perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2008
It’s been a good week for getting rid of politicians with a penchant for sexual harassment.
Earlier in the week, Troy Buswell, the Western Australian state Liberal leader, finally stepped down. Buswell had been lambasted for months after various incidents of sexually harassing women, including sniffing the chair and making sexual remarks towards a Liberal staffer, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2008
The aftermath of the London Pride fiasco keeps going on, it seems, and it isn’t getting any better.
Sarah’s description of a meeting with the Metropolitan Police over the issue is, um, wow. I especially like the bit where the Pride London representative stated that the ban on trans women using the proper bathrooms was instigated […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2008
I’ve been meaning to get back into blogging again for a bit, after a couple of months where I’ve been dealing with a bit too much personal crap to be paying much attention to the world around. This incident of “what the FUCK were you thinking?” at London Pride, however, should prompt as much outrage […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2008
So, here’s a hearty fuck you to the scriptwriters of medical-themed soap opera All Saints.
I really shouldn’t be surprised at the ability of some people to come out with the most ignorant and offensive ablist prejudice, but they’ve gone out and done it. Last Tuesday’s episode contained a storyline implying a connection between incest and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2008
I’ve mentioned it before on this blog, but one of the things that’s thrown me off a little bit over the last few months is that I’ve suddenly started getting read by people as straight. Until about the end of last year, I’d been read as queer ever since I was old enough for people […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2008
via The Bilerico Project:
The American Psychiatric Association has named the members of it’s working group to reassess the inclusion of Gender Identity Disorder in the forthcoming new edition of the DSM, the DSM-V. It could almost not possibly be worse. The list reads like a who’s-who of obsessed creeps who’ve made a career out of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2008
Labor senator Kate Lundy has also been told to stick to her principles after saying she would not back the ACT’s planned same-sex civil union laws in federal parliament. Senator Lundy says she will back any Rudd government decision to over-ride the territory’s legislative assembly.
“If it comes to the Senate, I am bound by my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
We have now lost two of the most brilliant fucking voices of women of colour in the blogosphere in the space of two weeks. First, it was Brownfemipower. Now, it’s Blackamazon.
I can’t say I blame her. She’s had to put up with far more shit than anyone should have to for getting up and expressing […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2008
It seems as if it’s the month for glaring displays of obnoxiousness about sex work: whether it be my deranged sociology lecturer, tigtog’s stunningly clueless effort at Ren’s, or Sam Berg’s attempts to silence Ren.
I keep noticing one thing again and again with these people. It’s obvious that these people care about those involved in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2008
So, we have another developing shambles of a situation - and once again, the self-described defenders of the wimmins aren’t coming up smelling of roses.
Earlier in the week, the brilliant Renegade Evolution was invited to speak at a forum at William and Mary College on sex work, pornography and such. It was supposed to see […]