tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359314482024-03-08T03:39:37.502+00:00feminist biteIt hasn't gone too far. On the contrary, it hasn't gone far enoughsnippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-23153892734806919802008-08-29T21:23:00.001+01:002008-08-29T21:23:47.173+01:00Moved to Wordpress'Cause it's better!<br /><br /><a href="http://feministbite.wordpress.com/">http://feministbite.wordpress.com/</a>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-28032599422637713082008-07-14T11:12:00.007+01:002008-07-14T11:42:21.086+01:00'Real Reason' for delay in the HFE Bill revealed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VlxOLpNzBVlB0ZZgFm-40T00i8qeLTsxf4VG-OWvz-Sp1q8W2aSDTC6NzrgmqCZ-kABXNcOTty3Ly0Qz4nYOKQhZ1sbhL3mql_5uHHzEZFTTk5crmSHpJi91T1EYTdGE8Xmr6A/s1600-h/67202.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222818017293445714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VlxOLpNzBVlB0ZZgFm-40T00i8qeLTsxf4VG-OWvz-Sp1q8W2aSDTC6NzrgmqCZ-kABXNcOTty3Ly0Qz4nYOKQhZ1sbhL3mql_5uHHzEZFTTk5crmSHpJi91T1EYTdGE8Xmr6A/s320/67202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSBwtw1fdkALK_5KLpOCXjJDqlUZA3lCMu8E6jETHziGTlUF05yuBkYkmpEiCAFqDwrMbSnJep_SUWeb4DKlumaCsOyNT5JkpJ8xWE7B9xyvgPkEk7k5U5zu-lMR8VJBMwYT7FA/s1600-h/images.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK48p3XUBgvPTHNRTZQj-lQx0xIeZJEJAfJ5pCeSc4z9ajR-EulzV8n0mhud6Lw4_Axz0bnDL8-8Q_jAZc_ckjT96yjRPTK_1tnUrHU9GLeQmTKkjc2NtGI4yuzjbrLqN0DOpnvw/s1600-h/images.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The Sunday Telegraph (yes, I know) claims that the HFE Bill has been delayed to the Autumn not because of the Glasgow-East by-election, but rather because Emily Thornberry MP, supported by Harriet Harman, wants to table an amendment to extend abortion rights to Northern Ireland. Considering assurances were given by the Northern Ireland Secretary that this would not happen</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">around the time of the 42 days vote, relations in Cabinet are said to have further deteriorated. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Read about the messy politics <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2298566/Gordon-Brown-and-Harriet-Harman-in-abortion-bust-up.html">here</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, but I shall ask my Westminster spies tomorrow. I love that pro-choice MPs are finally on the offensive and I say bring on the summer campaign!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Women's Hour over at Radio 4 has been discussing the issue this morning, which you can access <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2008_29_mon.shtml">here</a>. Although I warn you, you will have to listen to Nadine Dorries MP.</span> </div></div></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-47978316691499528582008-07-14T11:00:00.005+01:002008-07-14T11:11:26.683+01:00New Statesman piece on the struggles of female Muslim rappers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1teQWMxFLs43HfagcxOa2_ghZBD62lC0a0r-kxmJ7Z0_pLtcQwlKEkVkWVVri1GppcEq_VXH4wHpqdheQcsTELXRn_KEXnflqJRE2TJmJ3jcd8MYTFKdqn664AGaVK00J_OYETg/s1600-h/024_p38.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222810119883737858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1teQWMxFLs43HfagcxOa2_ghZBD62lC0a0r-kxmJ7Z0_pLtcQwlKEkVkWVVri1GppcEq_VXH4wHpqdheQcsTELXRn_KEXnflqJRE2TJmJ3jcd8MYTFKdqn664AGaVK00J_OYETg/s320/024_p38.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Though this week's New Statesman will be remembered for 'Heathcliffe-gate' there's also this very good article on the many barriers female Muslim rappers face when they try to launch a music career. Their response to criticism is very empowered. Read about it </span><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/07/female-artists-muslim-women"><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Norwegian Muslims claimed she was a bad role model after promotional videos for the album showed her with her back exposed and dressed in what was deemed to be sexually alluring western attire. Deeyah received verbal threats against herself and her family. And during one concert in 1995 she was attacked onstage.</span></em><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">The following year she came to London, hoping that things would be different, but the problems were soon to return. When the video for her single "Plan of My Own" was aired on an Asian music channel, featuring the singer dancing seductively with a man, the death threats and harassment started again. She is now based in the US and needs the constant protection of bodyguards. "<strong>People have said to me, 'If you wore more modest attire, toned your act down a little, you'd be OK.'</strong> <strong>Well, you know something? I've tried wearing traditional costumes onstage and I'm still the whore. I'm still the person who's wrong."