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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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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…
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…
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
…
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…
NOONE ASKS TO BE RAPED – CAMPAIGN
Posted by Charlotte on June 28, 2010
Tags: Advertising, feminism, Rape, Rape Crisis, Scotland
Rape Crisis Scotland are moving fast, loud and informing as many people as possible. Nobody is asking to be raped.
SCI-FI FUTURE SEX
Posted by Charlotte on June 24, 2010
Tags: feminism, sci fi, science fiction, sex
Sex sells, and nothing sells quite so well as queer and feminist reimagining of sex in sci fi. What can I say, we’re niche media.
Since Donna Haraway’s The Cyborg Manifesto, science fiction has been a playground for feminist
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BME WOMENS ASPIRATIONS NETWORK OPEN DAY, BIRMINGHAM
Posted by Charlotte on June 6, 2010
Tags: Birmingham, BME Women, BWAN, Networking, Women
Date: Saturday, 12 June 2010
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Location: Ibiz Hotel. , Birmingham City Centre. Ladywell Walk. Birmingham. B5 4ST
The BME Women’s Aspirations Network in Birmingham is holding a free networking event on Saturday to learn…
FUNDRAISING FOR FEMINIST MEDIA
Posted by Charlotte on June 2, 2010
Tags: donation, feminism, fundraising, The F-Word, UK, Women's Rights
Our good friends over at The F-Word online magazine and blog are fundraising for a brand new website — which you know you want — so commit to the expansion of online accessible feminist discussion in the UK…
FEMALE VOICE IN VIOLENCE: BIRMINGHAM ORGANISATION TENDERS REQUEST
Posted by Charlotte on May 28, 2010
Tags: Birmingham Women, feminism, Women's Rights
Following the success of its London research, ROTA’s Female Voice in Violence project (FVV) is being rolled out in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. While ROTA will lead the research, the fieldwork will be supported by a team of young volunteers…