 15 October 2007, 08:54
Apparently feminism is responsible for the deaths of 90 patients in NHS hospitals in Kent. Well according to Melanie Phillips anyway. Now just be prepared for this because you have to use some creativity to get there…. Apparently feminism was…
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Adding insult to, well, insult….
By Louise Livesey | 13 October 2007, 20:57
The High Court, after urging from the Attorney General, have increased the sentences of two men who (separately) raped young girls. Yes, a victory you think, except that they sentences were doubled from 2 to 4 years. One of the…
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And apparently the Fourth Wave is….
By Louise Livesey | 13 October 2007, 20:12
A return to the pre-feminist ideas of modesty and feminine charms. According to writer Wendy Shalit in her new book Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good she argues that the sexual…
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Playboy's insidious creep….
By Louise Livesey | 13 October 2007, 20:03
Cath Elliot has written a Comment is Free piece for the Guardian on Playboy’s intent to sexualise children. And they aren’t alone - Cardiff Council is providing pole dancing classes for children 11 years and upwards (willfully ignoring, one has…
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Can 'female' hormones make you wear women's clothes?
By Jess McCabe | 12 October 2007, 22:42
A trader at the hedge fund SAC Capital is suing another trader for sexual harassment, reports CNBC. This is a really weird case: the trader alleges that his boss(?) required him to take “female hormones” (we must presume this means…
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Lily Allen - role model?
By Samara Ginsberg | 12 October 2007, 09:14
Whilst doing my customary skim-read of the Times website this morning, I saw a standfirst that really annoyed me: We caught up with Lily Allen at Chanel’s Paris salon. Here she talks about Lagerfeld, her weight and being a role…
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Eggs=periods
By Jess McCabe | 11 October 2007, 15:59
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - is such an easy target that we tend to ignore it. But I do get their newsletters in my inbox, and occasionally make the mistake of opening one. This caught…
Doris Lessing scores Nobel prize
By Jess McCabe | 11 October 2007, 13:12
Doris Lessing has become the 11th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, reports The Guardian. Announcing the award, the Swedish academy described Lessing as an “epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has…
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Battle of the blogs
By Samara Ginsberg | 11 October 2007, 13:07
Feministing.com has been nominated for several Bloggers Choice Awards, including Best Political Blog and Best Blog of All Time. But as Jessica Valenti explains, not everybody is happy about this: Apparently this has pissed off a ton of anti-feminists (who…
Italian football club sponsored by 'brothel'
By Jess McCabe | 10 October 2007, 17:16
The Italian football team Trento Calcio 1921 has accepted sponsorship from a local brothel, reports Sky and Spiegel International. The team, based in Trento, in northern Italy, has swapped its reputation for a mere €10,000. Sky says: One offer is…
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Missing the point of a feminist critique of waxing by at least a kilometre (and inventing a 'feminist' critique of tattoos and threesomes that never was)
By Jess McCabe | 10 October 2007, 14:48
Today Regina Lynn posts about the non-event that was her decision to quit shaving her legs for a year, and then start again. But she also links to this ridiculous post which purports to puncture the bubble of the “rising…
Jonathon Coe on the forgotten classics of women's literature
By Jess McCabe | 9 October 2007, 16:34
Virago Press was set up in 1973 to publish work by female writers. Last Saturday in The Guardian, novelist Jonathan Coe drew a rich history of his own love affair with their line of modern classics, which brought back into…
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Don't believe the hype
By Samara Ginsberg | 9 October 2007, 13:10
Deborah Cameron has written a book entitled The Myth of Mars and Venus, published last week by Oxford University Press. As she explains in an interview in The Times today, men and women are all from Earth, but perhaps John…
Epidurals are not mandatory
By Abby O'Reilly | 9 October 2007, 02:11
The article by Zoe Williams in G2 last Friday about her experience of childbirth has received a lot of criticism, owing to the fact that she did by implication suggest that women who do not avail themselves of pain-relief…
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More women on the big chair
By Abby O'Reilly | 9 October 2007, 00:20
