Silent Sunday Round-Up: Inspiring and Rage Inducing Blogs Written by Women

What do I blame myself for by Barbara Carregonnen

Language Check: Gaslighting by PseudoDeviant

How to be the perfect victim: A How-To Guide for Good Girls at Week Woman

Campaign4consent at Jelly and Lilipop

The Myth of Shared Girlhood by Not a Zero Sum Game

Feminism with Fizz at Trouble and Strife

Picking Sides at One Woman's Thoughts

My Breasts and Page 3 at One Woman's Thoughts

White domination, challenge and the feminist movement: #solidarityisforwhitewomen and what it meant for me by Chitra Nagarajan

On race, feminism and activism: my speech for UK Feminista Summer School 2013 by Renie D Lodge

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Silent Sunday Round-Up: Inspiring and Rage Inducing Blogs witten by women

This little Mummy went to market at One Woman's Thoughts

Ariel Castro is not misunderstood by Allison Boydell at Everyday Victim Blaming

On Hugo Schwyzer, White Supremacist Mainstream Feminism and Its Abuse of Women of Colour at Gradient Lair

The end is nigh and the proof lies in breast cancer awareness campaigns at Feminist Current

Feminist, Ally or Cunt: which one are you? at GoddessDeeva

Is Masculinity to blame for men who murder their children by Joanne Bailey

Psychoanalyst victim blames: it takes two to gaslight by @LizJ73 at Everyday Victim Blaming

The press blogger, the feminist campaigner and Jack of Kent at It's Not a Zero Sum Game

Liberals want more lies in Lovelace at Feminist Current

Simone Jabakhanji - Infertility, suicide and male violence by K Ingala Smith

Five Ways that staying safe costs women by Soraya Chemaly at Salon

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Silent Sunday: Round Up of Inspiring and Rage Inducing Blogs by Women

How anti-blackness shapes heterosexual Black men's dating preferences by Gradient Lair

"Colourblind" friendships don't exist. Line in the sand moments on race remind me of this at Gradient Lair

#UKBA Papers please. #Racist Van at Media Diversity UK

Acting White: Bounty and Coconuts at Media Diversity UK

Fight violence with love by Roseannastar

Guilt at One Woman's Thoughts

Agnostic Atheist, But Not Interested In White Supremacist Atheism at Gradient Lair

My Response To 2 Comments On My Essay Where I Reject White Supremacist Atheism at Gradient Lair

Ignore this post if you're not on twitter at Not a Zero Sum Game

Myths and Beliefs that explode my head by Rebecca Mott

Sweeping it under the carpet: depression, prozac and Giles Fraser by Glosswatch

The Butterflies or unpeeling the politics of love: part 1 at Witchwind

Grooming and pimping into heterosexuality: the politics of love part II at Witchwind

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Silent Sunday : Inspiring and Thought Provoking Blogs Written by Women

Someone White suggested that an "Honest Conversation" on Race can't include Racism at Gradient Lair

Quick Fixes like Changing Gun Control Laws would not have made a difference for 13 UK women killed through suspected male violence in 2013 by Karen Ingala Smith

The Silencer: An Open Letter to those quick to defend but slow to reflect at Everyday Victim Blaming

Whites being "Not Racist' is NOT Enough by Gradient Lair

Is anger always bad? by Respectfully Raising

White, Cis and Silenced at Bottomface

Rape Threats: It's a Free Speech Issue at Quite Irregular

On the pain of Violent Men, or, Why I'm not sorry about Max and Montle at Africa is a Country

Divide and Conquer by Feminist Borgia

Not that girl at Belle Jar Blog

On Becoming a Radical Feminist by Carrgonnen

I Support You at One Women's Thoughts

A Family Secret at Filthy Freedom

Online Misogyny and Magic Buttons by Bottomface

I am a Black Radical Womyn : guest post at Danielle Paradis

Why this disabled woman no longer identifies as a feminist at Disability and Representation

10 thoughts ... on mental illness, abuse and survivors at Are Women Human Too?

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Silent sunday: Inspiring Blogs by Amazing Women

Celebrity and its Discontents at Trouble and Stife

On Sexism and Victim Blaming inherent in Personal Training at GoddessDeeva

When Something is Wrong with my baby, something is wrong with me at From a Whisper to a Roar

Women are not like men at Revolutionary Combustion

Hooray! Another miracle IVF advance by Karen Ingala Smith

Can Black women exist within a feminist movement dominated by white women at Black Women of Brazil

Sex with Vegetables: For the Animals at Vegan Feminist Network

The moron Owen Lloyd and what depoliticisation actually means at Femonade

Imitation, Infiltration and Invasion at RadFem Rise Up at Smash the Patriarchy

I became a mother and died to live at Renegade Mothering

On Liz Jones, Suzanne Moore and Misrepresentation of Anorexia by Glosswitch

One being heard again at One Woman's Thoughts

Bikini versus Burkha: Clothing, Women and Freedom at Gradient Lair

RadFem Rise Up 2013 at Then They Said Burn Her

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Thank you Gradient Lair. I will miss you.

