Facebook’s New Slut Page: a monument to girl hatred
Since when did it become okay to hate women and girls so publicly and to judge them so mercilessly? There’s a new page on Facebook. It’s only two weeks old but already has more than a million members. I’m not going to post the link but of course it is easy to find. You don’t […]
After feminism: what are girls supposed to do?
Abbi Marper is too shy to speak above a whisper, but she wants to be a policewoman or a nurse. Her friend Becky Billing is studying to be a plumber. Charlotte Wilson, the most chatty of the group, is having a problem narrowing her options. “I want to be a firefighter, but I also want […]
Looking for love on Valentine’s day? You won’t find it here
Fancy some violence on Valentine’s Day? Came across this, which is doing the rounds on some Facebook sites: “I’ve got a Valentines poem that has never yet failed to get me into a girls knickers. . . Here we go then . . . Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’ve got a knife now […]
Child porn victim seeks damages from men possessing her image
A young woman known as Amy is seeking payment from consumers of pornographic videos and pictures that depicted her abuse. >more I hope she -and others like her – extract millions from the men who fuel the demand for the creation of child sexual assault images.
Australian Sex Party caught out in attempt to hide reality of ‘teen porn’ titles
It was a remarkable case of playing fast and loose with the truth – even by the standards of the Australian Sex Party (ASP). Kids Free 2B Kids expose on ‘pseudo’ child pornography flooding corner stores, milkbars and petrol stations (including 7-Eleven and McDonald’s-Fuelzone) was turned into a claim that Australia had banned small breasted women in pornography. This […]
Sexual assault prevention tips guaranteed to work
Came across this on Girl w/ Pen. These tips put the responsibility where it should be: 1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior. 2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone! 3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault […]
Some outstanding weekend reading and listening for those who care about the treatment of women and girls by the dietary industry, the prostitution industry, the sexualisation industry and hotted up car festivals.
First up, Lydia Turner (discovered here first!) in ABC’s The Drum Unleashed today about the failure of “weight-loss” dietary products and the death and injury they cause. Then Julie Bindel on men who use prostituted women and why, followed by a podcast with Diane Levin, co-author with Jean Kilbourne of So Sexy So Soon: The new […]
Women blindfolded and gagged: the latest in men’s fashion from Roger David
The try-hards at Roger David are promoting two new t-shirts for the boys, featuring women who are gagged, with strips across their eyes and semi-naked, as the latest fashion statement. The woman in the ‘Annie Hollywood’ t-shirt (produced by ‘Blood Is The New Black’) looks as though she has been roughed up. She appears disheveled […]
Early-blooming girls ‘more aggressive’
GIRLS who go through puberty before their 12th birthdays are more aggressive and more likely to steal, fight and take drugs than their later-blooming friends. Read the entire article. What about environmental causes? What about the culture in which the girls are being raised? What about the fact that girls are increasingly subjected to violent […]
How much did you hope to see? Peter Jackson addresses critics who wanted to see rape and murder of 14-year-old girl depicting in new film
Academy award winning director Peter Jackson has come in for criticism for not depicting the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in his film based on the book The Lovely Bones. In a global film culture which too often thrives on graphic sexual depictions and other acts of violence against girls and women, Jackson’s […]