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• Femmostroppo Reader December 24, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Nina Funnell on the festive spike in domestic violence

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24 • ( 3 )

  A combination of financial strain, families spending more time together, and increased alcohol consumption contribute to the rise in figures. It is timely then, that this month NSW Minister for Women Jodi McKay launched a new website to offer information and practical support to victims of domestic violence and their supporters.

• Today in good news

  By tigtog on 2010-12-23 • ( 3 )

  1. DADT repeal bill signed. 2. UN resolution condemning extrajudicial killings reinstates sexual orientation clause. 3. Sady Doyle gets a good night’s sleep.

• Greer, Steinem, Brownmiller et al: please challenge Naomi Wolf’s statements on rape and consent

  By tigtog on 2010-12-22 • ( 3 )

  Harriet J: “Dear Second and Third Wave Feminists With Publicly Recognizable Names …Please give us somebody else to point to when we are told that we can be raped in the ways Naomi Wolf has decreed are acceptable…Please do not let Naomi Wolf become the voice of what is rape, because rapists were listening when she spoke, and judges, and juries, and future victims who will spend their lives believing it was their fault, and they are always saying “yes” if they are not shouting “no.” “

• Happy Solstice Day!

  By tigtog on 2010-12-22 • ( 2 )

  The December solstice happened about twelve minutes ago as I compose this post (2010-12-21 23:38 Universal Time). APOD, as per usual, has the solstice goodies:

• Signal Boost: Mighty #MooreandMe link collection

  By tigtog on 2010-12-22 • ( 5 )

  Only just catching up on the current online activism taking place using the #MooreandMe hashtag on Twitter? Not quite sure what it’s all about? Hoyden commentor Meg Thornton has put together a huge #MooreandMe link collection: Source Materials, Sady Doyle’s activism, Rape Apologism 101 Stuff, Comment & Opinion, Places to Send Donations and more.

• There’s enough normativity-policing in the world already, thanks

  By tigtog on 2010-12-21 • ( 14 )

  Telling people that they are Doin’ It Rong because they are doing it differently than people do it on the telly, or in books, or (Blob forbid) differently than you did it? Who made you the This Is How It Is police?

• Femmostroppo Reader December 21, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-21 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader – #MooreandMe, Naomi Wolf trivialising rape allegations, #talkaboutit, negotiating consent and a couple that aren’t about Assange at all (how did that happen?). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Quicklink: December Lights Project

  By tigtog on 2010-12-20

  via the marvellous Karen Healey at Attention Rebellious Jezebels, news of the December Lights Project, promising “Short stories to light up the winter season…”:

• Femmostroppo Reader December 19, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-19 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. Yet more Wikileaks traincrash dominates, sadly. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.