13 December 2006

Murder of Prostitutes Prompts Fears for "Other" Women

There’s a particularly appalling article on the BBC news site about the recent murders of women in Ipswich. Here’s a prime quote: All five were working as prostitutes but the shock and anxiety has spread to the wider community in… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 13 December 2006

24 November 2006

Women Take Action Against Rape: Event in Bristol This Saturday

Every day, an average of 30 women contact Bristol organisations seeking help for rape/sexual abuse and, last year, there were 225 rapes and 727 other sexual assaults reported to the police in the area. Despite this, Bristol has no rape… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 24 November 2006

13 November 2006

Bristol Domestic Abuse Forum Launches Campaign

A new campaign encouraging men to reject domestic abuse against women is being launched in Bristol. The posters feature the message “Domestic Abuse There’s No Excuse” and show a series of passport images of men and the text: “We don’t… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 13 November 2006

16 October 2006

Feminist Fightback Conference on 21 October

The Feminist Fightback conference will be taking place on 21 October at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London. (Nearest tube stops are Russell Square, Euston and Goodge Street.) This is is a one day activist conference,… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 16 October 2006

6 October 2006

HPV Vaccination Programme Makes Further Progress

Last month, the European Commission licenced Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to prevent HPV infection, for use in girls and women aged 9 to 26. It has now been reported in the national news that the Lancet Medical Journal has… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 6 October 2006

11 August 2006

Girl With One-Track Mind Exposed by Media

The writer of a book of sexual adventures (based on her blog) has had her identity revealed by the Times, just 3 days after the book’s publication. Predictably, the overall tone in the newspapers with regard to Girl with a… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 11 August 2006

30 March 2006

"Equality Kills Feminism"

There have been at least three recent articles in The Guardian commenting on Alison Wolf’s Prospect article about the supposed downside of women’s freedom. We have apparently reached the end of an era where “women of all classes shared the… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 30 March 2006

29 March 2006

Reproductive Rights: Women Pitched Against Each Other (Again)

Catholic Herald editor, Cristina Odone, is in the Guardian today, reminding us that not all anti-abortion activists are violent mentalists or fanatics fired by religious zeal. In fact, she points out (twice) that some pro-lifers might even be our neighbours…. Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 29 March 2006

26 March 2006

More Praise for Macho Man

Yet again, The Times has been bemoaning the apparent decline of traditional manhood. Nirpal Dhaliwal thinks the ascent of the alpha female has led to the rise of the omega male (a “wimp who’s lost touch with his masculinity”) and… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 26 March 2006

23 March 2006

Men! Don't Expect Equality on a Thursday

There’s an article by ex-GQ sex columnist, Kate Taylor, in today’s Guardian, slating Ariel Levy for criticising women who embrace raunch culture. (I’ve not read Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs yet and, though I agree with a lot of what she… Read more...

Posted by Holly Combe at 23 March 2006