</strong></span></em></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-7431064712314852762008-07-13T22:25:00.003+01:002008-07-13T22:27:33.044+01:00Have I mentioned how much I hate the misogynist cartoons of Peter Brookes at the Times?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajsP1Z6bv9NMdP-UAZuyM-tdzcfq6SOI6hRkD36L8mcV-Qz3zmbI_TS6hGHcyTuf0GTAurr5CHKLUey5Q-2AeMcQaQOc_-Yc4ynhvY54DEYhyKY360HQM-zgDaAqN7S2GfR5SqQ/s1600-h/cartoon385_366475a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222613402646115762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajsP1Z6bv9NMdP-UAZuyM-tdzcfq6SOI6hRkD36L8mcV-Qz3zmbI_TS6hGHcyTuf0GTAurr5CHKLUey5Q-2AeMcQaQOc_-Yc4ynhvY54DEYhyKY360HQM-zgDaAqN7S2GfR5SqQ/s400/cartoon385_366475a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FrN8DMc36YNP8U-jB3q4eivLu9Qd3Bbp1iUqMm7BxnyLirYHBL9PvWOBIVRLGzR1T4xg7tBbujJuhTebAMCdZhkNsuphs1TChctJuoSv9Cgn7hOfF_SKAKNfuIVqrbtlsWOYRA/s1600-h/TTM142301CC385_367801a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222613255921259330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FrN8DMc36YNP8U-jB3q4eivLu9Qd3Bbp1iUqMm7BxnyLirYHBL9PvWOBIVRLGzR1T4xg7tBbujJuhTebAMCdZhkNsuphs1TChctJuoSv9Cgn7hOfF_SKAKNfuIVqrbtlsWOYRA/s400/TTM142301CC385_367801a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-43607459874948629982008-07-12T22:52:00.003+01:002008-07-12T22:58:53.019+01:00Judith Butler in the British Journal of Sociology<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lqdJhFEsI-VfNfH315f0GRoOckta-ikm6wZNiUX7X-VXDHocM06RJazzl77v_pur4hKlUi9XP-jhZ0lQc1b1hnbCY31aatGLeeq6RpynUc4TqGrwjY5D9u9gHGFV8cWeLqQf2w/s1600-h/judith_butler31%2520photo%2520small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222250022907998434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lqdJhFEsI-VfNfH315f0GRoOckta-ikm6wZNiUX7X-VXDHocM06RJazzl77v_pur4hKlUi9XP-jhZ0lQc1b1hnbCY31aatGLeeq6RpynUc4TqGrwjY5D9u9gHGFV8cWeLqQf2w/s320/judith_butler31%2520photo%2520small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't know how I missed this, but the March edition of the BJS is dedicated to Judith Butler's 2007 public lecture 'Sexual Politics, Torture and Secular Time'. The whole edition is online and you can access it </span><a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BJS/pastVolumes/index108.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Responses are from: Chetan Bhatt (Goldsmiths), Jim Beckford (Warwick), Linda Woodhead (Lancaster), Suki Ali (LSE), and Tariq Modood (Bristol).</span></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-90793944318802147882008-07-12T22:35:00.002+01:002008-07-12T22:39:28.382+01:00Weekend Cartoon - The Times takes on Harriet 'Harperson'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIycpV7Ph3AwUDokVpFmIEqtxycjmn5F9TUqRPyHz-yMM9xPWYenJZ4fTveIfk0DBABIzIaz_3arYsdgW_hP3JsKTRTodtG9dfABsILwX6vu1yotS-0E4nYgGMRz2nXe6R-e5-g/s1600-h/Times+-+Harriet+Harman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222245065421102354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIycpV7Ph3AwUDokVpFmIEqtxycjmn5F9TUqRPyHz-yMM9xPWYenJZ4fTveIfk0DBABIzIaz_3arYsdgW_hP3JsKTRTodtG9dfABsILwX6vu1yotS-0E4nYgGMRz2nXe6R-e5-g/s400/Times+-+Harriet+Harman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9jL9HWT6k2rzwRbjeds_4cZKE-XpViYXMpZ3mCU2lMinNhG3j2nDvvXKdoGuxjE0DG_viSxeCsLGJ_0Go2he2-npHQZWYdicU4UhgZVpovbLNfxvskm7_MAgfiGRpuqctZhouQ/s1600-h/Times+-+Harriet+Harman.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-85952183049275923262008-07-12T22:29:00.003+01:002008-07-12T22:34:30.583+01:00Another feminism piece<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyzDzRjk4MfPg7wyckENoTIWMtPQ-Je-B7_6pybI8G2IZNVF1au9rdZI8PhsguT_t8jwC1NGYFx2mQgfhiSxoFO8p2eHl8DxjhmP-82ZVmi7oW7HWkuGYau7jD8RlLtJj0mVF5g/s1600-h/6a00d83452a98069e200e54f54e7508834-640wi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222244071408613138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyzDzRjk4MfPg7wyckENoTIWMtPQ-Je-B7_6pybI8G2IZNVF1au9rdZI8PhsguT_t8jwC1NGYFx2mQgfhiSxoFO8p2eHl8DxjhmP-82ZVmi7oW7HWkuGYau7jD8RlLtJj0mVF5g/s320/6a00d83452a98069e200e54f54e7508834-640wi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Rowenna Davis has written a piece on bringing feminism into the mainstream over at Comment is Free on the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/11/women.women">Guardian</a> website. Not terribly detailed, but this type of thing seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment ...</span></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-39805120624376339222008-07-06T14:22:00.000+01:002008-07-06T14:23:17.823+01:00Weekend Cartoon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRs0sMWmHVC5jqwJO6zME9phXixYAGz7vM-w5ZMInoJgIpmNAhy-_J8KNN2aa-Ig-JSPXmaaUUOUccEfz9Sy9ivrTNPnKT-ourOid_gNBuLlWOKEvoLtvCvc11jL_zRGJlHa_jA/s1600-h/feminism+and+cats.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219890920831506306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRs0sMWmHVC5jqwJO6zME9phXixYAGz7vM-w5ZMInoJgIpmNAhy-_J8KNN2aa-Ig-JSPXmaaUUOUccEfz9Sy9ivrTNPnKT-ourOid_gNBuLlWOKEvoLtvCvc11jL_zRGJlHa_jA/s320/feminism+and+cats.