February 2011
[TRIGGER WARNING] Teenagers suffer the kicks of... →
Teenagers are suffering abuse and humiliation by their partners, but we should be concerned that it’s just shrugged off as normal, writesLizz Pearson
The article begins:
What qualities do teenage boys look for in a girlfriend? It was the question put to a group of boys by a youth project worker in a London secondary school. The list they gave her wasn’t exactly cerebral, so she...
'Hollyoaks' to run false rape accusation storyline →
…Not best pleased about this.
I don’t watch Hollyoaks (soap opera aimed at c. 16-25yr olds), because i think it’s crap, but plenty of people do. And I really don’t think it’s helpful to have a storyline in this vein; it fuels the fire of “most women are lying”—which isn’t usually the case at all. Especially given that in the UK women and...
I’m only 14 minutes into this week’s episode and i’m already recommending it.
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings—episode three.
This week’s episode is on the role of women within travelling communities.
It will be available on 4od and YouTube soon… Or it’s on Channel 4 right now. Or Channel 4+1 at 10pm GMT.
Recommend FYGS for the Educational directory! →
January 2011
Weighing in on body fascism: Essay - latimes.com →
robot-heart-politics:
An interesting article on dance and the focus on thin-ness and body perfection.
The women who are forced into breastfeeding →
wingsofmadness:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
“Everyone agrees breastfeeding is best for babies – but vulnerable new mothers are being bullied into it. Anne Wollenberg finds some disturbing evidence”
I was lucky that I was never pressured into Breastfeeding by the doctors at the hospital that I delivered at. It was my choice to breastfeed and I did. (It was cheaper, Formula is expensive)
Of...
Parkinson's Drug Causes Gay Sex Addiction? →
A 51-year-old Frenchman is taking drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to court this week, claiming one of its Parkinson’s disease medications made him addicted to gay sex and gambling.
Didier Jambart said he started taking the drug, Requip, in 2003. Soon after, he became a gay sex addict, started to cross-dress, and posted graphic photos of himself on websites, according to the Agence...
This is why sexism in humour is a big fucking deal →
thejuthikakid:
gwenfrankenstien:
ix-tab:
So it turns out that words? They mean things! Intent? Still not fucking magical, after all these years. And sexist jokes? Influence the way women are percieved.
Here, have some science.
WORDS MEAN THINGS
I will always show this to anyone who say that sexist jokes are just jokes.
Pink nipples: the preference for "white" bodies →
The women who are forced into breastfeeding →
“Everyone agrees breastfeeding is best for babies – but vulnerable new mothers are being bullied into it. Anne Wollenberg finds some disturbing evidence”
Does oxytocin, the "love hormone", foster racism? →
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LINKS! Educational links!
Okay, here are some links for you that i’ve been meaning to post for aaaaaaaages.
First on the list is UMBC’s list of OVER NINE HUNDRED programmes in women’s, feminist and gender studies worldwide
Next, The Artemis Guide to Women’s Studies in the U.S.
Next, a searchable list of Women’s Studies Programmes by the NWSA (National Women’s Studies Association)
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Le Lundi Living List! Colleges with gender-neutral... →
I have decided that, in order to keep this list well-known and growing as a resource, i will circulate it every Monday as part of Le Lundi Living List. Because alliteration is cool.
I know for a fact that this list is lacking and far from comprehensive. However, i’m not omniscient and i do rely on heads-ups from readers so i know to add colleges to the list. Currently most of the colleges...
Full film of Sex, Death and the Gods →
Available until 10:14pm GMT Tuesday, February 1.
UK only (unless you know some computer wizardry to get around the geographical restrictions).
Video interview with Beeban Kidron, plus clips →
Interview with filmmaker Beeban Kidron, plus exclusive clips from her new film. Sex, Death and the Gods explores the complex world of India’s devadasi, girls devoted to a goddess and then sold for sex at puberty
Beeban Kidron, filmmaker of Sex, Death and the... →
After I made a documentary called Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns, which investigated prostitution in New York 18 years ago, I didn’t think I’d make another film on prostitution. But when I heard about the devadasis it opened the whole thing up for me again. Sex work “in the name of God” was a whole new frontier and I arrived in India full of outrage and...