I wrote this piece on Thursday to publish today as part of my Silent Sunday round-up of inspiring blogs written by women. Gradient Lair's hiatus is over but I'm still going to publish this post because, well, I want to. Gradient Lair is one of the best blogs I have ever written and I was genuinely sad that I would not get to read something by this amazing blogger for a while. Women's voices need to be celebrated:


The Gradient Lair blog is now on haitus. It has only been going for a year but has been an incredible source of inspiration to me. I will miss it tremendously.

These are some of my favourite pieces from Gradient Lair:

The Truth about Media, Police and Prison

Corporate America Hates Me and I Hate It

Demanding Flattery is an Oppressors Tool

Womanism/ Black Feminism and Race in Feminist Discourse

Examining White Supremacy and Heroism: When Both White and Black People Value White Lives More

I hate Night Clubs (They feel like street harassment to music)

Why Whites Call People of Colour Racist

White Men Who Write about White Privilege

The Beauty Binary, Street Harassment and Rape Culture

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Silent Sunday: Inspiring Blogs By Women

The aftermath of miscarriage at Put Up With Rain

Where your gag comes from at GynocraticGrrl

When I grow up, I want to be a lesbian at You are a Splendid Butterfly

There is no opt in, you cannot opt out at You are a Splendid Butterfly

On being Believed at GoddessDeeva

Surviving the Agent at She Has the Power

Domestication: Husbandry at The Arctic Fox

If Men Want to Help at Witchwind

Clare's Law: Will it Really Help Women Fleeing Violence? at EverydayVictimBlaming

I like you. You're Different at Bananas are not the Only Fruit

Arguing against the Industry of Prostitution: Beyond the Abolitionist versus Sex Worker Binary at Feminist Current

Creating the World We Want to live in at Trouble and Strife

She-Ra: Kinda, Sorta, Accidentally a Feminist Heroine at BitchFlicks

Why I Won't Publish Your Comments about False Rape Accusations at Cogent Comment

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Silent Sunday: Inspiring Blogs!

It's not slut-shaming. It's woman-hating at Feminist Current

System Fail at From A Whisper To A Roar

The Truth about Media, Police and Prison at Gradient Lair

The WHO Stats Tell Us the Extent of VAW at Sianandcrookedrib

Your Vagina is Still Not a Car at From A Whisper to a Roar

Male Violence. Not Gender Based Violence at Sisterhood is Powerful

Everyday Victim Blaming: Am I Victim Enough for you? at Portia Smart

Malespeak with Radical Feminist Translation at Medusa's Gaze

Authoritah at Femonade

The Coalition government and broadening the fight to end violence against women and girls beyond the Criminal Justice System by Karen Ingala Smith

Corporate America Hates Me and I Hate It at Gradient Lair

And just for Caroline, even though The Women's Room UK already reached their target of £13 000 to mount a legal challenge to the Bank of England's decision to remove the only woman on English money who go there by personal achievement instead of an accident of birth: We're Running out of Time. Help Spread the Word and See Justice Done.

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Silent Sunday

Mental Health and Me at The Not So Quiet Feminist

Respect at Gradient Lair

Pregnant Women Not Yet Anxious and Guilt Ridden Enough Say Experts by Glosswitch

Lucky by Portia Smart

Childhood, Selfhood and the American Girl at Adios Barbie

Nick Ross: It's not child porn. It's child rape and it shouldn't be appealing to your curiosity at Frothy Dragon and the Patriarchal Stone

Mental Health, Violence and Me at Carregonnen

OMG, I agree with a Tory and Other Traumas at SaltandCaramel

#Periodgate at JellyandLillipop

A Preemptive Strike at One Woman's Thoughts

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Silent Sunday Round-Up

If we checked and apologised for every privilege the world would be a dull monolith but ... at Flying on the Rainbow

It's Not All About You by Karen Ingala Smith

Extremism: Race, Religion, Gender and Power by Karen Ingala Smith

The Debate: Check Your Privilege, Louise Mensch at Black Feminists

On the EDL, Facebook and White Privilege at Deeva's Corner

Here's Some Reality For Ya at It's Not a Zero Sum Game

Ladies First at You are a splendid butterfly

It's heresy I know. But not all men are actually rapists at Left Eye, Right Eye

If it looks like a duck and it quacks at HerbsandHags

Myths about Single Mothers and What pundits are Getting Wrong About Them at Feimineach