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-16798156739509233832008-07-06T14:01:00.008+01:002008-07-06T14:30:34.065+01:00Jacqui Smith's atrocious binge drinking/rape analogy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMGHdvZFC8p9VRbSUgVP5X3V86W56yXL1HdnBz0ZbLuaCSQOvpeabjMYcRdcpjL8VSFVhfafVi_cTSow5gifoeo4y_nyBvcq4_2Fqk4to3uJiadPvqMvLe-yLZ9GWhEthiPcUew/s1600-h/---Woman-Drinking-Absinthe----absinthe-392557_367_500.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219888861584734386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMGHdvZFC8p9VRbSUgVP5X3V86W56yXL1HdnBz0ZbLuaCSQOvpeabjMYcRdcpjL8VSFVhfafVi_cTSow5gifoeo4y_nyBvcq4_2Fqk4to3uJiadPvqMvLe-yLZ9GWhEthiPcUew/s320/---Woman-Drinking-Absinthe----absinthe-392557_367_500.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jacqui Smith in a binge drinking debate in this month's <a href="http://www.elleuk.com/">Elle magazine</a>:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Elle: Should we be worried about the amount we drink?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jacqui Smith: We know that the excessive consumption of alcohol by young people can cause real harm to their health, but we also need to consider the impact it has on women's personal safety - <em>one in three rapes occur after the victim has been drinking.</em></span><em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thankfully Anna Blundy also participated:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Elle: Is the concern about women binge drinking actually misogyny in disguise?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Anna Blundy: I think there is a horrible misogyny. In general, it is not women committing crimes when they are drunk - they're more likely to have crimes committed against them.</span>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-15540025766508796042008-07-06T13:51:00.004+01:002008-07-06T13:58:32.557+01:00Katherine Rake in the New Statesman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tM8lVNPK3B_vyPIgk3AfcK4OgptQTOHe8FSZQQxN4umUf0ztF-TaJUzY7GxFhFa7buY5s6g5xVhrEpxqXXV9npDVaNnbd2f4sdnM8xFIz84sElAZM90JsX4CMugME5p0BIn3OA/s1600-h/023_p38.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219884341123142578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tM8lVNPK3B_vyPIgk3AfcK4OgptQTOHe8FSZQQxN4umUf0ztF-TaJUzY7GxFhFa7buY5s6g5xVhrEpxqXXV9npDVaNnbd2f4sdnM8xFIz84sElAZM90JsX4CMugME5p0BIn3OA/s320/023_p38.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Katherine Rake celebrates women winning the vote 80 years ago in </span><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/07/women-equal-girls-rights"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Long Fight for Equality</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Clearly, we have some way to go ...</span></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-57652049667460342582007-06-05T14:28:00.001+01:002007-06-05T14:28:22.056+01:00Women In Art<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs' name='movie'></param><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs'></embed></object></p><p>What a shame this isn't '500 years of Women Artists'. May I direct you all to the Guerilla Girls page in my links section.</p></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-1947146793808533802007-05-12T21:10:00.000+01:002007-05-12T21:25:23.005+01:00Judith Butler on Hannah Arendt in LRB<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGyDdvi3UNW5GjI4Arvw-CHIV249o1iKDWQVkYr5112qJ1tWWJAJQF7f8RifgJhyphenhyphen2ecSR8IJOUdpt-II2TNTgo9Y4pMZI0G0ppBZaytcRdmsozBgHEBBjY1CNUjw0nU8a2M6h_g/s1600-h/Hannah_Arendt_by_Fred_Stein_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063771998114954962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGyDdvi3UNW5GjI4Arvw-CHIV249o1iKDWQVkYr5112qJ1tWWJAJQF7f8RifgJhyphenhyphen2ecSR8IJOUdpt-II2TNTgo9Y4pMZI0G0ppBZaytcRdmsozBgHEBBjY1CNUjw0nU8a2M6h_g/s320/Hannah_Arendt_by_Fred_Stein_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Great article by Judith Butler in the latest edition of the <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/index.php">London Review of Books</a>. She reviews Arendt's <em>The Jewish Writings</em> and focuses on the usual Butler concerns, written in her complex and beautiful style. Buy the paper or read the article online <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n09/butl02_.html">here</a></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-86038844473867191532007-05-02T16:48:00.000+01:002007-05-02T17:06:38.858+01:00Men's Representative Party of Lies!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw03JU37ZJ4GF2fDH-1YUxIDIGMdXAvmvrFy0iHU3Zwggi_ik3pjrha8jG5vAue1XkoV27Kbe0TodvgcehAr2JvBi944b841mGDdRkIqcGlpFmbEMxGWZ-S7I6ak7-fwBd7ghaKw/s1600-h/socially+excluded+men.