April 2012
5 posts
economistadentata: Holocaust denial. →
economistadentata:
Watching Paul Mason’s Newsnight report last night on the ‘abortion wars’ in the USA, I was struck by the use of the word Holocaust to describe the granting of the right to choose to abort to women.
But first, an admission of ignorance: I am not a specialist in either reproductive rights or the…
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
14 posts
NEW STUDY: "Birth and abortion rates among U.S....
solitaryforager:
The teen abortion rate in 2008 dropped to the lowest rate seen since 1972 at 17.8 per 1,000 teen girls and women, the analysis found, and was down 59 percent from 1988 when the abortion rate peaked at 43.5 per 1,000 teen women.
Catholic Church: your argument is invalid.
new wave feminism: Saying that your goal was to... →
newwavefeminism:
So Ariel Levy, writer of Female Chauvinist Pigs came to my campus the other day - as you may (or may not) know i’m not the biggest fan of her book. We’re talking about her in class, and our disappointment in her talk and lack of fleshing out the ideas in her book. Now, we’re not arguing that her…
Thinking: Women in ministry: like joining a boys... →
clairemmurphy:
In the last few weeks I’ve had a developing sense, in various settings, of being expected to prove myself; my ability, my skills, sometimes just the role I hold. In the majority of cases, this has happened in male dominated settings.
I’ve hesitated to write anything about this; I’ve seen how…
January 2012
3 posts
“”One day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in...”
– And this is what really got Dr. MLK killed. (via black-culture)
THIS
(via killthemass)
December 2011
5 posts
2011 in feminist rage →
After enjoying recapping 2010 in humourless feminism at the end of last year, I thought it would be great to make it an annual thing. 2011 has had more than its fair share of outrage,…
Things you should be reading this week →
“We cannot afford to wait for permission to make change; women themselves must be the change.” Today I bring you links to a fabulous trio of posts from my North American sisters. Because they got…
Sweeping it under the carpet →
I haven’t written a post on here for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence because last month, Anna at Goannatree asked me if I would write a guest post for her 16 Days series. My…
November 2011
12 posts
“You know, in Western cultures, we give a lot of lip service to motherhood. We...”
– Lauren Bruce, founder of Feministe, in an interview about teen motherhood. (via jessicavalenti)
This week in online harassment... →
Speaking out about online harassment constitutes “over-reacting” for some. So how far does it have to go before it becomes worth bothering about? In recent weeks the long-running…
Sunday linkpost/final thoughts -... →
A lot of discussion has come out of the issues surrounding gender equality and Christianity raised by various posts published in the past week - from different perspectives (which is good) and…
Gracious debate part two - the silencing around... →
On Saturday night, when I was mulling over all this and deciding how I would tackle it, I realised I was going to have to split my thoughts into two posts. Tone arguments are one thing,…
Musings of an Inappropriate Woman: I can't be the... →
rachelhills:
By Rachel Hills. First published in Cosmopolitan, November 2011.
You know who I’m talking about here: Alexa Chung, Daisy Lowe, Olivia Palermo, Whitney Port, Lauren Conrad, the Kardashians, the Middletons… They’re all famous because they photograph well and have the wallets and bodies to…
Gracious debate, tone arguments and silencing →
It started with a couple of tweets from me, aimed at my Christian friends and fellow bloggers. “To what extent do you think talk of “being gracious” is used to silence and shut down…
October 2011
9 posts
I blame the media: equality, consumerism and... →
For the past two or three years, most newspaper coverage of the feminist movement has heralded its return, its new-found popularity and the renewed fervour of 21st century women to see…
Miss Representation tells it like it is →
A new film exposes the way representations of women in the media lead to under-representation of women in positions of power. And it’s long overdue. “You can’t be what you can’t see”….
Thinking positive about women in the church →
Today I have a guest post up on Anna Blanch’s blog, Goannatree, entitled “Thinking Positive about Being a Woman in the Church”. “Being “a woman in the church” is fraught with…
Return of the round-up →
Feministing - Topeka, Kansas considers decriminalizing domestic violence to avoid prosecuting cases “Last month, the Shawnee County District Attorney’s office, facing a 10% budget cut, announced…
Women in Afghanistan, 10 years on →
Will Afghanistan’s women see more positive changes in their lives in the decade to come? Many fear the future. This Friday will mark the 10th anniversary of the US and British…
Links on women's ministry →
The role of women’s ministry and how it is done is a major area of concern for me, something I’ve discussed at length with other women online and something I’ve written about before, so I was really…
September 2011
8 posts
Sex-selective abortion and playing into... →
How can we encourage effective, productive debate on sex-selective abortion? Most of us are aware of how this practice is contributing to declining ratios of girls to boys. We hear the…