This is what happens when you ban male press from a female rockfest in Afghanistan at Gender Report

Straight Allies, White Racists, Male Feminists (and Other Labels That Mean Nothing to Me) at Spectra Speaks

Marilyn Frye and the Politics of Reality: Oppression at Feminist Theory Reading Group

Womanism/ Black Feminism and Race in Feminist Discourse at Gradient Lair

Radical Beyond Pronouns: On Gender Zombies, DGR and Feminism at Abolish Masculinity

A Preemptive Strike at One Woman's Thoughts

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Silent Sunday: More Inspiring Blogs by Women

This is my weekly round-up of inspiring and thought-provoking blogs written by women; as ever, I have been unable to limit to myself to 10 blogs. 

Infertility, Patriarchy, Profit and Me: Or, Kerching : Infertility, Woman-blaming, woman-shaming and woman-controlling by K. Ingala Smith

How to be Hostile for Men and Women by HerbsandHags

Sex Education, Young People and Talking about Porn at SianandCrookedRib

He sits in the Ivory Tower at One Woman's Thoughts

The Contradictions of Being a Woman at One Woman's Thoughts

Domestication at The Arctic Feminist

A letter to my Dad: Another Good Father by Portia Smart

Demanding Flattery is an Oppressors Tool at GradientLair

No Words For It by Rebecca Mott

Don't Read the Comments: Why The Hell Shouldn't I? at Week Woman

Pre-Pregant Women: Now with added iodine at Glosswatch

To Our Sisters, Morehouse at Feminist Wire

Postfeminism at Feminist Current

A Guide To Supporting Rape Survivors by LucyBottomFace

Pulling Wool Over Our Eyes by The Farm at the Back of Beyond

We've all read this but I can't not include it: An Open Letter to Facebook by Soraya Chemaly,  Jaclyn Friedman and Laura Bates

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Silent Sunday Blog Round-Up by Inspiring and Thought-Provoking Women

My Ricky Gervaise Story by Victoria Wright

An Open Letter to Eve Ensler on the Silencing of Aboriginal Women in Canada by Chief Elk

Who Owns Gender? at Trouble and Strife

The Power of Silence in Enabling Domestic Violence at Crates and Ribbons

Is this journalism? A respomse to Dimanno and the Toronto Star's Falsification of the Prostitution Debates at Feminist Current

A Brief  Scare at Too Much to Say For Myself

I do not put trigger warnings on reality by Rebecca Mott

Capital Letters, Affectedly Boisterous Sex, Little Girl Voice: A Fucking Response at Glosswitch

Examining White Supremacy and Heroism: When Both White and Black People Value White Lives More at Gradient Lair

Charles Ramsey, Black Masculinity and the Narrative of Villainy at The Negress

You are not a victim at Feminist Cupcakes

My Top Ten #KillAllMen Moments by Sam Ambreen

Going Back. Again and Again at One Dames Thoughts

A Year in the Life: A Poem at One Dames Thoughts

Eraser by Portia Smart

In Response to the Sun's Request For A Naked Photoshoot at Your Daughters Will Be Next

What Do You Think About His Choice? Uncovering the Men Who Use Prostitutes at Femineach

"Feminist Mother" is not an oxymoron at UK Feminist 

We Need to Talk about RadFem at Feminist Borgia

Just Another Night in London for a Black Couple at Bananas are not the only fruit

The Butterflies or unpeeling the politics of love at Witchwind

Oh Pinocchio at You Think I Just Don't Understand But I Don't Believe You

I don't usually include blogs by men because of my policy on cultural femicide, however both of these pieces written by male feminist allies on male privilege are very good:

Why I hate my male privilege at Truth Uncut

Beautiful Justice: The Sexist Radical Left Versus Women at DGR News Service 

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Silent Sunday IX: The Weekly Blog Round-Up

Money is Not a Substitute for Consent at Feminist at Sea

So, you think you're a dyke at The Arctic Fox

It has always fascinated me - the ageing at Carregonnen

Just because you like it doesn't make it feminist at Feminist Current

I Hate Nightclubs (They Feel Like Street Harassment to Music) at Gradient Lair

Why is Gary Francione Slandering Eco-Feminists? at The Vegan Pensieve

So Gwyneth Paltrow is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World at The Negress

You Teach People How to Treat You. Really? at Dear Patriarchy - Die

The Problem With Puppy Love at RoleReboot

Annulation de RadFem2013: quand les Queers et les masculinistes font cause commune at Woman's Liberation Without Borders

