Via Twisty, this story from Time Magazine (bolded emphasis mine): A Time Limit on Rape If a woman consents to having sex with a man but then during intercourse says no, and the man continues, is it rape? The answer… Read More ›
gender & feminism
Ooh, new blogfind.
Through a livejournal friends page, I discovered the Feminist Anti-Oppression Forum when I read this article: Unbelievable, reproducing a column by FOXNews Women and Business opinion writer Megan Dowd. Commentors noted a few awkward lines that read like they were… Read More ›
Any search string that leads to Molly Ivins is a good search string
Sometimes following links that turn up in sitemeter is a joy rather than the usual ennui of seeing how many pervs are finding a link to this blog in a search engine. I like to think the pervs get a… Read More ›
DJs sues thinktank over report on sexualised images of children in advertising
Todays SMH: Sex, lies and advertising: DJs sues over child exploitation claims IN WHAT is believed to be a world first, David Jones begins a legal case tomorrow in which it is suing the left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute… Read More ›
Dear BBC, why is this picture part of this story?
What does this very well-muscled young man have to do with an exciting innovation in nanotechnology? Very little, but apparently because the new nanotech engine is similiar in size to our bodies’ own “engines” that make our muscles contract, BBC… Read More ›
Nazanin saved from execution
Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi has been released! Nazanin is a young Iranian woman who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death after she stabbed a would-be rapist in self-defence. [old tigtogblog post]. The international awareness raised by the Save… Read More ›
Some people certainly have a way with words
Commentor Sniper, who sadly appears to not have a blog, over at Pandagon in the thread to new contributor Sheelzebub’s first post, an evisceration of lazy sexist stereotyping of men as clueless slobs that women are obliged to rescue. OK,… Read More ›
What good does blogging do?
Lauredhel, on Pondering power and resistance in response to attacks on the utility of feminist blogdom: Speech isn’t pointless. Speech isn’t inherently inferior to action. Speech doesn’t preclude action, and, what’s more, in the case of embedded often-impalpable power structures… Read More ›
Bring in the real women
Repellent, it appears, is the mot-de-semaine: I think American society would benefit greatly if we got rid of all the Sara Jessica Parker wannabe stinky swanks and sent them to the deepest arm pits of Africa. We should then bring… Read More ›
Mighty testosterone
LONDON ““ Fatherhood significantly reduces men’s testosterone levels, a study has shown. Researchers in the United States compared levels of the male sex hormone among single men and married men, both with and without children, among students. Those who were… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 