The La Time reports on what motivates the new generation of abortion doctors in the USA. Lederer, 30, can’t relate to the images that drew an older generation of physicians into abortion work. She can barely picture it when they… Read More ›
gender & feminism
Feminism 101 Blog update
I’ve just switched the Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog over to wordpress from blogger. I had to do it as my hatred of sucky Haloscan commenting had grown from the fiery heat of a hundred red dwarfs to the raging… Read More ›
It must have been the uniforms
Todays guest poster is Ohmykozy, who lives with her family in Sydney’s western suburbs and doesn’t take crap from anybody Picture this: teenage girls out for the day, accused of shoplifting and taken aside by security guards wanting to ask… Read More ›
Fluffy Feminism Redux
Last month, in one of HAT’s most commented posts, Lauredhel riffed off a trenchant criticism of the marketing around Jessica Valenti’s book Full Frontal Feminism to make some larger points about the common co-option of “sex-positive” feminism into the Feminist… Read More ›
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Art courtesy of logansrogue:
‘Cos fat chicks can’t be raped
Posted without comment, because it doesn’t need one. The London News reports: ‘Rape’ girl grateful for sex, says lawyer A teenage girl who claims she was gang raped by three 13-year-old schoolboys was overweight and would have been “glad of… Read More ›
Karen PWN!S! TEH n00bs
Karen Healey of Girls Read Comics and They’re Pissed riffed off Lauredhel’s Anti-Feminist Bingo Card and created an Anti-Comics-Feminist Bingo Card. Apparently some fanboyz have been having a whinge at her about it, so she has called forth the mighty… Read More ›
Peeve Week: “militant feminist”
Peeve Week continues here in my little corner of Hoyden About Town. Today, three things I am sick of reading: “Militant feminist.” “Feminazi.” “Feminist jihad.” Given the strong links between feminism and peace/anti-violence movements, can we please just expunge these… Read More ›
Obfuscating Rape
Turns out there are multiple ways of obfuscating rape in the news. This news story, for example. [cut for child rape triggers]
Loving, steadfast companion or alluring, wanton adventuress?
(my post on Monday regarding the Mary Jane sculpture reminded me that this was hanging around in the drafts folder from months ago) The last three words of the post title leapt out at me from amongst the denser verbiage… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 