Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues

My Daughter's Vagina, Part 3

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

If you haven’t already, I urge you to read Part 1 and Part 2. (If you haven’t read Part 2, or haven’t read it in a while, you might want to read it before reading Part 3, if only because the last paragraph … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 2 Comments

Feminism and prisons

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Maia

There’s a really interesting post at Feministe on tensions between feminist attitudes towards violence against women and a radical (or liberal, or progressive) analysis of the prison system. It’s certainly been a tension I’ve felt as I’ve cheered some men … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 17 Comments

My Daughter's Vagina, Part 2

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

To read Part 1, go here. You have to wonder what kind of research he did and how he did it. Did he interview women? Create a list of all the possibilities he could imagine and ask them to check … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 28 Comments

My Daughter's Vagina, Part 1

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

“My Daughter’s Vagina” is the title of an essay I wrote about five years ago that was published online here but that I have never really felt comfortable with as a finished piece. Not too long ago, I came up … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 63 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

Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Movie

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Maia

When I was walking to the movie theatre we were talking about what they would include and one of my friend’s said ‘don’t spoil me’ (and then claimed he was too busy to read the books, but apparently has plenty … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 54 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

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

What Kinds Of Help Do Abused Men Need?

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Ampersand

[This post is a collection of comments I’ve read on “Alas” and on “Pandagon,” which I thought it would be worthwhile to gather together. The first section is a comment I wrote on this thread in 2005. The other comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 33 Comments