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059994505658646210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw03JU37ZJ4GF2fDH-1YUxIDIGMdXAvmvrFy0iHU3Zwggi_ik3pjrha8jG5vAue1XkoV27Kbe0TodvgcehAr2JvBi944b841mGDdRkIqcGlpFmbEMxGWZ-S7I6ak7-fwBd7ghaKw/s200/socially+excluded+men.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKHETA5h7MRbkf99oRKI1YmxNOVB3r-FdRuzhWsDISMjM2WN2MpPP7BFWFFBMaTxDewFiZXY60NhReDJtKk4LcXnrYu6NBbvLDGkCnN8SZ2hrVWzL77qfW4mA8gSWtboAKcs4AQ/s1600-h/socially+excluded+men.gif"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">This is one of the funniest and most disturbing things I have seen in a while. Check out the bizarre, completely inaccurate propaganda below for the <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/menrep/index.htm">Men's Representative Party</a>. Because the poor dears have it so rough!</div><br /><div align="justify"><em>As we know it, <strong>men do not have political representation</strong>. Because of our tradition of a male dominated Parliament, there has only been the need to represent every known group BUT men. Over the years, that need has has not only been fulfilled but become dangerously overloaded where women and minorities can enjoy undisputed representation, and to criticise this will only damn the critic as a 'bigot'.</em><br /><br /><p></p></div><div align="justify"><em>Although it's important to remember that what is happening is MORE than just 'political correctness gone mad' but a "way of thinking" that dates back much further. Since the early days, male chivalry has always adopted a po-faced stance in its championing of the fairer sex which is a sympathy that manifests today. So long as men still possess the timeless instinct to throw their coat into a puddle so that a woman's shoes won't get wet, there will ALWAYS be this primal sympathy - and <strong>women will always be selected, headhunted and promoted above their fellow men</strong>. This in turn creates the emerging legacy of the "omega male" left on the shelf and scrapheap of disadvantage.</em> </div><p></p><div align="justify">Shall we bombard Party founder Tim Watts with some of the <strong>real facts</strong> about political under-representation? Do so <a href="http://fs8.formsite.com/mpdp/form840850865/index.html">here</a></div><p></p>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-22056629409666747872007-04-11T23:52:00.000+01:002007-04-12T00:08:53.209+01:00Baudrillard in Prospect<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOb5DXetqp9ZFkddqEnFc67fJ4YZGYH54Qsq8UNji-4gU-rK7N0VVCT7mhxG14XgW3WCoIaRJrStQNp3egsr99slLYRt3NvA70J1RIaKLlHW2LYcdqi6E3-DOea8p3jGIAb_PSw/s1600-h/jean-baudrillard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052309518359061202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOb5DXetqp9ZFkddqEnFc67fJ4YZGYH54Qsq8UNji-4gU-rK7N0VVCT7mhxG14XgW3WCoIaRJrStQNp3egsr99slLYRt3NvA70J1RIaKLlHW2LYcdqi6E3-DOea8p3jGIAb_PSw/s200/jean-baudrillard.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, the death of Baudrillard recently barely rated a mention in the English press, such is this country's disdain for 'post-structuralist' French philosophers. However I am a big fan, and <a href="http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/">Prospect magazine</a> has an article about his legacy which you can read <a href="http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=8354">here</a>.<br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">Long live French philosophy I say, the UK marketized system of education is certainly not going to produce such innovative thinkers. I hope that while we are busying ourselves at university trying to make money, the French will continue to feel that ideas such as Baudrillard's have merit!</div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-1989565084025674392007-04-10T16:55:00.000+01:002007-04-10T17:09:03.599+01:00Nintendo's Cosmetic Paradise teaches the wonders of makeup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpveANDaDIp_hggSYHZ0DpBQvawNAYU32Qt3vyiM0y059_snHPzB8vxxHONfe_N6BH2Ww1OCx8wjJxfCQJ6SFXFCmFHXzsDuRosq1rntBowQNT87cWXhUvs3KWOsB5PwxOTC2Wg/s1600-h/famitsumakeupDS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051830414757192386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpveANDaDIp_hggSYHZ0DpBQvawNAYU32Qt3vyiM0y059_snHPzB8vxxHONfe_N6BH2Ww1OCx8wjJxfCQJ6SFXFCmFHXzsDuRosq1rntBowQNT87cWXhUvs3KWOsB5PwxOTC2Wg/s320/famitsumakeupDS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Courtesy of <a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/04/nintendos_cosme.html">Shiny Shiny</a>:<br /><br /><div align="justify"><em>Further reinforcing the notion that DSes are aimed at us girls and kiddywinks, Nintendo are set to release another gender-specific game, Cosmetic Paradise. Only announced on a Japanese site, </em><a href="http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/2007/03/31/104,1175313814,69359,0,0.html"><em>Famitsu</em></a><em>, </em><em>Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft decoded the characters and worked out the basic gist of the plot, involving a heroine living in a magical land of cosmetics, who must help all the women in the land win the hearts of the men, through the use of makeup.