There’s been an interesting discussion on twitter this evening about gender, the question was asked: “What does ‘being a woman’ actually *mean* to you? How would you define ‘woman’?” My thoughts on gender range from the personal the ‘how does it feel?’ to the more academic. I’m going to focus on the more academic...
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A few thoughts on the issues of body positivity and size and the godawful language used around body shape. Sizing Things Up I’m a size 12-14. The issue of ‘body positive’ seems to have got mixed up in a whole load of body shaming shit about ‘real women’ having curves or not being skinny,...
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TW for depression, Self Injury, Suicide, you know depressing stuff. I can feel it, that thing, the nameless mist, the stalking beast without a face, the thing thats there but never in focus, bubbling under, about to unleash. I don’t know how to control it, I’ve tried and failed my entire life. Perhaps I’m...
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I have always loved Lara Croft. Ever since I saw Indiana Jones I wished there was a character like him, but a woman. I have always wanted to be an archaeologist and now I sort of am, Lara helped inspire me. Yes she is just a video game character, yes the marketing has so...
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Just a few days after writing my post about Language and Rape Culture another gem of rape culture crops up, deliberate mis-reporting and misrepresentation of news that false rape accusations are indeed very rare. It is particularly disturbing this occurred on Newsbeat, the Radio 1 news strand aimed at a teen and young adult...
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International Women’s Day – Of Course We Need It and Of Course It’s Not Enough A belated post as I have actually been busy in that scary place called ‘offline’ doing feminist stuff. It’s a day. One day to celebrate women, to highlight our achievements, our strength, our tenacity, our creativity, our all round...
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