Author Archives

• Re-post: But why shouldn’t she take some responsibility too for the rape?

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-28 • ( 9 )

  Image credit here. In honour of the Slut Walk happening in parts of Australia at the moment I am re-posting this piece, which orginally appeared here on blue milk. TRIGGER WARNING – graphic description of rape. ——————————————– I am going… Read More ›

• Re-post: Don’t get raped

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-28 • ( 6 )

  Image credit here. In honour of the Slut Walk happening in parts of Australia at the moment I am re-posting this piece, which orginally appeared here on blue milk. From Amelia Bentley’s article in the brisbane times (my use of… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Roseanne Barr

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-20 • ( 7 )

  Before we realised this ‘yummy mummy’ thing was engulfing us; before a whole host of experts came out and made a theory of the intensification and idealisation of motherhood and the damage it is doing to us; before smart women… Read More ›

• Shunning for your own good

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-11 • ( 17 )

  

  This whole piece at Motherlode irked me. It is about a 17 year old school student who faked a pregnancy for several months as an investigation into stereotypes and discrimination for a school project. It is an amazing social experiment… Read More ›

• Will make you feel happy

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-04-14 • ( 2 )

  

  Featuring the Bad News of the Bronx. From here. (Update: whoops, wrong video. This is the one to make you feel happy. Money back guarantee).

• Transgendered child propaganda. Yes, such a conspiracy exists.

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-04-14 • ( 14 )

  Clothing company J. Crew are apparently part of some kind of diabolical plot to pussify boys, as evidenced by this advertisement showing a mother (who also happens to be the president and creative director of the company, so there’s all… Read More ›

• David Willets – yeah kinda, but not really

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-04-13 • ( 4 )

  Image credit here. I’m a little sceptical of how the economics of David Willets’ comments are being reported in these two pieces so I’m going to save my analysis for Willets’ actual quotes. David Willets, British politician with the Conservative… Read More ›

• Having a conversation about slut-shaming with your primary schooler

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-03-24 • ( 2 )

  Here is a piece written by Airial Clark on discussing slut-shaming with her 11 year old son. It is from Good Vibrations Magazine. I can’t think of anything amazing to say about it, too late at night here, but go… Read More ›

• Masculinity and the fear of losing it

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-03-21 • ( 13 )

  It took becoming a mother of a son for me to realise just how fearful the world is of losing masculinity. I mean, god knows there are lots of rules about gender binary and how girls and women perform femininity, too, but I don’t think we’re as frightened of femininity being corrupted and lost as we are of masculinity being diluted.

• You’re never too young or too over-powered to be the slutty trouble-maker

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-03-12 • ( 5 )

  Image credit here. The trailer where an 11 year old girl was assaulted. Victim-blaming. No-one does it better than a court reporter, it seems. In this case we’re talking about allegations involving a group of eighteen men and teenage boys… Read More ›