"People have this naive notion that the world is made up of “good people” and “bad people.” ... “rapists are sociopaths, good people already know not to rape ( Read more... )

http://quixoticautistic.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/geek-culture-wants-a-cookie-a-pat-on-the-head-for-not-creating-kim-kardashian/ - that meme image that's been going around comparing women in pop culture with geek-culture (rather disingenuously ( Read more... )

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The Un-funny, Unfair and Un-feminist Thing About Victim Blaming

The basic argument of “The Funny Thing About the ‘Slutwalk,’” is that if a woman is raped while wearing something “slutty,” she should take some responsibility for what happened to her, because she ought to have known better than to dress that way. “Women know the kind of attention ( Read more... )