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Tell the DoH not to change abortion rules without a vote
This was previously posted on my blog; I don't normally cross-post politics stuff onto LJ these days, but I thought this is important enough to warrant disseminating in as many fora as possible.
As some of you may have heard, back in March Nadine Dorries MP and Frank Field MP proposed an amendment to the Helath Bill that will ban sexual health ( Read more... ) -
Hivemind RFI
Does anyone know of any good comics communities on here? Don't have to be feminist ones, but not woman-hostile or full of fapping fanboys, for preference. -
*righteous fume*
Dear Willie Walsh ( Read more... ) -
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2009 was the last year we could all imagine that politics, the environment, poverty and war are things we could do something about if we just cared hard enough. Here's to 2010 - the year which I think will teach us that no, actually, we can't. Will remind us that we live in a feudal system in which the poor pay towards the privileges of the rich ( Read more... ) -
In which I am cross at the Grauniad
Those unfortunate enough to have exposure to my periodic episodes of wibble may recall that a while back a was very upset because, having taken the Guardian's carbon footprint calculator test, I found out that I have a much larger carbon footprint than the average UK consumer (17.6 to the average 15.4 ( Read more... ) -
New blog post
After a trying month with bouts of depression, too much air travel, one loss and the Saga of the Neverending Cold, we are attempting to restore normal service. Feministical blogulation is therefore resumed. Only 2,000 words this time, will write something nice and long when I'm feeling a bit better... *g*
It's Not a Zero Sum Game: Deconstructing ( Read more... ) -
California ate my phone
I'm home, it isn't.
Please to be leaving phone numbers in screened comments or I shall cry and think you don't want to be friends with me naw moaw. -
Homophobia is out, but misogyny is still sexy
I've lodged a complaint with the PCC tonight, and it wasn't about Stephen Gately.
I'm really hoping that at least one or two of you can be persuaded to follow suit. Feel free to copy and paste the text from my blog (where the complaint is reproduced in full) for your own message - I won't charge royalties.
The heart of the matter is as follows:
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On trivialisation, othering and how to successfully avoid worrying about other people's problems
New blog post up on my shiny shiny new blog, taking apart the silly obsessing about Hilary Clinton's so-called "bad hair day", the ugly attacks on Harriet Harman and her anti-violence initiative, and the connection between empathy and othering. It's really really good, promise! -
Victim blaming - the logical conclusion
Crossposted from my lovely new blog.
(Via Jezebel)
An upmarket hotel in the US is accusing a woman who was raped at gun point in its parking lot of having "failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her childrenThe rapist attacked the woman from behind while she was strapping her two small children into their car seats. ( Read more... )