The fourth wave of feminism seems to be A Thing now and it’s all about the technology. (I’m not as clear on the rebellion claims.) On theguardian: The campaign for women’s liberation never went away, but this year a new swell built up and broke through. Since the early summer, I’ve been talking to feminist…
Fantastic. Pay these people more (say, 11% more) because they sure do deserve it. They have an uncanny understanding of social issues. “Thank you for your email of today regarding Page 3 girls in the Sun. While I understand that some people are offended at seeing naked breasts, this particular page is something of a…
An indisputable trend now, I would say: New research has revealed that many teachers are becoming increasingly concerned about the sexualisation of children, with a growing number of their pupils displaying behaviour that they view as inappropriate. A team at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust in Liverpool interviewed 22 teachers from primary, secondary and special…
Apologies for radio silence. I have been moving my site around (to independent hosting) and installing wordpress.org. The way I said that, you would think that I had a clue what I meant. I don’t. My mate – who works in that industry (he’s a transponster) – did it for me. I just asked him…
From alternet: Human trafficking is a serious problem in the United States that is complex and frequently misunderstood. The sensationalist trafficking narrative commonly depicted in the media and by activists has been fraught with exaggerated data and themes, which has often detracted from potential remedies. A new report released Wednesday by the Polaris Project helps to humanize the issue…
From commentisfree: Separate but equal; where have we heard that before? Apartheid South Africa is no metaphor for anything else, but women of my generation and all those before were told over and over again that the sexes are different “but equal”, as an excuse for excluding them from places they didn’t belong: they should be…
On theguardian: High-profile cases in Rochdale and recent reports into gangs suggest that the sort of girls who are harrassed and abused are weak and friendless, girls whose chaotic homes lives leave them vulnerable. Yet, while law-abiding parents are reading these stories as if they are missives from Mars, harassment and sexism has become an…
“If young people don’t “get” consent, it’s not because consent itself is confusing; as the report states, “young people’s understandings of consent in the abstract are relatively clear”. The trouble comes when such understandings are applied to real life situations, whereupon “gendered codes of behaviour and victim blame change how [young people] make sense of…
From commentisfree: We have known for some time that the number of convictions for rape and sexual assault are only the tip of the iceberg. Now, thanks to a survey of more than 15,000 women and men across Britain, we have a clearer idea of the true scale of the problem. In Britain one woman…
On the feministtimes: This piece by Pakistani activist Samreen Shahbaz was exclusively sent to Feminist Times by Women Living Under Muslim Laws. It is also published on their website, as part of their 16 Days coverage. In January 2005, Dr. Shazia Khalid was raped by member of the Pakistan Army in a remote area of Baluchistan…