Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Mandolin Responds to Seelhoff: Gender Is a Constellation.

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Mandolin

In her response to Barry’s cartoon, Seelhoff writes, “To compare radical feminists to the Religious Right is propaganda, it is a smear campaign, it is disingenuous, and it is transparently and hatefully misogynist.” I disagree. In some discussions of transphobia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 86 Comments

Collecting for Women's refuge

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Maia

This week is the annual women’s refuge appeal week. Women’s refuges are desperately under-funded, the Wellington refuge gets less than half its money from government (and the amount they get is less than what Clint Rickards got paid for doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 8 Comments

Helix SF Magazine Publishes All Female-Authored Issue. Verdict: Cookie Allotted.

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Mandolin

The science fiction magazine Helix SF, which describes itself as publishing “controversial” stories, has posted an issue featuring all women writers. It features fiction by authors such as Esther Freisner, Eugie Foster, Yoon Ha Lee, and Samantha Henderson. There’s also … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 22 Comments

1,000 Pickets And They All Agree

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Maia

1,000 service workers in New Zealand hospitals have gone on strike, and then been locked-out. Service workers are some of hte lowest paid workers in any hospital. In this case the workers have been trying to get one contract to … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy | 6 Comments

Oh No, Not Again

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Maia

I wasn’t going to comment any more on Clint Heine, but his comment threads get worse. SimonD said: I want to offer a job for Maia in K’Rd. My massage parlor needs 2 women to dance nude on stage. Does … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sex work, porn, etc | 20 Comments

A Few More Links About Female Genital Cutting

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Ampersand

Following up on Mandolin’s recent posts here on “Alas,” here are a few more discussions of the complexities of Female Genital Cutting (aka Female Genital Mutilation and Female Genital Surgery): Official Shrub dot com: Why I Cringe When Western Feminists … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, International issues, Race, racism and related issues | 13 Comments

All things considered I'd rather be expelled from the Labour Party*

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Maia

I’d like to thank everyone who has posted and commented about James and Clint Heine’s comments. Clint Heine appears to be claiming that he thought James was talking about masturbation (he also claims to know that James was only talking … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 1 Comment

Right-Wing Blogger Says Feminist Should Be "Fixed" By Being Raped

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Ampersand

On his blog, Clint Heine and his readers discuss Maia. Responding to Heine calling Maia a “parasite” and suggesting she’s mentally ill, “James” wrote: Nothing a big black dildo won’t fix…… To which Heine responded, James…..!!! Nice suggestion, go over … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 57 Comments

UPDATE to post on Egyptian Ban of Female Genital Surgeries: Ban Intended to Salve Westerners, Not to Prevent FGS

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Mandolin

I wanted to include this information in yesterday’s post on Female Genital Surgeries, but my googling failed to provide the source. Enormous thanks to Ampersand for turning it up, based on my vague description. * Recently, I wrote about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, International issues | 6 Comments

Problematizing Legal Approaches Toward Stopping FGS

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Mandolin

On Pandagon, Amanda relates what she calls some good news: Egypt has outlawed FGM. From the article: Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, International issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 50 Comments