Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Sociology
Having a conversation about slut-shaming with your primary schooler
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 ›
Mythcommunication and Defending the Indefensible
Two posts from today that neatly bookend a whole series of shelves about the rape culture. We’re not supposed to ever hold a winning hand here.
Enabling Femininity?
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
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
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
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).
Quicklink: Ursula K Leguin on swearing
I remember my brothers coming home on leave in the second world war and never once swearing in front of us homebodies: a remarkable achievement.
You’re never too young or too over-powered to be the slutty trouble-maker
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 ›
SIWOTI: Sagan’s ECREE maxim is NOT nonsense
Please pardon the acronyms in the title (expansions forthcoming in the post), I’m attempting to keep my post titles reasonably concise. Which is exactly what the final sentence in the quote below does in relation to the rest of the paragraph preceding it: it restates the whole argument of the paragraph pithily in just five words: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Hoyden About Town 