lonemagpie

"Don't you hear it? The drumming. The call to war..."

I'm not just quoting DW - it's time to get back into the war against rape culture, against mras, against the patriarchy, against that minority who keep all genders downtrodden, against the disease with which they've infected mens' minds.

Just saw the UK government's new "having with someone who says no is rape" ad, and... What the actual fuck? I ask this not of the message, obviously, but of the nature of the ad, which I suspect is going the trigger the living shits out of every survivor of a sexual assault who sees it.

So, um, yeah, just saying this as a heads-up for those who are likely to find it trigger-worthy.

And obviously I'm not going to link to it despite the obviously good message - but I do want to warn UK women that they're likely to get hit with it whether they want to see it or not.

Just a reminder that, no, I haven’t stopped posting politcical an feminist stuff, they’re just now under a separate sub-blog at http://www.lonemagpie_v.livejournal.com

That's a rhetorical question - I have google and wikipedia, so know in that sense who she is.

I meant to mention all this controversy about Miley Cyrus: I only know who Miley Cyrus is because people complain about her all the time. Never heard her music AFAIK. But all the complaining, and the culture of "oh she used to be a child star so shouldn't be allowed to grow up because if she does SHE'S AN EVIL CORRUPTING WHORE!*" that's fuelling it all, is really, really, really making me feel nothing but support for her even though I've never heard her music.

*- I blame CS Lewis. Note how the only one of the Narnia kids who grows up and dares to date someone outside of marriage is the one who is cast as evil, fallen, and not saved at the end of the book series.

What a shocker.... Not

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/09/12/jennifer_sky_s_new_york_times_essay_on_xena_is_not_as_empowering_as_it_s.html

What part of “age of consent” do these so-called lawmakers especially, not get when considering consent? Do they need a fucking dictionary?

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/04/the_six_ways_we_talk_about_a_teenage_girls_age/

http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6910934/15-hottest-sideboobs-at-the-vmas

You really should check this out, guys.

http://en.mastaekwondo.com/2013/08/female-taekwondo-uniform-could-be-redesigned/

Oh the irony of the governing body's initials being WTF...

Urgh. You can tell a guy thought this crap up. Just... no. I mean, really. Sure there are girls doing the art who'll look hot in it, and that's clearly what the designer has in mind, rather than tradition or practicality - else why is there only a new female uniform, rather than keeping the equality of unisex as before -and everyone who doesn't look hot in it will look like a complete pillock.

*headdesk*

And notice how they want to trial the new uniforms at the Under-21s competition. Is Jimmy Saville judging? I have to agree with the commenter on the site that these guys would have the uniform look like the "costumes" in Dead Or Alive if they could.

This feels appropriate:

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/08/i-hate-strong-female-characters&h=AAQEFmBfb&s=1

By a female columnist, I hasten to add - and there’s something to what she says, about the nevcessity of labelling, and the fact that “strong” so often translates to “violent, and just like a guy but with added tits”

And, speaking of why things should be thought through rather than just left to applying automated crap as a knee-jerk solution... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10233715/Twitter-trolls-The-report-abuse-button-has-already-hurt-some-good-guys.html