<br /></div></em><div align="justify"></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-89275078855786847782007-04-10T12:10:00.000+01:002007-04-10T13:00:11.775+01:00Another shambolic abortion article<p><div align="justify">I am boycotting weekend newspapers because they are literally eating into my social life, but this morning this little gem from the <a href="http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,2052508,00.html">Observer</a> was waiting in my inbox. It's your standard 'I became pregnant and am now questioning my pro-choice stance so I'm going to go to the American South and talk to some nutters for a cheap Channel 4 TV show' waste of time. Though she ultimately retains her pro-choice stance there are so many dodgy arguments and rhetorical devices in this piece - it's an utter shambles. Still framing the debate in terms of birth/death (what the hell has her grandma dying got to do with abortion?) rather than women's reproductive rights and bodily integrity. Blah! </div><div align="justify"><p>Dodgiest parts below:<em></p></div><div align="justify"><p>Throughout my twenties and the better part of my thirties, I did everything that was required for me not to have a child (other than, you know, not having sex). I wasn't always safe - I've necked morning-after pills like vitamin tablets - but I was lucky enough not to end up in a situation where I was pregnant and didn't want to be.</em></p></div><div align="justify"><p><span style="color:#330099;">Unhelpful!</span><em><span style="color:#330099;"><br /></span><br /><p>And I'm a feminist. I have more than one Andrea Dworkin book and I'm not ashamed of that.</em></p></div><div align="justify"><p><span style="color:#330099;">A copy of Andrea Dworkin is not a definitive feminist ID</span><em></p></div><div align="justify"><p>My questions weren't being answered in the UK, where abortion isn't really talked about. So I decided to go to America, where abortion is a hot, divisive and political topic. </em></p></div><div align="justify"><p><span style="color:#330099;">Err, I think a number of recent UK Ten Minute Rule Bills might suggest otherwise .....</span><em></p></div><div align="justify"><p>I hung out with Roy outside the clinic as he confronted young, mostly black, women coming in for a termination and tried to persuade them to turn back. It wasn't a comfortable morning. 'Shame on you, coming in here with a cross around your neck!' Roy shouted at one poor girl. 'Are you going to nail your baby to the cross?' Despite his appalling hectoring, I quite liked Roy. </em></p></div><div align="justify"><p><span style="color:#330099;">Yeah, he sounds like a really nice guy ...</span></p></div><div align="justify"><p>Watch the madness on More4 this Wednesday 10.30pm.</p></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-32404225027192752472007-04-08T15:44:00.000+01:002007-04-08T15:48:00.058+01:00Unfinished story of women and the United Nations<div align="justify">This is a publication of the Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) Development Dossier series that looks back at more than 85 years of history of women and inter-governmental organisations. Unrecorded by history and untold by the media, this book recalls the success story of women and the League of Nations and describes the unfolding history of women at the United Nations for the advancement and empowerment of women, especially in the 30 years since the First UN World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, and up to the ten-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in 2005.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Read this very cool report by clicking <a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/pdf/UnfinishedStory.pdf">here</a></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-71495651166200515882007-04-06T19:39:00.000+01:002007-04-06T19:55:24.819+01:00Fair and Lovely Whitening Cream - CSR failure<div align="justify">I am skeptical about all corporate social <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">responsibility</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">initiatives</span> on the basis that global hyper-capitalism <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">constitutes</span> a moral universe completely at odds with equality. Read this study to find out more!