Category Archives: feminism
Feminism Friday – Feminism 101: “Sexism is a Matter of Opinion”
So: Toss out the idea that there must be unanimous consent, or even majority agreement, that something is sexist for it to be determined as such. In fact, toss out the idea that sexism is determined by subjective opinion altogether.
Disability is a feminist issue
The 2008 roundup is at Diary of a Goldfish
Event Announcement: Chicago screenings of Nubian’s documentary
Directed by experimental filmmaker Kortney Ryan Ziegler, still black is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
What Shakesville Said
Shakesville: We Write Letters This blog resolves to acknowledge our social privileges without defensiveness, to welcome the comments and contributions of socially marginalised voices, and when our work builds on the ideas of others we will fully attribute our debt to their work. We will no doubt get it wrong at times. Call us on […]
Hiatus
I’ve got a health crisis within the family to deal with, so my internet time will be devoted to finding out about that for a while. I’ll keep track of comments and moderation of same, but there won’t be any major posts from me here for the next few weeks. I’ll still be posting snippets […]
Friday Links Roundup
Some stories which this week: Broadsheet: Breaking the mirrored ceiling A new report by the Fawcett Society, a women’s rights organization, tackles the usual corporate culprits: the glass ceiling, the wage gap and sexual harassment. But it adds a lesser-heard complaint to the list: London’s corporate strip club culture. In London, lap dances and stripteases […]
Open Thread: can there be feminist porn?
The organisers of Canada’s Third Annual Feminist Porn Awards (Toronto, April 4th and 5th 2008) think so. In 2006 we decided that it’s not enough to criticize adult films for not adequately representing women’s – and in many cases, men’s – sexuality. So we decided to do something about it. As porn star and performance […]
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