gender & feminism

Femmostroppo Reader March 29, 2011

By tigtog on 2011-03-30

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

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 ›

Enabling Femininity?

By Mindy on 2011-03-22 • ( 47 )

Going on from bluemilk’s post on Masculinity and the fear of losing it and Mena’s comment is allowing our girls to wear nail polish and dress up in pink enabling femininity? Are we giving our daughters the wrong message? From… Read More ›

Quote of the Week: victim blaming and rape culture

By tigtog on 2011-03-21 • ( 3 )

If the fact that there are people who will argue with a straight fucking face that an 11-year-old child “didn’t do enough” to stop eighteen young men from raping her doesn’t convince everyone with a capacity for reason and any trace of decency that we live in a culture that supports and condones rape, I can’t imagine what possibly could.

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.

Quicklink: Survey reveals extent of sex assault at unis

By tigtog on 2011-03-18

One in 10 female students have experienced sexual violence while at university and more than one-third have been sexually harassed, according to a new survey by the National Union of Students (NUS).

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 ›

Happy IWD!

By tigtog on 2011-03-08 • ( 8 )

I don’t have anything special planned except for paying a little more attention specifically to what other women are writing right now. Feel free to share links to anything you find especially relevant today.