Hmmm. Is it just me being all old-fashioned second-wave feminist, or is there something a little bit odd about Women's Aid selling valentines?  I mean, it's great to find new ways of raising funds for Women's Aid, and this is really nicely done with some lovely ideas. I loved the one I was sent. But, as the Chief Exec herself says here, abusive ( Read more... )

I've had a black eye for about 10 days now. It's been a very interesting experience.

I'm interested that I was surprised how much it hurt. What was I expecting? A purely cosmetic injury once the initial pain of impact had faded? I think I rather was. Black eyes are such a visual gag that perhaps I'd only thought of them from the outside as a visual ( Read more... )

Broken Rainbow, the main (only?) national organisation working with LGBT people experiencing domestic violence, is looking for trustees. There's a bit more info and a job description here, although it's pretty standard for a trustee of any organisation. The actual application, also available on that page, tells you some of the practical stuff (like ( Read more... )

 I've just been skimming this Stonewall report on L and BW's health.  And what did I learn?  I learned that:

- Most lesbians and bi women have much bigger breasts than me
- Most lesbians and bi women do not have mouths or noses
- While generally silenced by this anatomical lack, those who are empowered by possessing a mouth use it to shout 'I am a ( Read more... )

Every couple of years we seem to have a disaster at the Refuge, which results in one of the houses being closed for a couple of weeks or months while it's made habitable again.  Most often it's chip-pan fires, once it was an outbreak of infectious disease and this time it's something rather more dramatic and entertaining in a 'thank goodness no one ( Read more... )