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Cultural Femicide on a Sunday Morning
On Sunday after a morning lie-in I wandered downstairs, grabbed a cuppa and idly flicked through the channels on my TV. On every screen I flicked through, out of around 20 ‘favourites, there were only male faces, not one single … Continue reading
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Tagged Bidisha, Cat Returns, cultural femicide, feminism, gender, gender equality, gender stereotypes, girls, Haru, men, Studio Ghibli, The Women's Room, women
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Tagged cartoon, cecilia payne-gaposhkin, feminism, feminist, gender stereotypes, Let Toys Be Toys
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Let Them Play
Last week, (22 -24 Jan), saw the 60th Toy Fair take place in London, but the awards for Best New Toys revealed industry attitudes that remain firmly entrenched in the 1950’s. There may have been technological advances and changes in … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, gender, gender equality, gender neutral, gender neutral toys, gender specific toys, sexism, toy fair, toys
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Deaths in 2012 – a feminist perspective
Earlier today I watched the BBC’s ‘We Remember’, a tribute show to notable people who died in 2012. It would seem a lot more men than women died last year. I don’t really think that the BBC deliberately chose to … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Deaths in 2012, Donna Summer, feminism, gender equality, women
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Girls, Boys and Films
My daughter’s school has a weekly after school film club. In fact they have two; one for older children, one for younger. I try to keep an eye on my daughter’s media intake, I don’t let her have too much … Continue reading
Posted in film & tv
Tagged Bee Movie, female role models, feminism, feminist parenting, Film, film club, gender, gender equality, Key Stage 1, Kiki's Delivery Service, KS1, Mary Poppins, misogynist, Nanny McPhee, school film
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The End of Men, or maybe not.
“Men have been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind.” This sentence is on the cover of Hanna Rosin’s ‘The End of Men’. It’s somewhat ironic considering the second part of the book’s title is, ‘and the rise of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, feminism, non-fiction
Tagged End of Men, feminism, Hanna Rosin, kyriarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Rosin, women
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Why the Netmums ‘Death of Feminism’ Study is Utter Bollocks
Yesterday Twitter alerted me to the death of feminism. Several newspapers were running a story based on ‘research’ which seemed to show depressing news for feminists. The truth of course, was somewhat different. The reports were based on a survey … Continue reading
Out There
Out – Natsuo Kirino – Book Review Out is a literary crime novel by Natsuo Kirino. It was first published in Japan in the late nineties and the English translation by Stephen Snyder came out in 2003. I found my copy … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, fiction
Tagged book review, Crime fiction, feminism, Fiction, Japan, Natsuo Kirino, Out (novel), reviews
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Drip Drip Drip go the Gender Stereotypes
Looking for a money box for a child recently I stumbled upon these hideous examples in the local market. Just another example of the constant drip drip drip of gender stereotyping on the brains of our children. Active noisy tractors … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, feminist parenting, gender stereotypes, money boxes, sexism
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The Misogyny of Celebrity Big Brother
The current series of Celebrity Big Brother has made good viewing so far, although it is, as always, riddled with sexism. Regular viewers will know that female housemates tend to be the shows most hated figures and this year Jasmine Lennard, Danica … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, CBB, Celebrity Big Brother, Cheryl Fergison, Coleen Nolan, feminism, Jasmine Lennard, Julie Goodyear, misogyny, Rhian Sugden, sexism
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