Sometimes I just wonder why I read the news. What the fuck? I have nothing to say. Cut for people-are-vile triggers. Not particularly gory, in the blood-and-guts sense. Whether it’s safe for work or not, I’m not prepared to say…. Read More ›
sexual violence
Might as well go for the big three of humourless feminism
Seeing as the two previous posts are Lauredhel’s on rape culture and mine on prostitution, I thought I’d add a link to this post that I had been saving up for later in the week: Trouble in Pornoland. Written by… Read More ›
Ignoring imprisonment and institutionalisation
As long as it’s only women in the sex industry being exploited and abused, that is. There’s two excellent posts around on legalised prostitution at the moment, examining the way that legalisation seems to have offered an extra layer of… Read More ›
Drowning in the static
I haven’t written anything about rape culture for a while now. Sometimes I’m just not sure what to say. Half the population experiences it directly, and the other half often seems to me to be divided into those who actively… Read More ›
Another linkfest: the Headcold edition
Taken in the front garden this morning Cory Doctorow has a piece in the Guardian about how the movie studio quest for a perfect copy protection system is doomed to fail. DRM is supposed to force those unwilling to pay… Read More ›
Linkation: Broken trust, Hammer time, and dino shoes.
Some weekend reading for you: ABC News: “Doctor criticises Indigenous child health checks” Maningrida doctor Paul Burgess says the checks, part of the Federal Government’s intervention into Indigenous child sex abuse, are being carried out by inexperienced doctors who know… Read More ›
Feminism Friday snarkfest: “See what you made us do?”
A Christian white male junior college student launches into a tirade about feminism, in a stomach-churning expansion of the “Now see what you made me do?” principle. “What about a pole dancer mother?” Highlights and translations: … but the point… Read More ›
The consideration of active consent and decriminalisation
Two Victorian stories: Rape laws strengthened. VICTORIA’s rape laws will be strengthened to ensure defendants cannot avoid being found guilty by arguing they had not considered whether a victim had consented to sex. Attorney-General Rob Hulls said several new changes… Read More ›
Western Australian birth statistics.
Western Australian birthing statistics These are stats for 2005. In other words, there’s a good chance things are actually worse right now in terms of overuse of interventions. C section rate 33.9%. This is rising dramatically. In 1991, it was… Read More ›
Foregrounding the object redux: rape research from the UK
A while back, I wrote about the effects of the passive voice and agent deletion in media reporting of sexual violence, in Passive Aggression: Foregrounding the Object. An article in the UK Telegraph hit me between the eyes today: Four… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 