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TERF and meat-eating vegetarians
This is a related follow-on from the ‘prentend radfems‘ post. Transactivists have taken to naming us “TERFs”, particularly since the Radfem2012 trans-exclusion policy created such a stir. Typical, they...
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NYC Dyke March – inclusive, but not for lesbians
The 20th annual Dyke March was held yesterday in New York City. The Dyke March was inclusive (meaning that transwomen and genderqueers were also welcome). Unfortunately some lesbians attending the...
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NYC Dyke March – summary
The last post became fragmented due to all the updates as information became available, so a summary post is in order. ETA: Longer video now released, please read the commentary too. A group varying...
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Creepiest job advert ever
Thanks to anonymous radfem friend for the tip-off to the Creepiest Job Advert Ever. Librarian £25,000-£35,000 SURREY Location: Surrey Description: Librarian £25,000-30,000 per annum (Dependent on...
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Background on Jamison Green and Dallas Denny
An adjunct to GallusMag’s post on WPATH President-Elect Jamison Green Calls For Lesbian Bookburning, given that both critics of the forthcoming book by Sheila Jeffreys and Lorene Gottschalk, are both...
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London Radical Feminist Conference, July 2012
Last weekend in London, after nearly quarter of a century underground, the Women’s Liberation Movement rose again when Radical Feminists from many parts of the world met to discuss the current status...
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Sex industry advocates threaten to come after your daughters next
Male entitlement to female bodies never ceases to appall me. In this ‘article’ the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada have issued a not-so-veilled threat of ‘conning your 18yo daughters into...
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Enforcing heterosexuality – hate crimes against lesbians
This is an adjunct post to RubyFruit’s Radical Lesbian Feminism or Political Lesbian in 2012, in which RubyFruit outlines Adrienne Rich’s key points in compulsory heterosexuality. Part of the first...
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Is Eve still being framed?
An important Radio 4 podcast – Helena Kennedy QC speaks to a variety of guests on how women are treated in the criminal justice system, both as victims and defendants. Many of the statistics my readers...
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Guest post: You are next
Via Bugbrennan, anonymous quote. First they came for Janice Raymond and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an academic. Then they came for Mary Daly and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a lesbian....
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NAMALT
NAMALT – internet (feminist) shorthand for ‘Not All Men Are Like That’. Yes, it got its own acronym because of its frequent use, particularly in feminist spaces, but also generally, as most reports of...
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Is liberal feminism even feminism any more?
Firstly, what feminism is: Feminism is a political movement for the emancipation and liberation for all females, regardless of race, class, sexual orientation, reproductive status, disability status,...
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When women buy into patriarchy
Note: I wrote this post on 28 June, and held off publishing to think about it. I still have not gotten some of the screenshots yet. Self-defined feminists are still the minority of women, radical...
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The end of an era – with dire consequences for women and children
Today is the last day that feminists run the Sydney domestic violence shelter “Elsie”, Australia’s first domestic violence shelter for women and children fleeing male violence. Elsie had its 40th...
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Feminism–Remember who you are working for
On a daily basis I encounter online a general cluelessness as to what Feminism is all about, primarily from younger women who call themselves feminists. The daily onslaught of misinformation includes...
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No need to panic; it’s just Schrödinger’s Family Annihilator
The force said a suspect had been identified and ‘is contained’, and officers were not looking for anyone else. [...] ‘We are treating this as an isolated incident and there is no evidence that any...
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Julie Bishop: Woman-Traitor of the Year
Julie Bishop, the current Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has just been named Harper’s Bazaar’s “Woman of the Year”. In an interview with the women’s magazine Ms Bishop reflects on her role as...
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“for obvious reasons”
Today’s random reading from the newsfeed led me to an article on the wreck of the Batavia in 1629 off the Western Australian coast. I had not known anything much more on the subject other than it was a...
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White Ribbon Australia—and 50 shades of betrayal
White Ribbon Australia is currently making ‘news’ for all the wrong reasons. First to come to my attention was Clementine Ford’s most brilliant, and word perfect article in Daily Life, titled “White...
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RIP—Lesley Gore
On Monday, 16th February 2015, singer-songwriter, lesbian, and feminist activist passed away in New York City, aged 68. She is survived by her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson. Ms Gore is probably best...
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