There’s a problem with being a feminist. Every now and then, you find those who believe men should have the right to abuse, rape and kill women will hit back, in what they think is the worst way. And when you’re a radical feminist, with a male child,…
There’s an old cliche which is oft repeated; “Feminism is a middle class phenomenon.” This is supposed to be one of the concerns about feminism, often uttered by those very women decrying radical feminism as not being intersectional enough.
I’m, to put it…
2011. Sat in Gatwick airport, I found myself reading a quote from Caitlin Moran’s How To Be A Woman, in which Moran described how to tell if you’re a feminist.
so, here is a quick way of working out if you’re a feminist. Put your hand in your pants.
a) Do…
The BBC, the myth of false allegations and culpability http://wp.me/s2pPR9-440
Reblogged from Karen Ingala Smith:
On 12 March 2013, The Crown Prosecution Service published a report by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, into so-called false allegations of rape and domestic violence. The report, shows that false…
Today, I was “accused” by a male acquaintance of “always taking the women’s side” when it came to discussions of male violence against women. Inside, I cheered. Outwardly, my face showed no expression, as I knew what was coming. Mentally, a gameshow host…
“I would truly like to apologize. No pictures should have been sent out, let alone been taken.”
The words of Trent Mays, his supposed apology for raping 16 year old Jane Doe. The words that prove a tweet I sent last night wasn’t clutching at straws. In a…
#InternationalWomensDay – Freshy : “Since When did the bloody woman get recognition… it should be national “cleaning day” LOL
— Shamail Ezio (@Shamailali) March 8, 2013
#InternationalWomensDay fuck the lot of you lol
— PΣZ▲ (@perrypezwylde) March 8, 2013
This post is a different one for me.
Yesterday, someone retweeted a news story which angered me. This Is Sussex had written about a man, arrested on suspiscion of murdering his wife, and his concerns over their marriage in the lead up to her murder on…
This morning, a South African friend broke the news of Reeva Steenkamp’s death. At the time, an idea was floating around Facebook that her killer, Oscar Pistorious, had mistaken Reeva for a burglar. The two were in a relationship, and over the past few…
There are certain elements that I feel should be missing from a report on a survivor of child rape. Sadly, today, I was alerted to an article in the Daily Mail which contained all of these things;
- DNA tests are being carried to determine who real father…
