Bitch drags out the "Hairy, Man-Hating Lesbian" Trope. #LeSigh > with update

I'm really, really tired of the supposed joke "I'm a feminist, just not the hairy, man-hating Lesbian kind". It creates a dichotomy between 'good' and 'bad' feminists wherein Lesbians in possession of their body hair, who are by default man-haters, are 'bad' feminists. It's thoughtless, reductive, and, to be perfectly blunt, it's lesbophobic.  Feminist Borgia has written an excellent critique of the concept which I highly recommend...

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Why I'm Boycotting Madame Tussauds

 Yesterday, I read a blog written by my friend @LUBBOttom on the silencing of the voices of women with disabilities within the feminist movement entitled "white, cis and silenced". I have read the piece multiple times but still haven't processed it fully because I keep getting to this paragraph and am not able to express a coherent thought due to rage: Funfairs and theme parks, which once used to be accommodating to people with wheelchairs...

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What about the women? The existence of Brothels in Nazi Concentration Camps

This is a response to a post at Everyday Whorephobia called "When the State Traffics Women". I posted a brief response on the blog itself [which is currently in moderation]* but I wanted to write a longer response. Women's history is something I am very passionate about and this particular topic is something I am quite familiar with. Whilst I am glad more women are writing about this topic, I do have some reservations about some of the conclusions within this piece. Sexual violence and rape were common during the Holocaust. The fact that these...

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Silent Sunday : Inspiring Blogs written by women

Three Concerns about Cameron's Porn Plans at We Mixed our DrinksPorn is only damaging when its not Murdoch Porn at Week WomanDishing about PIV at Women WarriorsLabelling a state of being at One Woman's ThoughtsWhy I support criminalising rape porn at Close the LoopholeHere's what's wrong with hijab tourism and your cutesy modesty experiments at MsMuslamicConversations about beauty and beauty privilege need to be intersectional at Gradient LairThe...

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Feminists are actually human shocker

You'd think this was only directed a the arsewipes at a Voice for Men and the rape apologists hanging out at the ironically named Good Men Project but it seems a number of actual self-defining feminists are struggling with this too.  So, here's the point: Feminists make mistakes too. We are human and we make mistakes.  Holding the entire feminist movement accountable for a mistake one feminist made ten years ago is deeply stupid. Holding...

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Why I want Boudicca on the £10 #banknote.

Well, to be completely honest, I've never actually had an opinion on who should be on the #banknotes since I have never actually noticed who was on them. But, that's the beauty of feminism: we aren't the Borg. Feminism is full of brilliant and inspiring women who question everything. We need campaigns like #banknotes and Everyday Victim Blaming and the Name Equality Campaign as much as we need Rape Crisis, Women's Aid and Women Under Siege. So,...

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We will not succeed by silencing dissent.

I have been contemplating whether or not to publish this post since the incident described below happened. I have erred on the side of not publishing hoping that things will change but they haven't. If anything, things are getting worse.I was reminded of the incident in an email conversation with Jane Fae where I mentioned how distressing I found the situation and then said: We will not succeed by silencing dissent. Jane quoted me in a blog she wrote for the F-Word UK which is what led me to decide to publish this piece. The below post has...

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Twitter #FeministLoveins : Celebrating Sisterhood!

I've written recently about the negative aspects of twitter with the online bullying, cliques and some, frankly, ridiculous behaviour.   Sometimes I focus so much on the negative and worrying about being trolled that I miss the good stuff. This week I have had several really inspiring conversations with women on 3 continents. I've discussed pornography, reality television, rape, racism, children, cats and women's literature.  I forget...

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#DickheadDetox : Tim Lott's Ode to Domestic Violence in the Guardian

As the lovely Glosswitch stated on twitter earlier this week, the Guardian have managed to find the only literate MRA and have given him a job. Like Glosswitch, I've only recently come across Lott The Arsewipe but he's like every other misogynistic fucknugget whinging about his penis and why women refuse to kowtow to it. Lott belongs on the #DickheadDetox for a number of reasons starting with insulting his wife in the national press, whining...

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OK Magazine: Still Hates Woman

OK Magazine: continuing it's policy of woman-shaming. I'm not surprised OK Magazine ran this cover.  I'm angry. Sad. Depressed. Mostly angry. How dare they treat a woman like this. It doesn't matter what woman because none of us deserve this. I am surprised at how many people seem shocked by OK Mag running this as their cover. It's not like OK Mag ever write anything positive about women.  All of their articles are about women being too...

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Louise Mensch is a professional troll but why do we find her so surprising.

I genuinely don't know what to say about Louise Mensch anymore. I know she is a troll by profession but her recent tweets have been shocking. At least, I've always assumed she was a professional troll, along with Dr. Christian, but I am at a loss for words to describe her recent tweeting. If she were a friend, I would be worried about her. I cannot decide if she's actually quite dim with moments of brilliance or if she genuinely lacks the empathy to even attempt to understand the lives of people who aren't wealthy and white like her. The idea that...

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Feminism, Racism, Misogyny, and Privilege

I started this blog post several months ago after I entered a discussion about the existence of Islamaphobia (it does) and whether or not its possible for individuals to "see past stereotypes". It started as an attempt to clarify my thoughts following the discussion but I couldn't quite articulate what I wanted to say. As a white, middle class feminist, it felt arrogant to try to write this piece. It felt equally arrogant not to write. I also lost a friend because of that discussion. So, I took the chickenshit way out and didn't finish writing...

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