When I was a schoolgirl Mastermind was one of those programmes I always thought took precious airtime that could be used by something else, something more interesting. As I became older, I began to realise that the reason I…
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Warner Bros 'will not finance films with female leads'
By Jess McCabe | 9 October 2007, 00:17
The film studio Warner Bros has made an unofficial decision not to finance any more films with female leads, according to Cinema Retro. The story comes from Nikke Finke’s blog for LA Weekly, Hollywood Deadline Daily, where she alleges that…
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Take action on the pay gap
By Jess McCabe | 8 October 2007, 16:53
We all know by now that the gender pay gap is alive and well. It seems like one of those problems it is hard to do anything about, but the Fawcett Society has put together some actions you can…
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US feds fail to defend Alabama's sex toys
By Jess McCabe | 8 October 2007, 16:31
The people of Alabama are no doubt a bit miffed to say the least, as the US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case against the ban on sex toys in their state. As The Decatur Daily reports, the…
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Black European Women's Congress: five tasks for the EU
By Jess McCabe | 8 October 2007, 15:32
Much as we love to do the EU down in this country, it can be quite useful. Especially on issues such as race and gender. Last week saw the first ever Black European Women’s Congress take place in Vienna. This…
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What's it to be - your bottom or your face?
By Samara Ginsberg | 8 October 2007, 13:48
Today’s Times has an article by Lisa Armstrong inspired by Catherine Deneuve’s famous quote that “A 30-year-old woman must choose between her bottom and her face.” It’s funny that - all of the 30-year-old women I know have both bottoms…
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Nicaraguan women dying for the pro-life cause
By Samara Ginsberg | 8 October 2007, 13:44
The Guardian today has a report on the devastating impact of Nicaragua’s new abortion laws. For those not in the know, last November Nicaragua joined Chile and El Salvador as the only countries in the world to have a blanket…
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Thoroughly depressing
By Laura Woodhouse | 8 October 2007, 12:19
An article in yesterday’s Observer magazine on the absence of male teachers in primary schools concludes with some incredibly disheartening remarks from a number of young boys on the roles of men and women: Thomas wants men to teach, but…
Airline refuses to deport refugees
By Jess McCabe | 8 October 2007, 10:35
Although this isn’t specifically a gender issue, I can’t help but draw attention to this piece of good news reported in The Independent. An airline called XL Airways is refusing to take part in the forced removal of failed asylum…
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A right to judge? Says who?
By Abby O'Reilly | 7 October 2007, 17:38
There’s an interesting article in The Guardian today by Louise France discussing the stigma that continues to be attached to abortion. She looks specifically at the introduction of strigent abortion laws in the US, and effectively discusses what this could…
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On Zoe Williams
By Abby O'Reilly | 7 October 2007, 17:17
I posted a blog yesterday about the journalist Zoe Williams, which some of you may have seen. I have removed it, as I found that it was being interpreted in a distinctly offensive way, which was not my intention at…
Women Writing War
By Abby O'Reilly | 7 October 2007, 10:46
The war correpondent is a profession traditionally considered to be pursued by ‘man.’ However, female journalists have, and continue to, travel to the most dangerous war zones in order to report the events. Martha Gellhorn, for example, was a fantastic…
'Daily feminist activities for boys' (and men)
By Jess McCabe | 6 October 2007, 20:15
Are you a man or a boy who would like some instructions on how to make a difference? You could do no better than to check out Laurie Penny’s ‘daily feminist activities for boys’, over at her new blog at…
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New Features! New Reviews!
By Jess McCabe | 6 October 2007, 00:08
Are you based in Edinburgh? If so, get ready to Reclaim the Night on 11 October. Rebecca Heller, who has helped organise the march, explains some of her own conflicts about the concept, and why she thinks it is still…
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The Color Purple, the musical?
By Jess McCabe | 5 October 2007, 14:49
Via AfterEllen, we learn that Chaka Khan, someone I’ve never heard of, is to appear in a broadway version of the Color Purple by Alice Walker. And by broadway, they mean musical. To which the only answer is, who came…
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Should Scotland set its own abortion law?
