Please note that this post discussed sexual violence, victim blaming and rape culture, and may be triggering. Recently there has been a lot of talk about rape culture on the internet and in the media, especially in regards to the Steubenville rape case. You don’t have to look far to see some of the responses … Continue reading »
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UQWC’s Reply to ‘Fabulous Feminism’ in Semper Floreat
UQWC’s Reply to ‘Fabulous Feminism’ in Semper Floreat. Over at my university’s student magazine, it seems that people think feminism is about swinging those Chanel totes and denigrating women who don’t dress to be attractive to men. In the Women’s Collective, we beg to differ. Check out the wonderful reply the Collective put together!
To every woman in the world
You are amazing. Whether you are five, fifteen or fifty; whether you are just starting out in life or have many years behind you. Whether you are gay, straight, bi, trans, queer, asexual, poly or elsewhere in the alphabet soup, whether you are white or a person of colour, whether you are married or single, … Continue reading »
The 58th Down Under Feminists Carnival!
Reblogged from wom*news: Welcome, welcome, to the 74th annual Hunger Games! *Ahem* …to the 58th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival, hosted by Johanna, Emma and Madeline from the UQ Women’s Collective in our zine Wom*news’ blog. Without futher ado: Geek Grrrls Can Be Bitter at Can Be Bitter looks at The Monkey Island in a review about feminism … Continue reading »
On being an activist and being angry (and sometimes messing it up)
I’ve been thinking about a lot of things quite heavily over the last week, things that I consider very important: activism, feminism, anger, compassion. Trying to incorporate all of those into my life, and sometimes really messing it up. I’m not sure which bit to start with, so I guess I’ll go with ‘activism’ and … Continue reading »
Rape is Rape (and not “I had a shitty day”)
Dear people of this world, Please don’t use the word rape unless you actually mean rape. It’s really not that hard an idea to get your head around. Rape is pretty easy to define – it’s sexual activity without proper consent from both parties. Somehow, I don’t think that’s what you mean when you tell … Continue reading »
Feminism, Philanthropy and Gina Rinehart (and other high-profile women)
The question brewing into a small cyclone in the feminist sphere at the moment is the question of whether Gina Rinehart is a feminist – prompted by Alecia Simmonds’ piece over at Daily Life. How can Rinehart possibly be a feminist, I hear everyone ask? She’s ‘obscenely’ rich, she’s mean, she hasn’t got a philanthropic … Continue reading »
Feminists in Fiction: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
This post in the second in a series of posts on my favourite feminist characters and female role models in books and TV. You can find my first post on Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender here. Martha Jones is easily the most under-appreciated character in the new series Doctor Who world. And yet, I … Continue reading »
