gender & feminism

In a nutshell

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Emma of Gendergeek: Patriarchy offers women economic insecurity, and then offers them a “way out’ in a form that benefits patriarchy. This was a mid-thread comment from Emma in a thread of 91 comments responding to her post Prostitution: selling… Read More ›

It’s gone

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Last week I wrote this: if you’ve still got this catalogue online next week I’ll be amazed I just checked. The pictures from their Summer 2006 catalogue are not online anymore. I hesitate to automatically assume that it was because… Read More ›

Your badge is mine, copper

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Via Feministe and Feministing: A 19-year-old prostitute feared that no one would believe her if she said an off-duty Boston police officer kept forcing her to perform sex in his car. So one night, she fled his car with a… Read More ›

Um, stunned

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Updated to add: Hoyden about Town will still at times link to articles at Alas A Blog, because of the many strong feminist voices there, but will undertake to always provide the option of a link to a googlecached page… Read More ›

An outrageous claim!

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That is the reaction of Australian retailers to a think-tank report which argues that the way they advertise and stock inappropriately sexualised clothing for young children amounts to corporate paedophilia. The report focussed on the growing “tween” market segment for… Read More ›

Rounding up good stuff

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Jill at Feministe has a couple of strong articles on the religious exceptionalists in the US and their increased co-opting of a “warriors for Christ” message for evangelical youth: Where Can I Find Me A Warrior Poet? and her review… Read More ›

Oh, c’mon.

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Just listening on the wireless to a promo for a Literary Lunch with the best-named spy ever, Stella Rimington. The announcer described how she had been the first ever female head of MI5, and her prestigious career in counterterrorism intelligence…. Read More ›