As you probably know the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People passed by an overwhelming majority. 143 countries voted in support, 11 abstained (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa, Ukraine), and 4 voted… Read More ›
Day: 2007-09-18
Might as well go for the big three of humourless feminism
Seeing as the two previous posts are Lauredhel’s on rape culture and mine on prostitution, I thought I’d add a link to this post that I had been saving up for later in the week: Trouble in Pornoland. Written by… Read More ›
Ignoring imprisonment and institutionalisation
As long as it’s only women in the sex industry being exploited and abused, that is. There’s two excellent posts around on legalised prostitution at the moment, examining the way that legalisation seems to have offered an extra layer of… Read More ›
Drowning in the static
I haven’t written anything about rape culture for a while now. Sometimes I’m just not sure what to say. Half the population experiences it directly, and the other half often seems to me to be divided into those who actively… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 