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WORKING MUMS, WHAT OF DAD'S?
Posted by Charlotte on September 28, 2009
Tags: News, Research, Women and Work
Allow me to doubt this reporting in the Times, Working mums have the unhealthiest children, research finds
How can you talk about ‘a possible link between parental working habits and child health’ without mentioning fathers?
I couldn’t find…
READ ALL ABOUT IT: SENSATIONALISM SUCKS
Posted by Charlotte on September 23, 2009
Tags: Domestic Violence, News, Women and Crime
Someone thought it appropriate to send this link to one of my feminist associates email addresses
I’m reading…
I AM EMMA HUMPHREYS
Posted by Charlotte on September 20, 2009
Tags: News, Play, Women and Crime
Understanding the systems, legal and cultural, which lead to the lack of safety for women in society is the first step to changing them. H/T Julie Bindel’s facebook page.
I Am Emma Humphreys
Friday 25 September
9.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 4…
BECAUSE SPORTS RUIN YOUR HAIR…
Posted by Laura on September 17, 2009
Tags: Children, Education, News
Hair straightener bid to boost PE
Taken from the piece over at The Guardian:
A council spokeswoman said: “West Dunbartonshire Council has installed nine sets of hair straighteners within the changing facilities at each of the council’s three new
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IT'S HARD NOT TO HATE AMERICAN APPAREL
Posted by Charlotte on September 2, 2009
Tags: Advertising, News, Object
You know some bandwagons are all to easy to get on, and hating American Apparel and their increasingly skin crawling, porn lite, prepostorous adverts is one of those.
We all know Don Charney’s reputation for exploiting and sexually harassing…
AND THE WINNER IS…
Posted by Laura on August 27, 2009
Tags: Children, Education, Employment, Equality, News, Pay Gap, Politics, Youth
As reported here boys this year overtook girls in maths GCSE. Why? Because of the eradication of the coursework and it being purely assessed now by exams; which, we are told, boys do better at. We are told “Coursework…
100 YEARS OF GIRL GUIDES
Posted by Laura on August 24, 2009
Tags: Gender Stereotypes, Girl Guides, History, Links, News
This year is the centenary of the Girl Guides. I was a Brownie but never made it as far as the Girl Guides (the association seemed at odds with my increasing desire to become a rock star). I did…
ROUND-UP !
Posted by Charlotte on August 22, 2009
Tags: News
Some bits and pieces that have been going on..
Despite the right to vote, how much say in their future will the women of Afghanistan actually get? Women’s eNews
Things to know about the history of UK immigration laws…
CROATIA CONDEMNED BY EUROPEAN SOCIAL RIGHTS BODY FOR HOMOPHOBIC SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS
Posted by Charlotte on August 12, 2009
Tags: Europe, LGBT, News, Sex Education
I couldn’t pass this over when it dropped in my email box this week.
the European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors state compliance with the European Social Charter, has found that Croatia’s limited curriculum covering sex education discriminates
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HOW GENDER STEREOTYPES HURT MEN
Posted by Charlotte on August 10, 2009
Tags: Gender Stereotypes, News
It’s only a minor irk, but an irk none-the-less.
While traipsing through the Times website I came across two stories about men, one was featured in the women’s section and the other firmly placed in the mens.
The first article,…