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 …
Tag Archives: social attitudes
Queerness and deception
I’m thinking about the idea that queer people, before they come out or are outed, are deceptive. It’s the idea …
Working towards the positive
Feminism has, reasonably obviously, been useful to me in developing my thinking about the issues: reproductive freedom, gender essentialism, and …
Which kinds of bodies are respected?
In the West, you express deference by distance. You simply cannot touch Elizabeth II. In business situations, you shake hands …
Acknowledging difference without othering
I find that people often treat the line between othering and acknowledging difference as a fine one. It’s not. I’ve …
Laughing
I’m thinking about laughter and fear. There’s a quote, with which you’re likely familiar, attributed to Margaret Atwood: “Men are …
Horror and humanity, part two
What leads people to diminish horror? It’s so hard to sit with events that make you utterly recoil. It’s hard …
Horror and humanity, part one
In part following on from Hey, feminists who try to reclaim the term “feminazi”? Don’t. What leads people to diminish …
Assuming identities
I have a great unwillingness to assign people identities without their say so. (See We can do better than this, …
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 …
White people don’t have a monopoly on genetic variation
A counterpart of Based on the colour of one’s skin. White people are represented as blonde, brunette, red-haired, freckled, tanned, …
Good girls and bad girls
The thing about dichotomies is that you can properly fit very few people into them, but it’s satisfying to try. …
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 …
The direction of desire
We know that it’s a mess when only heterosexual men are considered as having active and desiring sexuality. It’s a …
The Forty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hello and welcome to the forty-sixth edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I last hosted DUFC #12, so I’m …
