-
Recent Posts
Archives
- April 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- August 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- March 2008
Categories
- animal rights (53)
- animals (27)
- Atheism (18)
- blogging (100)
- breakfast (4)
- childhood (13)
- christianity (16)
- communal living – flat life (4)
- computers (2)
- consumerism (22)
- cycling (4)
- death (16)
- dogs (29)
- abandoned dogs (7)
- pedigree dogs (7)
- rescue dogs (14)
- environment (18)
- environmentalism (22)
- europe (8)
- family (25)
- feminism (136)
- food (31)
- friendships (41)
- geocaching (3)
- gibraltar (29)
- health (51)
- breast cancer (1)
- cancer (2)
- drugs (6)
- illness (2)
- screening (3)
- survival rates (1)
- history (9)
- holidays (1)
- home (2)
- homeless people (8)
- tramps (4)
- houses (1)
- humour (2)
- hunting (4)
- internet (41)
- journalism (40)
- life (193)
- Longreads (6)
- love (10)
- media (20)
- money (10)
- music (8)
- musings (78)
- nature (5)
- news (23)
- photography (4)
- poetry (11)
- politics (39)
- poverty (5)
- public relations (11)
- radical feminism (3)
- relationships (3)
- Religion (21)
- safari (3)
- Sexism (10)
- shopping (16)
- social media (22)
- spain (17)
- thoughts (67)
- trans (1)
- travel (13)
- UK (6)
- vegan (19)
- vegetarian (33)
- vegetarianism (22)
- War (10)
- wordpress (6)
- work (47)
- WPlongform (28)
- writing (59)
Meta
Tag Archives: rape
Rape? No.
As we all know, when a 53-year-old man has sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, it isn’t rape. (Huh?) It’s sexual activity with with a child. Of course! So a mere four and a half years sorts that. Easily. WTF … Continue reading
Trans rape?
I know. I’m old. Out of touch. That’s probably why I’m reeling at the story of a transwoman raping a transman. Uh? Cherno Biko, if you haven’t heard of the story. Cherno Biko is a Brooklyn based award winning media … Continue reading
Shit that happens to women
This extract from an Australian paper says it all about women’s experiences of being attacked, assaulted, raped, threatened with murder, or, murdered. It also encapsulates, everything, but everything about society’s views of women. Victim blaming and shaming. Asking for it. … Continue reading
Rape
Because it’s a woman’s fault. A third of Britons believe a woman who acts flirtatiously is partially or completely to blame for being raped, according to a new study. If the woman was drunk, 4pc said she was totally responsible … Continue reading
Victim blaming (regarding rape)
While I will agree with you entirely, RS, that no crime against persons is excusable, still there are precautions that one can take. If I were to walk down a dark alley in a major metropolitan city, with hundred-dollar bills … Continue reading
More super shopping
Shopping never fails to amaze me. Not that I do it very often, and try my best to palm off that tedious task onto Partner. Even doing the washing up or mopping the floors is a worthwhile trade. As my … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, europe, life, shopping, thoughts, travel, vegetarian
Tagged rape, rome, stock cubes
24 Comments
Sluts, whores, prostitutes and ladies
Once upon a time, as all good fairy stories go, I was interviewed at a big railway station in Yorkshire, to be a rape counsellor. I have no idea why I thought I was remotely capable of doing this volunteer … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, gender-specific language
Tagged brothel, Leeds, porn, prostitution, rape, sex work, sydney
26 Comments
The blogging circuit – and rape
I never fail to be surprised by two anomalies in the blogging world. Maybe anomalies is the wrong word, contradictions may be better. On the one hand, there is the six degrees of separation theory, ie that people can connect … Continue reading →