</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong></strong><strong></strong></div><div align="justify"><br /><p><strong>Doing well by doing good: case study - 'Fair & Lovely' whitening cream</strong><br />This paper takes a critical look at the "bottom of the pyramid" proposition which argues that companies can make profits while also doing good. In particular, the paper empirically tests this proposition by examining in depth the case of 'Fair & Lovely,' a skin whitening cream marketed by Unilever in many countries in Asia and Africa, and, in particular, India. The paper argues that Fair & Lovely is a profitable and fast growing brand, however the paper demonstrates its negative implications for public welfare. </p></div><p align="justify">These problems include: </p><ul><li><div align="justify">whitening creams pose a special risk in developing countries where dermatologists and general medical practitioners are typically not the first to be consulted on the treatment of skin diseases </div></li><li><div align="justify">women's groups and activities have alleged that advertisements for the cream are racist because they propose that having fairer skin will assist women obtain a husband and a job </div></li><li><div align="justify">these advertisements drown out the efforts and voices of women's organisations that are working to promote equality and social justice for women in their countries </div></li><li><div align="justify">Unilever is not living up to its corporate social responsibility (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">CSR</span>) objectives.</div></li></ul><p align="justify">The paper also highlights the difficulty of compliance with social responsibility standards by corporations such as Unilever arguing that voluntary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CSR</span>, self-regulation, activism by civil society, and government regulation has been ineffective. Available online via <a href="http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC24045&amp;amp;em=050407&sub=csr"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Eldis</span></a></p>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-32369476471308608412007-04-06T18:59:00.000+01:002007-04-06T19:25:11.087+01:00Two things which annoy me: Today Show and TimeoutAh I am sorry for neglecting this blog so much recently. I seem to find it impossible to combine it with paid work. Now that my think-tank internship has finished and I am officially unemployed once again it should remain more up to date!<br /><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Two things which have come to my attention this week:</div><br /><div align="justify">1. The Today Show's god-awful coverage of the female marine captured by Iran - I was spitting blood! There was a hideous interview with a bunch of hack of psychologists saying it was so wrong that this woman had left her child behind. Presumably some of the male soldiers also have children, but we all know there is no room within military discourses to talk about masculinity and the role of fathers! My most hated IR argument also came up - that women shouldn't fight on the front-line because the men get so upset at seeing women hurt/killed. Poor things! Urgh, reminds me why I need to move away from social policy and get back into feminist IR ...</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">2. An article on 'boylesque' - male burlesque - in <a href="http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/2770.html#">Time Out London</a>. Time Out always has articles/listings on burlesque and I'm not really a fan because I don't believe that objectification dressed up as a 'vaudeville artform' is any different then the million of other rubbish portrayals of women. Two things are interesting in this article: the references to restraining those 'hysterical' hen's night women (because sexually-aggressive women are just so not cool); and the idea that equality is objectification of all!</div><br /><div align="justify"><em>Burlesque and taboo. Two words you don’t often see in the same sentence. Burlesque and freakshow, sure. Burlesque and, well, bonkers? Absolutely. After all, this is the vaudeville artform that includes routines by lovely ladies who use balloons to protect their modesty, only to pop them with a feather poked through holes in their tongues. Or it might involve a blindfolded escape act from tightly bound tape using only double-jointed manoeuvres to undress. If it’s ironic, humorous or cheeky, and involves in some (often small) way the removal of garments, then you’re likely to see it on a London stage. The only constant is that it’s always ‘lovely ladies’. Now men doing burlesque? That’s just weird.</em><br /></div><div align="justify"><em></em></div><br /><div align="justify"><em>But that’s exactly what Whoopee will be doing this week. Their Tournament of Tease competitions are a great way for aspiring burlesque peeps to get a nipple tassel in the door. For four months, however, the Male Tournament of Tease will be offering blokes a chance to shine.