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Cross posted National Party MP Dr Jackie Blue was in an abusive relationship. She got out, and many years later, she has told her story to a magazine. Other women have read her story, and they have been helped by it. Since the story was published, a number of women had contacted her to tell [...]
Like say pay equity, or women’s over representation in low paid and unpaid jobs, or the fact that 16,630 women underwent a procedure which is still in the Crimes Act last year, or the fact that 1 in 4 women will experience rape or sexual assault in their lifetimes. Just, you know, a few minor things.
Ms Naughty has an extract of an essay called ”Pornography’s Effects: The Need for Solid Evidence”, published in the journal Violence Against Women (full essay downloadable through the link). It’s heavily critical of the methods of people like Gail Dines and the lack of solid evidence for their claims. Luckily, there is some good research [...]
Trigger warning for sexual assault and graphic imagery I know I should stop being shocked and disgusted by the abysmal media reporting of sexual assault. I also realise my disgust is probably the most wasted on Stuff.co.nz. But this story, titled “Nurse struck off for touching patients” just can’t be ignored. How, in any stretch [...]
Wia the Wellington Young Feminists Collective, the call for volunteers to work at the Wellington Women’s Boarding House. The Wellington Women’s Boarding House provides safe, pleasant accommodation for women on low incomes. With a live in manager, the big old house in Mt Victoria offers comfort, companionship, protection and independence at the same time. This [...]
So I was right. Clarisse Thorn’s piece on BDSM vs Sex did climb inside my brain and crawl around for a couple of days, so I was thinking about BDSM while I was cooking and shopping and stuff, the irony of which should become clear shortly. The question she was looking to answer was basically: [...]
Dear Pamela, I often like The Listener. I was heartened by your balanced and reasonable feature on SlutWalk, I find most of your pieces interesting, and I like reading a publication run by somewhat of a rarity in your industry – a female editor. However, I am immeasurably disappointed that you, as a woman in [...]
Things we liked, or didn’t like, from around the internet this week. Leading the list, the Forty-First Down Under Feminists’ Carnival, hosted by Stef at A Touch of the Crazy. Lots of fabulous feminist reading there. Many thanks for including some Lady Garden posts in the carnival, Stef. Because we are somewhat eclectic here, and [...]
Cross posted Courtesy of DPF, a list of people who have been part of The Panel on Radio NZ’s Afternoon Show with Jim Mora in the last month or so. DPF is interested in political diversity, so he divides the people into right leaning, left leaning, and unknown. He comes up with 7 right wing [...]
One of my co-workers is a young woman who happens to be Christian, and doesn’t personally wish to have sex before marriage. Today my boss called her a “good girl” for these very reasons, in front of the whole team. And it made me feel pretty shit. See, if that is the criteria for being [...]
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