It’s been a bit quiet here on the blog lately. The beginning of the year is always pretty busy, if not with uni work, then with life things – visiting family, getting back into the research job I got for the summer, organising to go overseas at the end of the month, pondering the year … Continue reading »
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My Feminist Wishlist
This month, The News With Nipples has been asking for submissions on ‘the future’ for the 55th edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival. So I thought I’d write something on what I want to see in the future, for feminism. And life in general. Obviously, writing a complete list of things that could be … Continue reading »
Sex Scribbled on my Skin: body politics and sexuality
Whether it’s in the way we dress, the gender we perform or the shape we are, our bodies shape the way we think about ourselves and the way that society thinks about us. Our bodies are texts to be read, with meanings and values and rules scribbled onto our skin. Some are personal, and some … Continue reading »
Are Periods Really That Special?
There’s this thing about periods (menstruation, for clarification) I’ve been pondering lately. It’s how they’re simultaneously something cherished and celebrated, something essential to womanhood – and something that needs to be hidden, something that shouldn’t be talked about, and occasionally something that makes those people who have them irrational and crazy. I’ve talked about period … Continue reading »
Defining Intimacy
In my anthropology lecture today, we talked about proxemics, that is the study of how space is used and negotiated in communication. One of the things we touched on briefly was the idea of space and intimacy. Defining intimacy is interesting, because it can take so many forms and mean different things to different people. … Continue reading »
50th Edition of the Down Under Feminists’ Carnival
Welcome to the 50th Edition of the Down Under Feminists’ Carnival! Fifty editions is quite a milestone, though with the unclear status of the last few months, I’m not really sure if it is the fiftieth edition after all. But that does not matter, because I have a wonderful collection of submissions for the month … Continue reading »
Bikini Bodies
Something that has been really bothering me lately is seeing a lot of my friends on Facebook – most of them old school friends and people who aren’t in my immediate circle these days – reposting or liking this “Ashy Bines Bikini Body Challenge.” So I checked it out. Man, it’s persuasive. 12 weeks to … Continue reading »
Sex or Society: the pressure to be attractive (an experiment)
A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a spot of impromptu social research (albeit badly thought-out and implemented research). I had been thinking about how for a while, I was feeling a lot of pressure to dress attractively and sexily, so that people would perhaps be interested in me. However, since identifying as asexual, … Continue reading »
