Tea and Strumpets
I have an article about the pay gap in the Dominion Post this morning. Isn’t it time to fix the pay gap? Instead of thinking what might be the best way to assess and reward work, we assume that the way that work is structured and paid right now is the way that work ought [...]
Cross posted It has been one of those days. I had a mass of administrivia to get through at work, and half way through, I got a call from my girls’ school: Miss Ten the elder was feeling queasy and could I come and pick her up. Yes, I could, in half an hour. Frantic [...]
Election Day links! ‘though no political links given the Electoral Commission rules. Nora Roberts on romantic fiction: There is, she says, “more than a streak of misogyny” in the way romance is viewed. “All some people see is the big R and dismiss it. But I’ve made my career on my own terms and that [...]
Breaking News: Bob McCroskie won’t be wearing a white ribbon this year. Why? Because it’s not a gender issue. And you ladies should stop telling lies. If we’re serious about reducing family violence, we need to open both eyes – and tell the truth. The website says “Violence is endemic within New Zealand. One in [...]
I think women who participate in pornography, and those who condone it are disrespecting themselves. After Tallulah’s post re: The Wellington Young Feminists Facebook Kerfuffle, it seemed like an appropriate time to post some more links to porn. Because now Marcia has left, I really will have to go back to disrespecting myself, instead of [...]
Posted without comment (for now). Lindsay Perigo says: Whatever the outcome of the vote on MMP, some way will have to be found to decretinise the suffrage. Disenfranchising everyone under 40 would help, though some means would have to be devised to exempt those members of Generations Airhead who are not airheads. (Disenfranchising all women [...]
OK. Let’s just get the irony of someone complaining that women liking porn turns men into rapists calling said women “whores” out of the way, shall we? HAH! Don’t like violence against women? How about you don’t commit it yourself. Want to know what I’m talking about? Well. Let me take you on a little [...]
Greta Christina talks about why she probably won’t do porn again. It’s not what you think. And it’s pretty depressing. I (Deb) love Isis, the domestic and laboratory goddess. She’s a scientist, and a feminist, and she loves shoes. And she has written an excellent take-down of the nonsense published by Nature about “womenspace”: What [...]
Cross posted from my place. This is a link to an article about Zac Guildford returning home and apologising for some his inappropriate behaviour while in Rarotonga. I think Zac Guildford’s apology regarding assaulting two men is a very good one, and I am really pleased to see that he is open about needing to [...]
Things we liked, or didn’t like, from around the web this week. A little bit old, but worth reading – on women’s butts in gaming. (H/T FOTLG Hadyn on GooglePlus) (I – Tallulah – don’t game, so I don’t have a perspective, but I’d be interested to hear if women do think the community is [...]
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