Thu 12 Jan
When men start using language that posits women as objects in order to talk about objectification, it’s not just a gross elision of female agency. It’s a shameless appropriation and a mirror of the way less ‘feminist’ men talk about women.
Wed 18 May
Lindsey German is on the side of taking rape seriously here because Strauss-Kahn is of the big bad IMF and PS are a centre-left party, not America-kicking, conspiracy-busting internet cowboys.
Fri 11 Mar
The BBC have released an internal police briefing for the education protests of December 8 & 9 last year. Here are some hilarious excerpts, with translation for those fortunate enough not to have had a run-in with the boys in blue recently.
Tue 15 Feb
Feminists must oppose ‘sexualisation’ being used by conservatives to bolster ideas of the innocence (read: non-sexuality) of teenagers, frequently used to deny them sex education and sexualities.
Sun 13 Feb
Banks aren’t like Topshop. No one ‘needs’, on a fundamental, day-to-day, life-sustaining level to go buy some jeans in Oxford Street. But we’re forced to rely on banks, and, the worse off we are, on the physical spaces of highstreet branches
Fri 04 Feb
Drawing the ‘journalist’ line – deciding who should be subject to the kind of demands I’m coming to – gets complicated, and it’s a question those of us who write publicly and participate as activists can’t ignore.
Mon 31 Jan
Acknowledging the existence of multiple voices and networks and viewpoints is meaningless while one voice – the journalist’s – gets to report on, define and give edges to the supposedly amorphous and pluralistic movement.
Fri 28 Jan
There aren’t just two sides to this, “outside” and “inside”. The inside has differences and nuances, and the decision to play up some of these is political.
Wed 12 Jan
The police exist to keep public order. We’re going to need to pretty much destroy public order to even begin to challenge capitalism (I mean, really, the bosses aren’t just going to handover the means of production with a ‘with compliments’ slip, yeah?).
Thu 06 Jan
Inside the bizarre suggestion that women be allowed to be ‘moral adults’ by being named is a kernel of real spite. Anyone who doesn’t agree, either politically or as women who have made rape accusations anonymously, is a moral child.
Tue 04 Jan
This handy bookmark-and-keep guide will set you on the path to becoming a truly effective purveyor of quality sectarianism, keeping the left small and the goals unwon since time immemorial.
Mon 03 Jan
Quite aside from the uncritical acceptance that it’s ok to judge a woman by her book cover (I’ll read what I damn well please, fellow public transport users), there’s something even more sexist going on here…