In a followup to this issue mentioned under Tigtog’s post “The FLDS polygamy and statutory rape farm”, Time Magazine has a piece on the FLDS “rescue”[1] in Texas. “The Texas Polygamist Sect: Uncoupled and Unchartered” Caught in the middle is… Read More ›
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Racist artwork from Marcotte’s Seal Press book “It’s a Jungle Out There”
Some artwork from Amanda Marcotte’s book “It’s A Jungle Out There”, published by Seal Press, is now online at Dear White Feminists. I wrote about Seal Press a short while ago, here, and y’all know about the current AM/appropriation conversation… Read More ›
Typical MND misrepresentation: shame on you, Glenn Sacks OK, his explanation does make sense after all
Alert blog-readers may have noticed that many blogs, including this one, use a “cut” or “more” tag on longer posts, so that only the first few paragraphs show on the main page, and to read the full story one needs… Read More ›
New Governor-General: feminist Quentin Bryce
[image source] Our new Governor-General, Quentin Bryce; lawyer, academic, and activist for women and for human rights. How awesome is that? On blog quietness: tigtog’s dealing with her family stuff, I’ve got a nassssty bug. Do please feel free to… Read More ›
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Question of the day: Skirmishes with strawfeminism
Today, I was asked about straw-feminist stereotypes, about the ongoing battles we have knocking them down, and about how tedious and tiring it is fighting the same crap over and over and over again. The skirmishes tend to be conducted… Read More ›
Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby
[image source] I’ve just finished listening to Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby’s show this morning. I really like Margaret Throsby – a relaxed and respectful interviewer, she draws her guests out, allows them plenty of space, gets down to personal… Read More ›
Failing to see the wood for the trees
Lisa Cuprio’s main thesis in Women keep maiden names for more than feminist reasons is this: In the past, women who declined to take their husbands’ names might be considered careerists or feminists. Today, a new breed of women who… Read More ›
Feminist analysis relegated to the Entertainment section (surprise!)
This interview may well be timed solely to coordinate with the release of a book, but it couldn’t go in one of the more “serious” sections of the paper instead? Bad form, Granny. Edited to add: But not as bad… Read More ›
Feminism Friday and 52 acts
I’ve put up a post over at Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog on rape myths vs statistics and the psychology of victim-blaming. I’ve also decided what my 52 acts posts for the year are going to be: I’m going to… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 