‘I went to a lot of strip tease pubs,’ says organiser and photographer, Julie Cook, ‘and I was amazed at people who could take take their clothes off in public spaces. There’s a liberation attached – not only those who actually took their clothes off, but those who watched. I was impressed by the way that men were so passive and controlled and took it so seriously. When I’ve seen the situation reversed, the women scream and make so much noise, the audience really gets worked up into a frenzy. I didn’t feel comfortable with it. So I imagined a situation where women would be cool about it and enjoy the performance, and it not be some sort of hysterical thing. And I thought that there must be other women around who want that.’</em></div><br /><div align="justify"><em>But what will the guys actually do on stage? A Chippendales-styled strip is just a strip; it’s not burlesque unless there’s a humorous element.‘One of the best male burlesque performances I’ve seen was in Las Vegas at the Miss Exotic World conference. There was a male section called Boylesque. Roky Roulette came on came on dressed as a cowboy and rode on to the stage on a child’s horse. He hopped up and down all over the stage and, at the same time, stripped. On one hand, it was funny, but on the other it’s something that’s very hard to do physically, to be able to pogo up and down yet strip in a really sexy way. His performance ended with a big shower of glitter, and that twist at the end was magical.’</em></div><br /><div align="justify"><em>Whoopee are providing choreographers for any would-be male burlesque performers, and the Male Tournament of Tease grand final will be in July. Julie Cook will be photographing the tournaments and exhibiting the photographs in November.</em><br /></div><div align="justify"><em></em></div><br /><div align="justify"><em>So will London’s burlesque scene be ready to give up its last taboo? And will burlesque fans be as cool and collected watching the boys as they are watching the girls? Cook says: ‘Men are much more nervous than women are of performing. They’re afraid of female audiences being over the top. So there’s absolutely no hen weekends allowed in and definitely no screaming!’</em></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-18534923883646533322007-02-24T13:28:00.000+00:002007-02-24T13:34:18.581+00:00Is Labour losing the women's vote?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLleRPqRhP42loHZcwiQxUdSPMkoAar3jGh6DQHc0Fqi5-XJHQpW4RH2k2Ci_wlGxFmCP-tt6E_YovkdzXRhCnrnSg3dQJYjDXiF4limAyprw1H9p3B60AXcrS_ylAC9iv5OKPQ/s1600-h/labour.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035093334536846738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLleRPqRhP42loHZcwiQxUdSPMkoAar3jGh6DQHc0Fqi5-XJHQpW4RH2k2Ci_wlGxFmCP-tt6E_YovkdzXRhCnrnSg3dQJYjDXiF4limAyprw1H9p3B60AXcrS_ylAC9iv5OKPQ/s320/labour.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXq-COV0qqIBvkPmpce_YLpy4BXjz0WWxWh0_P1comZYtC_N5Ufgh0FNVTOk6qft_Aso87NWhKNnygi5_uz2GNsPaT9I2Y1wT_fL2mmZzO3cIldKTEfs_2D7obElyneMRn5nVBQ/s1600-h/labour.gif"></a><br /><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>Whither Worcester Woman: Is Labour losing the women's vote?<br /></strong>When: Wednesday 7 March - 1800-1930<br />Where: Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster<br /><br />SPEAKER JUST CONFIRMED - Vera Baird MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs. Vera will be joined by: Julia Clarke, Head of Political Research at MORI; Meg Munn MP, Minister for Women; and Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist. Lorna Fitzsimons, Patron of Progress, will chair the meeting.<br /><br />This Progress event will debate whether Labour is losing its appeal to female voters because of the challenge from David Cameron or whether it can be explained by their disengagement from the political process as a whole. Which policies should Labour adopt to win back women's support and how can the party change as a whole to attract more involvement from women?</div></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-55458734558337271332007-02-24T13:14:00.000+00:002007-02-24T13:20:37.767+00:00As for housework... women better off singleEven the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/23/nwomen23.xml">Telegraph</a> picked up on this recent study - though the findings were pretty predictable:<br /><br /><em>The report, published today by the Royal Economic Society, claims that single working women spend an average of 10 hours a week on housework while single men spend only seven hours.<br /></em><br /><em>As soon as women and men marry or live together, the amount of time devoted to housework increases to 15 hours a week for women and falls to only five hours a week for men. Differences like this — the so-called "chore wars" — mean that women derive less happiness from the relationship, suggests Helene Couprie, of Toulouse University, writing in the latest edition of the Economic Journal.</em>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-27453557425309616312007-02-24T13:04:00.000+00:002007-02-24T13:11:00.700+00:00Equal Opportunities Commission: An active past,a new future<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGBzlvS73J60EUfaicgiXNs2-OHEUNN-yONe8sAJLd-q1dpKABOUm8NrfMTyqzzWJ_hQe6CFjB4pg-H-SWEJqztP3-63p6M2AYTJTTKupEXofPUcv1xeQtAGrdImYuADq4OLduQ/s1600-h/eoc.