Yes, I'm sorry but it's true. I have largely defected to Wordpress for blogging purposes. You can find me here:

http://ssica3003.wordpress.com

I also contribute to:
http://newfeminist.comhttp://newfeminist.com

And I talk about periods here:

http://periodsperiodsperiods.wordpress.com

Enjoy!

Here it is! The bit that most women hate about being premenstrual and menstrual, yes I've woken up today with crampy abdomen and now I'm going to impart some very important menstrual knowledge, so listen up ( Read more... )

Thoughts on sexuality and the nature of the self ( Read more... )

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Having a job in a library on a Sunday means I can't fail to come across all the sections of most of the Sunday Papers as I stamp them with the "please, please don't nick this paper" stamp and while doing so I was extremely vexed yet unsurprised by the Observer Woman magazine this month. Leading titles in bold this month ( Read more... )

Was in Marks and Spencer the other day looking for a handbag for a wedding (don't say anything - it's a wedding! I have to have a handbag apparently) and came across the delightful Marks and Spencer

Personal Safety Alarmin the jewelry section. This product to me seems all kinds of wrong, so much so that I'm almost speechless. When I went to the ( Read more... )

so we were half teasing a friend about how Nelson has dressed up as a girl, in a little dress with tights and everything, and how he got honked and he was pleased and felt sexy and our male friend replied, "I'd hate that, because then I'd have to dress as a girl all the time just to feel like I look nice ( Read more... )

Having, for another purpose, read a few definitions of feminism on blogs, followed by the "what feminism is to me" paragraph that most blogs have, I thought I'd stick my thoughts down about what it is to me ( Read more... )

 This is an extract from an e-mail I sent to my sister when she told me she got dreadlocks instead of being a slave to the hairdresser.  I thought its a good summing up of the issues with the beauty industry:

[Firstly,

"my mum forced me to get my hair cut because it was looking "unstyled""

That is the issue right there!!!  What is wrong with " ( Read more... )

I'm currently trying to wade through the literature/theory on photography so I admit I don't know it all but I'm surprised to find little on feminism and photography ( Read more... )