By Jess McCabe | 5 October 2007, 12:15
The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, is calling for the power to legislate on abortion to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, with the intention of cutting the time-limit on terminations. As a first stage, reports the Scotsman, the Scottish…
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No before and afters, please…
By Jess McCabe | 5 October 2007, 11:47
The blog Elastic Waist is collecting photos which show the “history of our bodies” (via Back in Skinny Jeans). You can see the photos on Flickr. This has the potential to be a really affirming project: We are not interested…
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Meet Joe Francis….
By Louise Livesey | 5 October 2007, 09:44
Although I guess most of us would rather not. Joe Francis is the man who runs Girls Gone Wild. He’s been hit with a lawsuit by two young women who took part in sexual activity on camera for unlawful…
Nights of power
By zohra moosa | 4 October 2007, 22:20
Laylat al-Qadr – the night of power – is considered to be the most powerful night of the year for Muslims. Occurring within the last 10 days of Ramadan, it is believed to be the night that the Qu’ran was…
New Dove film
By Samara Ginsberg | 4 October 2007, 18:20
Dove have produced a new short film in conjunction with the Campaign for Real Beauty: This is a great film and promotes a really important issue - that the cosmetics industry negatively affects young girls as well as grown women….
Inquisitive Children and Accomplished Women
By Holly Combe | 3 October 2007, 19:30
In the midst of the continuing debate surrounding the Dove ads, the latest entry on Bitch PhD is worth checking out. It’s an account of a mother and son talking about the pressure on women to be “pretty,” according to…
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Afghanistan's Next Top Model?
By Jess McCabe | 3 October 2007, 13:59
A local Afghan TV station is broadcasting a low-budget version of ‘America’s Next Top Model’, challenging the traditional attitudes that still hold such sway nearly six years after the Taliban was ousted from power. Yahoo! News reports: Four girls in…
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Sheffield Fems are back!
By Laura Woodhouse | 3 October 2007, 13:04
Sheffield Fems will be meeting every Tuesday from 7pm in the University Arms pub, Western Bank, for discussion, activism and feminist friendship. The group is women only - we wish to foster a supportive space in which we can discuss…
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'Panic' over missing women hits English countryside
By Jess McCabe | 2 October 2007, 16:06
Men living in English villages are in a “panic”, because of the high number of women who are leaving the countryside to live, work and play in big towns and cities, reports The Guardian. A new campaign is aiming to…
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Congrats to the F Word!
By Louise Livesey | 2 October 2007, 10:30
Two congrat mentions to us! (Self congratulatory mode in full swing). Firstly, the new Carnival of Sexual Violence is up here Abyss2Hope and The F Word gets a special mention for Samara’s article I didn’t ask for it. And Jess…
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Getting on my feminist high horse
By Laura Woodhouse | 1 October 2007, 17:43
According to Londonist, some arsehole sticking a camera on his shoes and filming up women’s skirts with the intention of putting the images on the ‘net is really damn funny. Oh, and British women wear shit underwear. Well this woman…
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Congratulations to the German World Cup Team!
By Laura Woodhouse | 1 October 2007, 17:00
Germany won the Women’s World Cup yesterday, beating Brazil 2-0 and managing to ellicit whoops of excitement from my footie loving boyfriend and, no, it had nothing to do with their legs. I know this year’s event has improved…
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Latest Carnival of Radical Feminists out now
By Jess McCabe | 1 October 2007, 16:59
Head on over to Laurelin in the Rain to check out the sixth radical feminists’ carnival. As usual, the carnival opens with Laurelin’s description of what radical feminism means to her, before moving swiftly on to the link-fest. One of…
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Feminism caused by enviromental factors?
By Louise Livesey | 1 October 2007, 09:42
OK, I apologise, it’s such an easy target, but bloggers elsewhere have been arguing that feminism may be caused by plastic production globally! Mrs Elliott seems to truly believe that “hormones from the pill and hormones from our insatiable appetite…
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