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035087282927926642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGBzlvS73J60EUfaicgiXNs2-OHEUNN-yONe8sAJLd-q1dpKABOUm8NrfMTyqzzWJ_hQe6CFjB4pg-H-SWEJqztP3-63p6M2AYTJTTKupEXofPUcv1xeQtAGrdImYuADq4OLduQ/s320/eoc.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Jenny Watson, Chair of the EOC, will speak on the EOC's work and the changes facing it, at a meeting organised by the South London Fawcett Group. Vivienne Hayes, Director of the Women's Resource Centre, will act as commentator. Floor then open for discussion.</div><br /><div>Date: Monday, 26 March 2007Time: 6.30pm for 7pm</div><br /><div>Place: Millicent Fawcett Hall, 29 Marsham Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3DW</div><br /><div>Admission: Free, but please notify attendance to Susan Pares, Chair, South London Fawcett Group, 020 7498 1489 or <a href="mailto:spares@myway.com">spares@myway.com</a></div><br /><div>Donations appreciated</div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-4360155690486126502007-02-21T21:21:00.000+00:002007-02-21T21:35:16.575+00:00This is very cool ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H2NcNdyWFiW3NpliawDf67dmhpZXIWjh0PSIW7l9AANfdZY3naOdRdF99H8LFk7YA2pFJS4q4QXT_2wUEH2ljLiZNjzHqFg3BtGFOiqmCnE7sw2n-8G5zeO35T8smcAi-aKOJw/s1600-h/damnstraight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034101209976372578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H2NcNdyWFiW3NpliawDf67dmhpZXIWjh0PSIW7l9AANfdZY3naOdRdF99H8LFk7YA2pFJS4q4QXT_2wUEH2ljLiZNjzHqFg3BtGFOiqmCnE7sw2n-8G5zeO35T8smcAi-aKOJw/s400/damnstraight.jpg" border="0" /></a>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-85917154586857644232007-02-21T21:15:00.000+00:002007-02-21T21:18:49.527+00:00Upcoming LSE Gender event<div align="justify">Centre for Civil Society (Department of Social Policy) and Gender Institute Public Lecture<br /><strong>Diversity, equality and empowerment: NGOs making a difference</strong><br />Date: Monday 26 February 2007<br />Time: 6.30 - 8pm<br />Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House<br />Speakers: Judith Brodie, Angela Sarkis, Marianna Tortell<br />Chair: Professor Jude Howell<br /><br />This panel discussion explores the issue of gender equality, diversity and NGOs. Is there anything distinctive about the way NGOs approach this issue? Are NGOs more diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity and class compared to businesses or state agencies? What differences are there amongst NGOs in the extent to which they place gender issues on the agenda? And with more women taking up senior positions in NGOs what do they bring, as women, to these issues?<br /><br />Judith Brodie is Director of the UK Group of Voluntary Service Overseas. Angela Sarkis CBE is National Secretary of the YMCA, and Marianna Tortell is Director of Training and Group Work at The NIA Project.<br /><br />This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. More info <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/events/2007/20061218t1735z001.htm">here</a></div>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35931448.post-43991629539332765342007-02-20T20:22:00.000+00:002007-02-20T20:52:42.445+00:00The Bald Truth of Britney Spears<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-xzz_DslYouVWeTt0TWcZoGoqU0dWFCPjGolzQ0D18RCbfnVHYBnCcQdGZTKvq1gFLsj-Sxe3DKRtQGGQC8CDMmV_6kzmLlsJNw9cWb7VbPiAQ5-ISz-6W6VV288TMbNA1yD-A/s1600-h/brit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033718794678271298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-xzz_DslYouVWeTt0TWcZoGoqU0dWFCPjGolzQ0D18RCbfnVHYBnCcQdGZTKvq1gFLsj-Sxe3DKRtQGGQC8CDMmV_6kzmLlsJNw9cWb7VbPiAQ5-ISz-6W6VV288TMbNA1yD-A/s200/brit.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Article over on the Guardian today questioning why a pop star changing her hairstyle deserves blanket media coverage. Read it <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,,2016967,00.html">here</a> </div><div align="justify"></p><br /><p></div><div align="justify">I love that this is considered the defining point of her 'break down' despite the millions of other crazy things she has done up to this time. <em>Obviously</em> this all relates to tradional female standards of beauty, and how attempts to reject them are so frightening for most people.</div><div align="justify"></p><br /><p>Also, did you notice how many newsreaders, at least in the UK, referred to her 'long blonde locks'? As any pathetic celebrity site viewer will know, Britney hasn't been blonde for a long time! Plus her hair was 90% extensions. But I guess cutting long blonde hair is somehow more of a waste ...</div><div align="justify"></div></p>snippy_feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492876155085268102noreply@blogger.com0