Another Week, Another BBC Predator at HerbsandHags

Silent No More at Portia Smart [with trigger warnings for child rape]

The Stuart Hall Case Should put to rest the debate over anonymity for rapists at Sianandcrookedrib

Why Whites Call People of Colour Racist at Gradient Lair

This is white privilege at Renieddolodge

This is white privilege: the response at Renieddolodge

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Silent Sunday XIII: Brilliant Blog Round-Up

Eating Disorders, Me and Feminism at ZedCat

Dormant at Rebecca Mott

Broken Doll at Rebecca Mott

Links on Privilege, Intersectionality and Twitter at Feimineach

Interracial Relationships for a post-race my future, my ass at Life and Lima Beans

The Most Deranged Sorority Girl Email You Will Ever Read at Femimineach

A Human being Human in Public Gets Hated For It at Exiled Stardust

Building Bridges by Anne Lawrence

On Sex as Affection and Validation by GoddessDeeva

A Note to Some Feminist Black Men - Though bell hooks is Exquisite, There's 

More to Black Feminism Than bell hooks at Gradient Lair

The Dangerous Tales of the MREs and Their Allies at Sisterhood is Powerful

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Silent Sunday XI: Inspiring and Thought-Provoking Blogs

What Kind of African Doesn't Speak Any African Languages? Me. at Spectra Speaks

A Little Thing You Didn't Know About Me at One Woman's Thoughts

Oldest Depiction of Female Form Shows that Modern Archaeologists are PornSick Misogynists at Reclusive Leftist

Kindness in a Cruel World at Caroline Wilde

Big Enough to Absorb the Pain at Adios Barbie

You Don't have to be Pretty at Dressaday

Tom Matlack: A Victim of Feminism at Feminist Current

The Beauty Binary, Street Harassment and Rape Culture at Gradient Lair

 Femen versus Pussy Riot: Russian and Ukraine are not in the West at Not A Zero Sum Game

Gynecology or the Regular Check Up of Your Reproductive Organs at Feminist at Sea

Interracial Relationships for a Post-Race Future? My Ass. at LifeandLimaBeans

I Can't Leave My Vagina At Home. Why Don't You Understand Rape Culture at Feminspire

Body Shopping at Trouble and Strife

How The Biggest Loser Fat-Shaming Hurts Us All: Another Eating Disorder Survivor Speaks Out at Melinda Tankard Reist

The Presence of Absence? An Illustration at Femonade

I don't normally link to pieces in the media but this article by Soraya Chemaly in the Huffington Post  is a must-read for everyone. 

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Silent Sunday X : The Thought-Provoking and Inspiring Blog Round-Up

Nude Feminism Challenges Islamist Discourse at Al Monitor

Femen Strikes in Tunisia: The Case of Amina at Muftah

What is a Radical Feminist? at High Dudgeon

Some Unrepresentative Thoughts on Representation by Glosswitch

Hate Crimes: What About Crimes Against Women? at It's Not Just Feminine

What About the Men by Karen Ingala Smith

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Silent Sunday IX: Inspiring and Thought-Provoking Blogs

Facebook is a Misogynist Time Sucking Piece of Shit by Ann Tagonist

8 Simple Rules for Not Being a Dick at It's Not A Zero Sum Game

We Could have Been Anything that We Wanted To Be at One Dames Thoughts

Activism to Normalise Gender Transitioning Now Comes at Children's Expense at Sex Matters

Letter to the Attorney General Regarding the Unduly Lenient Sentencing of Paul Keene for the Killing of Carmen Gabriela Miron Buchacra by Karen Ingala Smith

Counting Dead Women by Karen Ingala Smith

Desperate Art Dudes Can Only Save Themselves by Exploiting Women by Exiled Stardust

Sex Positivism: No Thanks by Portia Smart

Do You See What I See? by Portia Smart

The Peta Complex: On Post-Feminist Activism, Gender and Veganism at Feminist Current

Prostitution Chic is Now a Thing at Feminist Current

Letter to a Punter by Rebecca Mott

Separating the Art from the Artist by ScallopsRGreat

Men Who Knock Down Doors and the War Against Women: Tyrants at Home and Abroad at Common Dreams

The Fast Food Feminism of Topless Femen at International Boulevard 

A Feminist Critique of CIS Gender at Liberation Collective

Why Looking Through A Rapists' Eyes Won't Help You at That Pesky Feminist

Intersectionality has its Limitations at You Think I Just Don't Understand But I Don't Believe You

Sisterhood Doesn't Mean Unity at What Stilli Did

On Perpetual Twitter Beef at Renieddolodge

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