There would be a time when I would feel unsafe when someone use a jibe that used my emotional response to my own abuse against me. The whole “so you don’t dig brown sugar….but you don’t see rap as bad..whaddabout Knoxville girl” – a song about domestic violence leading to murder comment would have thrown […]
MoreFor what little it is worth, I have not had the most fabulous day. I learnt a few disgusting things like the homeless laundry service mixes all the dirty clothes together and washes them all together…with underwear not finding it’s way home to the right asses. I am lucky, I do my own washing, mainly […]
MoreI’ll just leave this here. It makes my heart glad to see this. Go Girlz! Forget about ‘not hating men’ – when men as a group deserve respect, deserve being liked and respected. When men stop hurting, killing women, mocking and being racist sexist misogynistic jerks then maybe things will be different. Until then..DESTROY THE […]
MoreSpare a thought for the foreign imported female servants of Singapore. Don’t be fooled by the use of the word ‘helper’ to describe their role. In a 2017 survey of 799 domestic female workers in Singapore, by the independent consultancy Research Across Borders, it was found that at least sixty percent of these foreign domestic […]
MoreWe live in a Patriarchal society, one where women are not in any way equal to men, and so there is no way in such an unequal society that sex work can ever be a choice for women, not only this, but sex work is, by it’s very nature, both physically and psychologically harmful to […]
MoreI can’t get from the cab to the curb without some little jerk getting on my back, cries Chrissie Hynde in Middle of the Road. “I’m tired! I’m 33!” Chrissie, Chrissie! 33 was just a baby!….At this point in menopausal middle age I am not just tired, I am comatose. Add to that a crack […]
MoreThe kawaii craze can be traced back to Lady Murasaki. In her 11th century novel, The Tale of Genji, she used the word to refer to qualities which were pitiable, wretched, servile, wretched and forlorn. During the Shogunate period Japan became greatly influenced by Neo-Confucianism. This philosophy’s view of women was strongly patriarchial – women […]
MoreFriends, Romans, countrywomen and men, lend me your hands, for I have been venturing into the Manosphere with barely a VPN to protect me. It has entailed many cups of tea, and I have to say I am exhausted and not a little bit dismayed. Sound the Division Bell! Set off the flares! Call in […]
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