Good Men Project, “nice guys commit rape too”: rape-apology, nice guys and...
Recently, a sandstorm has blown up surrounding a controversial article published on the Good Men Project. This article suggested that “nice guys” commit rape “too” – obviously there are the evil bad...
View ArticleReview of Scott Westerfeld’s “Uglies”: beauty ideals challenged
Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies is the first book of the trilogy – the second book of which I am already devouring at an astounding rate. Asides from The Hunger Games, this series has been my favourite YA...
View ArticleNice guy syndrome: misogyny, patriarchy, and entitlement
As terms such as “friendzoning” have slipped into the everyday vernacular, we see a new form of misogyny forming in the younger generations. In my generation, for one, a large proportion of my peers...
View ArticleMale privilege: “misandry”, rape culture, and a failure to understand...
This post was inspired by a comment I received on my recent post Nice guy syndrome: misogyny, patriarchy, and entitlement. On Google Plus, one man commented on the article saying… This girl, and many...
View Article“Transwomen are men”: transphobia between Jennifer McCreath and Bug Brennan,...
A post in the radfem blog run by Bug Brennan (aka Cathy Brennan) who call themselves the “Pretendbians” have exposed a level of transphobia within certain factions of the radfem community that beggars...
View ArticleCampus rape: Steubenville jocks, perpetuation of rape culture, and “Spotted”...
When I first arrived at university, I was wide-eyed and bushy tailed – also mildly drunk and tripping over my suitcase. Now, at the ripe age of nineteen and in my second year, I am jaded. I expected to...
View Article“The Barbie” labiaplasty: cosmetic surgery and the influence of porn
Since the 90s, labiaplasty has been a force to be reckoned with. Cosmetic surgery, purely for aesthetic and not medical reasons, on the vagina is now worth a whopping $6.8million per year, with around...
View ArticleWhite feminism failure: why intersectionality is crucial in any liberation...
In a recent seminar at my university, my class was discussing the Earl of Rochester’s poem, The Imperfect Enjoyment. We ended up focusing on Rochester’s attitude towards women, to which I jumped in and...
View ArticleWomen talk more than men: the perpetuation of linguistic myths on gender...
Women talk more than men. Women talk about feelings, men about things. Women intimacy, men seek independence. And women never swear. Or that’s what author of You Just Don’t Understand, Deborah Tannen,...
View ArticleKate Nash: the self-proclaimed feminist who perpetuates girl hate,...
Kate Nash When Kate Nash gets it right, she gets it so, so right. But when she gets it wrong, she is the biggest female chauvinist pig going. I expect slut-shaming from Taylor Swift and Hayley...
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