Blog posts by Suzi FemAcadem: 2009
Time to call out another privilege……
By Suzi FemAcadem | 30 April 2009, 20:55
And of course the privilege I am speaking of, is Thin Privilege. Edited to add: Anji from Shut up, Sit down, has also blogged about Thin Privilege, and you can find her post here I have to say, I agree…
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Fat is the new Folk Devil
By Suzi FemAcadem | 18 April 2009, 09:22
So the Department of Health is continuing it’s relentless assault upon those of us, who are just bad citizens for not being automatically skinny. The latest campaign in their series of adverts designed to make fat people todays folk devil…
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Maternity leave- will this help?
By Suzi FemAcadem | 6 April 2009, 10:51
The BBC recently reported on proposed changes to maternity leave, designed, apparently to make it more equal. These changes, would see paid maternity leave cut from nine months, to six months, with Fathers allowed to take 4 months before the…
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Porn, Parents and the responsibility argument.
By Suzi FemAcadem | 1 April 2009, 23:00
So like Laura I’ve been watching the Channel 4 Sex Education Show. Whilst I found Tuesday nights installment troubling due to a) the overwhelming and unbearable heteronormative aspect of it, and b) the ridiculous giggling and immaturity of the presenter,…
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The whole Jacqui Smith thing…….
By Suzi FemAcadem | 31 March 2009, 19:30
So, I’m uber excited to be guest blogging here and I’ve spent the past few days panicking about what on earth my first post should be about. Then the whole row about the Home Secretary’s expenses blew up and I’ve…
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