Misogynistic Advertising Walk of Shame: The Victoria Secrets Barcode Puzzle Box

So, I'm way behind the times on these ads since they apparently date back to the summer of 2011. They have, however, just appeared in my FB news feed via Any-Body, who are an organisation well worth following. These ads are so disturbing that I'm not quite sure where to start. Victoria's Secret having been pushing the boundaries of television and advertising for several years now making the sexualisation and objectification of women's bodies mainstream...

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@Daniel Tosh: Perpetuating Rape Culture

Rape jokes are Patriarchal silencing techniques. People who laugh at rape jokes are those who haven't thought about the consequences of their laughter on rape victims and rape culture and those who don't think rape matters. Increasingly, I'm beginning to believe that its the second group who are the most numerous.So, here's a bit old hint: if you laugh at jokes about rape, you are perpetuating rape culture. You tell rapists that its okay to rape;...

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Misogynistic Advertising Walk of Shame: Sheba. You Know, The Cat Food.

First of all, Eva Longoria should NOT be dancing in a cat food commercial. She's a talented actress and this is a pile of misogynistic pooh. But, seriously, who thought this up? She's basically doing a strip tease for her cat. I mean, I love my cat but I don't strip for her as a pre-dinner show. She's a cat. She just wants to eat. At no point, did she sign up for a lap dance. But, hey, if we can't objectify women's bodies during a cat food commercial, when can we?  Welcome to the Patriarchy: where even cats deserve the right to objectify...

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Look! More Offensive Clothing. This Time For Babies.

I love Twitter. Where else would I come across such examples of sartorial elegance for babies. Well, I didn't find them. It was @OSLioness who found them on Amazon. Available hereAvailable HereNow, I know Mumsnet has an undeserved reputation for judginess, but I'm going to have to hoick up my judgey-pants here. If you put your kid in one of these, I'm going to assume you're a nincompoop.&nb...

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Dearest Vagina, Once Again I have Failed You.

Dearest Vagina,Once again I have failed you. I have previous form for neglecting you. I neither shave you nor vajazzle you. I refused to purchase the completely bizarre "smoothethegroove" in order to make you look more fuckable to men who are stupid. Unfortunately, and I think this goes without saying, I will also not be buying the 18 Again cream which is supposed to make you "tighter" and resemble the vagina of a virgin. It doesn't matter if the...

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Some Brilliant Feminist Bloggers Smashing The Patriarchy

I'm assuming that most people who read my blog have already read most of the blog posts I've collated below. After all, if you're reading my blog you're probably A) a feminist B) pro-choice C) have access to the internet. So, this is more about me not losing the links to these blogs than it is anything else. Unless you haven't read them, it which case you should. Huge triggering warnings though. If you do read, please be safe.Mother Jones: Men Defining...

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The One Where I Publicly Thank Jeremy Clarkson For Proving My Point

Who knew there'd actually be a day when I'd have to thank Jeremy Clarkson for anything? He is a misogynistic arsewipe of epic proportions whose "opinions" are merely abusive and arrogant twaddle. Why he's given a public platform for anything is beyond me. Nor do I get the obsession with cars in general. Yes, they are useful for travelling with small children and assorted paraphernalia, moving furniture and lugging groceries. Other than that, they...

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Normalising Rape Culture in Toddlers: The Lock Your Daughter Up T-Shirt

I regularly get told I'm over-thinking things. Hell, my mother just told me so at dinner when I was holding forth about superinjunctions and confidentiality agreements. I think they are nothing more than Patriarchal tools to permit rich, white men to sexually abuse women whilst giving those women no recourse in law. Apparently, this was over-thinking the issue.  Anyway, we were at the St Johns Craft Fair. I may have mentally spent about £18...

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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Still Reinforcing Cultural Femicide

I think its fairly self-evident that I love reading; certainly anyone who follows me on twitter is bombarded daily with my witterings on my favourite books. I also love the Edinburgh International Book Festival but, every year, I am disappointed by how white male-centric the festival is. This year is no different. I complained here about the official catalogue which made it pretty self-evident how few women would be speaking at the Festival; and,...

