Tag Archives: rape

Soundbites

January 22, 2008 · by · in clarifying-concepts, feminism, recommendations

A few links to posts addressing particular points of feminist theory and activism, tied together by the fact that they included memorable soundbite rebuttals: Jill (Feministe): Deni’s argument is that prostitutes can’t be raped because they sell sex — which is kind of like saying that merchants can’t be robbed because they sell goods. Richie […]

Feminism Friday: More on how Rape Jokes Just Aren’t Funny

November 2, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, no-sense-of-humour, violence

Obviously, a lot of women feel uncomfortable about rape jokes because rape is an ever-present background threat to daily life for us, not just a bit of regrettable “bad sex”. Melissa McEwan at Shakesville has written quite a lot about how rape jokes bolster rape culture, and posted an excellent essay on the subject of […]

Reading roundup

September 19, 2007 · by · in feminism, gender, gender gap, recommendations, Sexuality & Health, violence

Anita Roddick in memoriam R.I.P., Anita Roddick from kateharding.net by kateharding R.I.P. from The F-Word Blog by zohra moosa Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, has died from Feministing by Jessica Gender Expectations This ev-psych bullshit must stop from Reclusive Leftist by The Ghost of Violet Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and Science […]

Blog Carnivals Reminder

June 6, 2007 · by · in masculinity

Blog Carnivals are regular collections of links to blog posts discussing a particular theme, usually limited to recent articles within the intervals between sessions of the Carnival. I’ve got links to the homepages of various feminist and feminist friendly carnivals in the Links section, but here’s a reminder of who’s hosting current sessions of the […]

Feminism Friday: Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny

May 19, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, no-sense-of-humour, victimhood, violence

Late, I know, and not much from me: I’m just pointing you at these three posts below from Melissa McEwan at Shakesville. Trauma-Trigger Alert: Melissa describes her own rape in harrowing detail in order to point out how rape is not funny, and although the discussion threads start out thoughtful and interesting, they end up […]

Feminism Friday: Safety vs. Patriarchal Overprotection

April 20, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, op-ed, privilege, Sexuality & Health, violence

Reader Justin wrote and asked me for advice on an ethical balance problem, and with his permission I quote his email: I have a question which has been bothering me for some time, and which may/may not be worth addressing on the site. In any case, its something I don’t feel precisely comfortable asking my […]

Blog Against Sexual Violence Day

April 11, 2007 · by · in Sexuality & Health, Solidarity & Sisterhood, violence

was April 5, and I missed announcing it here. Hopefully lots of you already found links to it elsewhere, and I’m sure that if there’s a post just hanging around inside you waiting to be written that it won’t matter if it’s a week late. Click on the image below to go to abyss2hope’s blog […]

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