UN representative says UK has ‘sexist culture’
The UK has a “boys’ club sexist culture”, the UN’s spokeswoman on violence against women has said. Rashida Manjoo is on a visit to the UK, studying its approach to the issue. She described the over-sexualisation of females as “pervasive” and…
The Sun doesn’t merely advise you to name your mammaries; you are also encouraged to tweet pictures of yourself checking your breasts.
But there’s more! The Sun doesn’t merely advise you to name your mammaries; you are also encouraged to tweet pictures of yourself checking your breasts. Jejune prude that I am, I always thought that checking your body for cancer symptoms…
The slippery slope of gender: why shaving and snacking are feminist issues
Gender policing is all about the little things – trying to limit women through rules about beauty and dress and behaviour. But little things become big things, and it’s vital we fight the battles that make a difference. On New…
I hate Strong Female Characters
Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath genius. Female characters get to be Strong. On New Statesman: Pepper Potts, in a screengrab from Iron Man…
Sunday feminist roundup (13th April 2014)
And here’s what else I’ve been reading this week. – The Government has a women problem – and its down to the feminist men to fix it (the guardian) – Fox News Hails Doctor Who Said Gay Rights Lead to…
Shock news: Nipples feed babies!
“For 43 years the only nipples exposed in mainstream media have been those attached to the large firm breasts of teenagers and young women displaying them provocatively on Page 3 of the Sun, for the sole purpose of male sexual…
A lack of mothers in the cabinet is bad for everyone – not just lefty feminists
In the tumultuous few days after Maria Miller had delivered her grudging apology to the House of Commons and before she realised she had no option but to resign as culture secretary, a number of people opined that Cameron was…
Men’s rights activist launch another offensive poster campaign
A new poster campaign by men’s rights activists has caught people off guard in several cities across Canada. “Just because it’s your baby doesn’t mean it’s your trash,” the poster reads under the image of a dumpster. “Women can stop…
Sunday feminist roundup (6th April 2014)
- In Brief: American school district preaches sexually active girls are like ‘dirty chocolate’ (lipmag) – “Why doesn’t she just leave him?”: The result of false narratives on women’s lives (everydayvictimblaming) – Consent in Institutional Sexism (everydayvictimblaming) – Study suggests…
Back to the Fifties: why women’s rights are being chipped away
We’re 14 years into the 21st century, yet hard-won women’s rights are slowly being chipped away. It’s starting to resemble the Fifties all over again. Tanya Gold asks what’s going on… On Stylist Magazine. (Wouldn’t be my first click for…
Leading men age vs. leading women age (#HollywoodSexism)
Richard Gere: younger women in all but one film. Yesterday, Kristen Stewart fell out of the con-artist comedy Focus after Will Smith replaced Ben Affleck as the male lead; according to Variety, she was nagged by “the feeling that…
Twelve Things the #nomorepage3 Campaign Is NOT
Photo: Jack Fletcher I have never seen so much confusion surrounding a campaign than ‘No More Page 3′ (NMP3). Yes, I am young and not world weary, but as a supporter of the cause I have certainly grown weary of…
“I do consider “rape culture” to be a useful and accurate way …
I do consider “rape culture” to be a useful and accurate way of describing the way in which sexual violence has been normalized and sexualized in our culture. There is simply no denying that, when we see male students “joking”…
“Crying wolf”: Why don’t the police believe women?
On Feminist Times: In December 2012 Naomi Oni was attacked with acid on her commute home from work by a jealous friend. The fear, pain and panic of this horrific attack are difficult to comfortably contemplate. Unfortunately for Naomi, this was only the…
Exposed: Outrageous Gender Bias Rife in News Industry
On alternet: According to the Women’s Media Centre (WMC), male journalists dominate the U.S. news industry, receiving 63 percent of byline credits across almost all media sectors compared to just 37 percent for women. In conducting the research, the WMC examined 20 of the…
“The attitude is: these girls are lucky to be at this party.
“The attitude is, ‘these girls are lucky to be at this party,’” Friedman says. “That inherent power dynamic feeds right into rape culture.” Sexual assaults like the one detailed by the brave anonymous Harvard student happen when men feel entitled…
“You’re such a nice girl, why aren’t you married?”
I’ve posted these before, but I get a kick out of them every time. On feministtimes: Conceptual Photographer Suzanne Heintz explains her “Life Once Removed” project, after it went viral online. What would drive you to pack a family of…
"Leftists who otherwise pride themselves on analyzing systems…
Leftists who otherwise pride themselves on analyzing systems and structures of power, can turn into extreme libertarian individualists on the subject of pornography. The sophisticated, critical thinking that underlies the best of left politics can give way to simplistic, politically…
"The gender wage gap has only closed by 1.7 percentage…
The gender wage gap has only closed by 1.7 percentage points over the last decade, compared to 3.1 points the decade before and 9.7 the decade before that. – Via Feminist Law Professors: That’s the depressing news from this article…
Feminist History Lesson: Who Gloria Steinem Is And Why She’s An Awesome Role Model
Feminist History Lesson: Who Gloria Steinem Is And Why She’s An Awesome Role Model (upworthy):