Why does the myth that a woman can consent to sex while asleep still persist? Why should it matter that the man rapist may not have been aware she was asleep. If she has pushed you away twice when she… Read More ›
Year: 2011
Femmostroppo Reader June 14, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Anybody who says crap like this? Avoid them and warn others about them
*** TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR RAPE APOLOGISM, VICTIM BLAMING, SLUT SHAMING AND VIOLENT IMAGERY ***
Quickhit: Gay Girl in Damascus Amina Arraf is a pseudonym for American Tom MacMaster
Now the regime is going to be able to cast everything MacMaster wrote about what was happening in Syria as pure fiction, and real people who trusted Arraf have been endangered.
An Open Challenge to mainstream media re SlutWalk Sydney
Does a single one of you have the guts to forego predictable titillation and let the public know the truth about Slutwalk and the hundreds and hundreds of other women and male and queer allies who will be marching in non-skimpy wear, and why they are there? Or will it just be more sad head-shaking misrepresentation from your pundits?
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s otter was taken by BlueRidgeKitties at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, USA.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
New Three Musketeers film might just be deliciously dreadful
I really do hope for an excessive abundance of banter if they’re going to go the whole herd of hogs, as it appears that they are.
Femmostroppo Reader June 10, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Cows with guns
I heard this on the radio today (the excellent community station 99.3 2NSB-FM in Sydney) and was enthralled:
Thursday Cheezburger – Slut Walk Sydney
Today’s theme is Slutwalk Sydney.
Hoyden About Town 