Thanks and all, but no thanks: I don’t want men in my feminism
Yes, I’m one of those feminists who doesn’t want men in feminism, the type who doesn’t think men can be feminists. I’m quite happy to talk with you, work in partnership with or alongside you, even...
View ArticleMore British women killed though men’s violence last year than British troops...
Nigella Lawson used the phrase ‘intimate terrorism’ to describe her abuse from Charles Saatchi in court in December last year. It is a derivative of the more useful term ‘patriarchal terrorism’ which...
View ArticleMother Killers: 30 UK men killed – or allegedly killed – their mothers...
This piece is about men who killed their mothers in the UK since 2012. I will also look at men who killed their grandmothers.1 Home Office data tells us that between 2001/2 and 2011/12, 108 women were...
View ArticleHere’s a thing: women exist
Insult us from the playground to parliament: Bitch. Witch. Slapper. Cow. Dog. Mouse. Mousse. Tart. Whore. Slut. Slag. Slattern. Fish-wife. Bossy. Bag. Harridan. Hag. Man. Man-hater Strengthen the cage:...
View ArticleCan you give me a link to ‘Counting Dead Men’?
Women who are killed are most likely to have been killed by a man, men who are killed are most likely to have been killed by a man. We know that women who are killed are most likely to have been...
View ArticleThe Attack in Manchester was an Attack on Women and Girls
We now know the names of the 22 people confirmed dead in the attack in Manchester, and we know the 17 of them were women and girls. Whilst not to deny or denigrate the lives of the 5 men that were...
View ArticleJust a selection of the lesbians who made 2017 so much better
There was someone missing from Pink News’ list of 11 LGBT heroes who made 2017 so much better: lesbians. to help them with their blind spot, here are 11 lesbians (in no particular order) who, I think,...
View ArticleWe need to stop the hierarchy of dead women
2 British women and a third who had lived in London for 20 years went missing abroad within 6 days. All three were found dead within 6 days. This is Karen Cleary-Brown. She was 44 years old and had...
View ArticleDon’t these feminists just need to lighten up and have some Halloween fun?
Artist Emma Bolland took and shared on twitter a photo of a mannequin in the window of the Amazing Party Company fancy dress shop in Leeds. After seeing the photo, I called the shop to complain, by...
View ArticleIs it enough if a person in a position of responsibility apologises for an...
Steve Reddy Liverpool Domestic Abuse Strategic Lead and mother-in-law jokes about women’s suspicious deaths Steve Reddy, Director of Liverpool City Council Children & Young People Services and...
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