The Fifty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Welcome to the fifty-sixth month of Down Under Feminists Carnival goodness. I am your host, Chally, and I am glad …
Category Archives: Violence Against Women
Linksplosion!: How we relate edition
thought for the day: why are we still framing the conversation this way? by Anna at the feminist librarian: The …
On sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is not an expression of attraction, it is an exercise of power. That’s something I have to keep …
Common sense and sensibility
When I was fifteen, my school’s English and history departments decided to go full throttle on the harrowing content. We …
Unobscuring Marital Rape in Nepal
Crossposted at Gender Across Borders Thinking that legislation alone will fix a problem is a dangerous practice, and nothing makes …
A property of the clan
Please note that this post discusses brutal violence against a young woman. I want to tell you about when I …
Linksplosion!: Approaching sexuality (again) edition
In connection with the last post, The stories we tell about sexuality, links on coming into sexuality, and refiguring it. …
‘A Motive More Human’: The Alice Mitchell Case, Part Five
Part One: Introduction Part Two: Agency Part Three: Pathologisation Part Four: Backlash Part Five: Conclusion Responses to Mitchell’s sexual and …
‘A Motive More Human’: The Alice Mitchell Case, Part Four
Part One: Introduction Part Two: Agency Part Three: Pathologisation Part Four: Backlash Part 5: Conclusion Alice Mitchell might have been …
‘A Motive More Human’: The Alice Mitchell Case, Part Three
Part One: Introduction Part Two: Agency Part Three: Pathologisation Part 4: Backlash Part 5: Conclusion How do you shove back …
‘A Motive More Human’: The Alice Mitchell Case, Part Two
Part One: Introduction Part Two: Agency Part Three: Pathologisation Part 4: Backlash Part 5: Conclusion If you’ve got a society …
‘A Motive More Human’: The Alice Mitchell Case, Part One
Part One: Introduction Part Two: Agency Part Three: Pathologisation Part 4: Backlash Part 5: Conclusion Alice Mitchell was a white …
There will not be much sleep to be had in Sydney tonight
We’re all going to be refreshing the Sydney Morning Herald website’s front page until we hear that all is well …
And There I Thought Jokes were Supposed to be Funny
This post contains discussion of a joke about disability and incestuous rape. Katie Price, also known as Jordan, is a …
Linksplosion! Haven’t done one of these in a while edition
Deborah at A Bee of a Certain Age: Dot and Tim Cara at The Curvature: New Congo Rape Statistics Inspire …
