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Glastonbury 2014: Dolly Parton has never been more real

Here’s a fantastic rebuttal to Graham Linehan’s tweets at the weekend. I have seldom been so disappointed with one individual as I was when I followed Linehan for about two weeks on twitter and realis...

#feminismisdead: “Feminism would be a lot more popular if…”: Unpacking a misogynist fallacy

Here’s an excellent post on fwsablog.org.uk about the ways in which feminists have to justify their beliefs, principles and actions to those who “disagree” with feminism or who find it “objectionable”...

#research: Two thirds of women in the US have been street harassed

I’m surprised, really, that it’s as low as 65%. That could be indication of how normalised and “acceptable” street harassment has become. From feministing:A new study commissioned by Stop Street Haras...

#research: One third of Britons ‘admit being racially prejudiced

One third of Britons ‘admit being racially prejudiced’So the percentage of people who admit to being “somewhat” racist hasn’t changed hugely in 30 years (but that’s a fascinating finding in itself – s...

#research: Women use misogynistic terms on Twitter almost as often as men

A content analysis of tweets reveals that (1) misogynistic terms are frequent on twitter and they seem to be normalised (2) such terms are as likely to be used by women as men (assuming gender is easi...

#research: Gender language differences: women interrupted more

Interesting methodology and findings. Emphasis added. […]Recent research, though, suggests that the most important variable is not the sex of the person doing the talking, but that of the pers...

#research: Sexual Assault on the College Campus

From the discussion. (I have the full paper if anyone wants it.) Scholarship on violence against women has proposed offense-specific explanations arguing that traditional criminology is insufficient ...

#vivelafeminism: Feminists aren’t ‘man-haters’ – we just don’t like men who are sexist

From time to time, I’ll respond at length to comments left on my pieces here in the column. Mostly, I’ll choose substantive and thoughtful comment to address, but this first time is different. During ...

#feminismisdead: What you’re doing, Ms. Schlafly

What you’re doing, Ms. Schlafly, is contributing to something very disturbing I see happening with some of the teenage girls I know. At a time in their lives when they should be free, independent, and...

#maleficentmisogyny: Feminism is the new misogyny: On ‘Belle Knox feminism’ and the new backlash

This just in from the backlash: everything is feminism’s fault and we are the real woman-haters. You knew that, didn’t you? That it was not men, but women — and not just women, but feminists — who we...

#feminismisdead: Rape Culture is Very Real; We Are Not Hysterical

Don’t read the Time article unless you are particularly strong of stomach. I think I can speak for many people when I say reading the Time article ”It’s Time to End ‘Rape Culture’ Hysteria” by Caroli...

#research: Victim Blaming Others: Rape Myth Acceptance and the Just World Belief

This is an interesting study published in the journal of Feminist Criminology recently. It’s the about the extent to which rape myths are accepted (i.e. rape is normalised and excused) if individuals ...

#research: The bottom line is that saying there are differences in male and female brains is just not tru

The bottom line is that saying there are differences in male and female brains is just not true. There is pretty compelling evidence that any differences are tiny and are the result of environment not...

A Very Sick Irony: Women’s Anti-Violence Demonstration in Sweden Turns Violent According to multiple left-wing Swedish news sources, the group of feminists were attacked at 1am, leaving a “Recl...

A Very Sick Irony: Women’s Anti-Violence Demonstration in Sweden Turns Violent According to multiple left-wing Swedish news sources, the group of feminists were attacked at 1am, leaving a “Recl...

Someone says feminism is dead. Again. This old chestnut. It hasn’t been right before and it’s not right now. […] The Washington Times article draws on a poll by the Economist/Yo...

Someone says feminism is dead. Again. This old chestnut. It hasn’t been right before and it’s not right now. […] The Washington Times article draws on a poll by the Economist/Yo...

YES, WE DO STILL NEED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Over on the quickhits earlier, I posted this link. It was to a piece in the Indy today, entitled, "To those who can’t see the point of International Women’s Day: you are the very reason it exists". We...

#research: Violence against women: an EU-wide survey: main results report

This FRA survey is the first of its kind on violence against women across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). It is based on interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were asked abo...

#research: New study finds that drinking doesn’t cause sexual aggression, predators target drunk women

A new study backs up what feminists have been saying for approximately ever about the relationship between drinking and rape. Namely, that alcohol–despite its impressive powers–neither magically turns...