I Don’t Have a Title For This; I’m Too Busy Being Angry
Trigger warning: sexual harassment, groping, erasure of victims/ survivors. I have two beautiful children in my life, whom I enthusiastically co-parent. I am not partnered with either parent of these children. Instead, I am called their Auntie, because calling me Miss [name redacted] is way too formal. It’s a nuanced relationship — I am an [...]
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Black. Male. Feminist?
This is a guest post from G.D. at PostBourgie. Over at The Root, Byron Hurt has a candid piece about how watching the fraught interaction between his parents as a kid helped plant the seeds for his adult embrace of feminism: Feminist writings about patriarchy, racism, capitalism and structural sexism resonated with me because I [...]
...read moreA disability services funding wishlist
Here in the state of New South Wales, Australia, we have an election coming up on 26 March, so help us all. The head of the state government, Premier Kristina Keneally of the Australian Labor Party, has pledged $30 million in disability services funding. She’s not going to be re-elected – I’ve never known an [...]
...read moreStepping backwards even as we step forwards
I read this piece in The New York Times, Women Fight to Maintain Their Role in the Building of a New Egypt by Sharon Otterman – “The same men they were afraid to talk to in the streets were saying, ‘Bravo, the girls’ revolution,’” Ms. Hassan said. – and was struck by the feeling of [...]
...read moreNew UNFPA Report Focussing on Gender-Based Violence in Areas Affected by Conflict
You can read the State of World Population 2010 report here, fresh off the presses. From the United Nations Population Fund website: Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution calling on governments to protect women from rape during war time and to tap the power of women to keep the [...]
...read moreLots of potential, but not sitting right with me.
Here’s an article from the BBC entitled “Police team up for rape campaign”. I am doubtless not the only one to have read enough articles with similar titles to now be approaching this one with trepidation. One would hope that an article with such a title would be about police putting together an anti-sexual violence [...]
...read moreThe Maguindanao Massacre
On 23 November, the wife and two sisters of Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu went to the town of Ampatuan to register him for the 2010 elections for the province of Maguindanao in the Philippines. They were Genalyn Mangudadatu, Vice Mayor Eden Mangudadatu of Mangudadatu town and Bai Farinna Mangudadatu respectively. A recipient of death [...]
...read moreBlack Women Are Worth 10K
I came across this story at The Root but it was originally posted at Aunt Jemima’s Revenge. Chiman Rai So hated blacks that he hired a hit man to kill his black daughter-in law, Sparkle. The case was labeled an honor killing. Eight years ago Rajeeve came home to find his daughter unhurt, and his [...]
...read moreTake Back the Blog TODAY!
The Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm supports the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment, online stalking and slander, predation or violence of any sort. [...]
...read moreTake Back the Blog!
Bruce at Crablaw is hosting Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm on April 28th. Bruce says: As announced, this page will host the April 28, 2007 Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but [...]
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