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STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Posted by Charlotte on July 21, 2010
Tags: Amnesty, AmnestyUK, no recourse to public funds, vaw, Violence Against Women
Do pat yourselves on the back after reading this note from Amnesty International:
Dear Supporter,
I’m delighted to tell you that on Friday the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced that she would extend the current No Recourse pilot project
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JEZEBEL, FAILING TO FIGHT FOR THE FEMINISTS
Posted by Charlotte on July 7, 2010
Tags: Jezebel, misogyny, Women
I can’t believe there isn’t more consternation or anger that Jezebel chose to sell out it’s readership on July 5th, a holiday in the USA, by letting Deadspin editor curate the site in misogynistic fatphobic fashion.
I know that Jezebel…
SOME TID-BITS
Posted by Laura on July 5, 2010
Tags: academia, Activism, Books, feminism, News, Politics
Women Will Bear Brunt of Budget Cuts piece at The Guardian
CWS at University of York Announces A Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism
Carol Ann Duffy Reading, Questions and Book Signing in Lincoln
UNEMPLOYABLE MALES…
Posted by Laura on July 5, 2010
Tags: Education, Sexism, Women and Work
In The Observer yesterday, an article looked at the recent report published by the Higher Education Policy institute thinktank which claimed male graduates were less employable than their female counterparts. Now whilst it was rightly pointed out that…
KNICKER BUNTING, HAND PUPPETS, ZINE MAKING AND ROLLER DERBY!
Posted by Laura on July 4, 2010
Tags: academia, fashion, feminism, Music, Research, roller derby, Sport, Women, Women and Sport, Zines
On Friday 2nd July I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the ‘Not PowerPoint Again! Presenting Research on Women in Popular Culture’ Day School at the University of York. The day itself was organised by…
MAGGIE THATCHER, LIKE MARMITE APPARENTLY…
Posted by Laura on July 4, 2010
Tags: Politics, Woman's Hour, Women
BBC Radio4’s Woman’s Hour recently run a balloon debate to consider the woman who’d done the most to give women in Britain a voice in politics. One of the four women in the balloon was Margaret Thatcher,…
ASKING FOR IT
Posted by Laura on July 3, 2010
Tags: News, Rape, TV, Women
On a similar topic to the last post – I turned on BBC 1 Breakfast News this morning in the middle of a discussion about respecting other countries’ members by not wearing swimwear into bars, restaurants, shops and so…