ARCHIVE FOR AUGUST, 2010

BREASTFEEDING: TIT TENTS, HOOTER HIDERS AND POINTLESS ADVENTURES IN MODESTY

Posted by Charlotte on August 27, 2010

Guardian reporter Viv Groskop has a great article out today regarding the vogue for covering up while breastfeeding with a series of new modesty promising inventions.

The small ads in pregnancy magazines are suddenly full of these strange

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THE FEMINIST POSTER PROJECT

Posted by Laura on August 22, 2010
Tags: Activism, Art, feminism, posters, stickers

The Feminist Poster Project was founded in July 2010 and as their site says itself This website archives and shares feminist posters, postcards and stickers for you to print and paste. It offers a space for inspiration and a network…

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PORNIFICATION AND POP – THE DEBATE CONTINUES

Posted by Laura on August 22, 2010
Tags: Lady Gaga, Media, Music, pornification, sexualisation

There is always talk of the increasing sexualised nature of pop music and celebrities, but since Mike Stock announced in The Daily Mail that “Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R ‘n’ B and 99 per cent of…

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HOME ECONOMICS AND FEMINISM: TIME TO CLEAN UP

Posted by Charlotte on August 17, 2010
Tags: book, book review, do and mend, feminism, housewife, make, vintage

“Now that feminism has reclaimed the territory of traditional ‘housewife’ and empowered it…”

It’s a pity that came up in the press release because they had me at ‘practical advice’. I would just have enjoyed the…

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SECOND HAND AT EVERY SIZE

Posted by Charlotte on August 6, 2010

We haven’t given enough attention to the Big Bum Jumble just around the corner, it’s not only going to be an amazing day of size acceptance and fatshion but it’s also going to be a fundraiser for the fatty…

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