There is a new and important article by Kathy Sierra available, that we should all read.
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Media Circus: No Snappy Title edition
I have been mostly speechless/typingless at the latest news, taking refuge in offline activities. But I should still put up a post for the rest of you to vent/rant or even ideally substantively discuss these issues, because disengagement is never going to be a solution, even if it’s sometimes necessary for some self-care. Go for it.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
“School bans sex victim from ball … but offender can go”
From today’s West Australian: School bans sex victim from ball … but offender can go: “A private high school has banned a former student from attending its senior school ball because a boy who had sexually assaulted her will be… Read More ›
Nugget of Awesome: Sex And Love Aren’t Earned
[Content Note for linked material: Isla Vista mass murders, misogyny, gun culture]
What I think would be helpful for a lot of men to understand (women too probably) is that sex and love aren’t earned. Can’t be earned. They are a matter of grace from the other person. And, because they can’t be earned, whether you are getting sex or love is not a reliable signifier of your value as a human being and aren’t a metric by which one person should be compared to another.
Signal Boost: Beatrice Mtetwa
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa is making two appearances this week in Sydney, on Thursday and Friday.
Media Circus: #BringBackOurGirls Edition
So who else thinks that if 200+ white schoolgirls had been kidnapped from a boarding school anywhere on the planet that the media would be making it not just a top story but the top story for weeks until their whereabouts was discovered? So why aren’t there regular updates about the 200+ kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls every single day?
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Normalisation of violence against women
What do these two pieces of popular culture have in common?
(TW: references to violence (including sexual violence) against women)
A Guard’s Story
Via the Global Mail, this is a cartoon-illustrated account by an ex-guard of working in one of Australia’s migration detention centres. This is very tough to read, but worse not to know.
Signal Boost: Assist A Sista
This community-based organisation fills the gaps in existing services serving survivors of domestic violence, and it’s kind of incredible.
DUFC #69
Welcome to the 69th Down Under Feminists Carnival. This month read some of the best posts from January 2014.
Hoyden About Town 