Blog posts by Kate Smurthwaite: 2007
Any lawyers out there?
By Kate Smurthwaite | 31 May 2007, 13:47
I’m sadly not qualified myself, but I still can’t help thinking that it’s probably against the law in the UK to threaten MPs. If, for instance, I started telling MPs that unless they voted in Parliament the way I wanted…
Our Heros - the movie they didn't make
By Kate Smurthwaite | 25 May 2007, 08:56
A very interesting Alternet article looks at the recent Department of Justice study in the US which shows that ex-servicemen commit rape and sexual assault at much higher rates than those who have not served. Funny how the homecoming scenes…
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What women (don't) want
By Kate Smurthwaite | 24 May 2007, 16:06
Imagine taking the very worst of those magazine’s supposedly aimed at women and distilling it in a big vat of misogynist nonsense and then unloading it onto the web. Welcome to Jezebel, the new “women’s” blog from Gawker. I think…
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Newspaper Pulp
By Kate Smurthwaite | 18 May 2007, 08:36
Those F Word readers living in London will not have missed yesterday’s copy of The London Paper which ran with the headline “‘RAPE’ GIRL GRATEFUL FOR SEX, SAYS LAWYER”. Yes I know… And the article goes on to back up…
How Do We Deal With FGM?
By Kate Smurthwaite | 16 May 2007, 07:40
As Louise blogged, there is a rather shocking video out which you can download from IRIN News, the video is linked on the right hand sidebar. It shows how widespread the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) still is and…
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Pornographers Gone Wild
By Kate Smurthwaite | 9 May 2007, 10:39
The latest far-from shocking news to hit the blog-o-sphere is that some of the women featured in the (otherwise extremely high-quality…no really) show “Girls Gone Wild” were co-erced into participation. The more astute of us might have argued we could…
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Pass the bucket…
By Kate Smurthwaite | 5 May 2007, 16:12
…and not so I can put my £5 in it - so I can puke! Today’s question: Is Stripping Feminist?. And today’s answer is: No. Or possibly Oh Please - How Can We Still Be Having This “Debate”? If you…
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