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Jezebel Remembers It's a Feminist Organisation

I was complaining about Jezebel's bizarre understanding of feminism the other day. I was in a full-on righteous rage about their inability to understand the political and cultural context of the so-called sex entertainment industry. I questioned their feminist credentials. Well, actually, I rubbished them. Then they published Listen Up Ladies, Everything Real Men Think Is Wrong With You which is a fucking brilliant feminist anthem. These are some of my favourite highlights:First of all, I am neither an empty man-socket nor a fucking venus flytrap....

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Women Against Rape Seem To Have Forgotten We Are Supposed To Be Fighting The Patriarchy

Twitter Feminists are doing a very good job of dismantling the anti-woman rhetoric written by Women Against Rape in the Guardian today. The article is a pile of victim-blaming, rape excusing twaddle from two women who should know better: Katrin Axelsson and Lisa Longstaff. Any woman who writes this is victim-blaming:It seems even clearer now, that the allegations against him are a smokescreen behind which a number of governments are trying to clamp...

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Ode to the Doom Cats

This is written by lovely friend Philippa Molloy. It refers to a joke on Mumsnet many, many months ago; a joke which still makes me smile.Ode to the Doom CatsI am a doom cat of cognative dissonanceFuck off, fuck off you awkward feministsI see its my right to be marginalised or terrorisedJust cos my genitals don't hang on the outside.So what if I want to cook meals for my manIgnoring the fact that if thats what I wantFeminism says I canI am a doom cat of cognative dissonanceDon't make me feel awkward you nasty feminis...

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So, Prince Harry Got Naked in Vegas and I'm Supposed to Care about HIs Right to Privacy

As ever, I think the media, and the all dipsticks in a frenzy over this, have got themselves mixed-up in some sort of David-Bowie-inspired-Labyrinth debacle. This isn't about the constraints on the British Press which prohibit them from invading the privacy of the Royal Family. This debate should be about everyone's right to privacy. No one should find pictures of themselves being drunk, stupid and naked on the web; even over-entitled white boys with some serious privilege issues. And, let's be honest here, the media sources making po-faced statements...

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Oh, More Rape Apologists Whinging About Poor Ickle Sexual Predators Lives Being Ruined

I think Savannah Dietrich is a pretty incredible teenager. Having been sexually assaulted by two teenage boys, she took the very brave stand of publicly naming and shaming them despite the fact that it was technically illegal for her to do so. Now, I'm a huge fan of the juvenile justice whose entire purpose is supposed to be the rehabilitation and education of young offenders. I think many teenagers end up caught in the system due to the failings of the adults responsible for them. I think sealing juvenile records and keeping their names from public...

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The Hypocrisy of Left Wing Right-On Dudes.

Left-wing men are the worst hypocrites for normalising violence against women. You expect misogyny from right-wing conservatives who are anti-abortion, slut-shaming arsewipes. But, it's those men who think they are the Dude who are the real problem in rape culture. It's celebrities like Leonardo Dicaprio and Colin Farrell who hang out at the Playboy mansion who normalise the patriarchal construction of women as fucktoys. It's Hugh Hefner who thinks...

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Pussy Riot: whose freedom, whose riot?

BY HUB NEWSFEEDPlease reblog this radical feminist analysis of the Pussy Riot controversy. [via RadFem Hub]Recently there has been lots of noise around the arrest of three members of Pussy Riot, a Russian anarchist female punk band. The media almost unequivocally represented them as the modern heroines of our time, fighting for freedom, democracy, sexual liberation and peace against a dark and ruthless dictatorship (articles are to be found in the NYT, Le...

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Pussy Riot: Gender, Free Speech, Benevolent Sexism and "Western" Hypocrisy?

I've been following the legal trials of Pussy Riot for several months now. I've been increasingly uncomfortable about the directions the press has taken with this case and with the level of celebrity endorsement, particularly on the issue of free speech. Whilst I do think this issue is fundamentally about the right to free speech, I don't think it is the right to free speech that the media suggests. I have always felt that the right to free speech...

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