Mind The Gap
This shocking report from the Guardian about young child workers in India “have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.” According to the article: the children in a filthy sweatshop [...]
...read moreGuilty As Charged?
In the same vein as La Lubu, a comment is an inspiration for this post. In my previous post about Firestone, one comment stuck out to me the most. In response to the question (““Does pregnancy or sex comes first for women who desire both?”), Jamie said: Try asking a lesbian who wants children. I [...]
...read more‘Pregancy is Barbaric’ and Other Firestonian One-Liners
For my feminism class, I have to do some research with a colleague on Canadian feminist Shulamith Firestone’s ”Dialectic of Sex” where she discusses the ”feminist revolution”. First written in 1970, Firestone discussed the barbaric nature of pregnancy, noting that a friend had said it was like ”shitting a pumpkin” and she goes on to [...]
...read moreA Tale of Two B’s: Bitchiness & Bullying
Glossy bitchiness gives television the high ratings it desperately needs: Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell to an extent have made their careers by appearing tough and straight-talking but isn’t how they act…”bitchy”? Or is it because they are men that it is purely just aggressive behaviour? Is bitchiness reserved solely for girls? Mean Girls gave an [...]
...read moreClassic Examples of Modern Colourism
I am an avid reader of African-American gossip blogs like concrete loop and crunk & disorderly. From Crunk & Disorderly, I was shocked and disappointed when I heard this crazy story of a party promoter who handed out flyers for a party solely for light-skinned black women. The party for lightskinned girls was called “Light [...]
...read moreSinging with the Enemy?
Singing with the Enemy is the title of a genius programme on British TV at the moment. It is a reality show where two constrasting music bands are put together to make a song that comprises of both their music styles. Yesterday, it was a Gun N Roses inspired all male rock group called Lethal [...]
...read morePrejudice & University
My university (VK, *waves back!*) has dug up a lot of controversy this year. First, Bristol had to contend with a posh aristocratic girl on a reality TV show who argued that black people are “really bad”, condemned multicultural Britain and called lesbians “sinister”. Definitely a cocktail for intense press coverage and disaster. Buchanan also [...]
...read moreGirls & Gangs
Preface: This is my first day of guest-blogging and I am looking forward to it a lot. I have done it before @ Feministe but this time it will be for longer and I am thankful to Jill for this opportunity. I’m a university student in a south-western town in England called Bristol but my [...]
...read morePolygamy
My mum told me that with the arrival of the missionaries into Tanzania, many tribal practices were stamped out.Yet, polygamy is one that has always stuck. In developing countries, Polygamy tends to always refer to men having multiple wives as opposed to the other way around. Polygamy is allowed in Tanzania with the conset of [...]
...read moreIntimacy for…
Intimacy for Grades is a scandal that rocked the boat of the East African nation of Kenya. Check out this link from the BBC: what do you think about it in the nation you live in and what does it mean when it spreads to developing nations? Will it hinder the womens’ movement in post-colonial [...]
...read moreIs Race a difficult topic for Women?
I was reading a back issue of French Marie Claire today in the library and there was an article about a white woman who had herself painted black and spent a day as a “black woman”. She had her skin painted black with foundation, had curly hair put on as a wig etc and surrounded [...]
...read moreAggression
Can women ever be aggressive towards men AND for that to be acceptable? Living in Paris for a small amount of time has unlocked my aggressive side in the street. In London and Bristol, I just mind my own business but Paris has been a different experience for me: the sexually aggressive nature of some [...]
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