I'm now both reading and watching Game of Thrones. Reading (on my Kobo), I'm about halfway through part 2 of Book 5. Watching, I'm taking great care to be far behind, so I haven't got past the first series.*

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From the school of any pregnant woman who says she was raped is probably lying comes the I have really bad bedroom manners defence.

Hey dickwads. Stop embarrassing the male gender.

Stolen from slutsforchoice, an article that demonstrates that for anti-choicers, "abortion" is a catch-all word.

They really are anti-choice. And anti-woman.

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Stolen from orangebeaver1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior ( Read more... )

according to this jackass of a judge.

On the day I moved, Nye had not yet paid the deposit on my room of £720 (as when I moved in, it was arranged that he would pay direct to me instead of through the landlord). He said he'd pay that day, but we missed each other, which wasn't his fault ( Read more... )

I've been shaving my underarms and lower legs since just before I turned thirteen. Depilatory cream on my upper legs and bikini line began soon afterwards. Bikini waxes followed in university. In Istanbul, eyebrow shaping and upper lip waxing ( Read more... )

Some recent LJ discussions (not RaceFail 09 particularly, elsewhere) have made me ponder the competing definitions of sexism as either:

1) Gender-based prejudice; or
2) Prejudice + power.

For those who are new to the discussion.In other words, is sexism prejudice against a person, whether male or female, based on that person's gender? Or is ( Read more... )

"Corrective" rape is rape committed against a lesbian in the belief that it will "cure" her of her homosexuality. It is currently reaching epidemic-level proportions in South Africa. Rape generally is not well-addressed in South Africa, and while the rights of gays and lesbians are protected by the constitution, "corrective" rape is not ( Read more... )