Every time you post an “empowering” selfie you reinforce the message that your value lies in the way your body looks. There is a celebrity who likes to post selfies. You might say she’s known for it. Many of them are semi-naked. More recently she posted an entirely naked one. I’m not going to include…
Last week, during a conversation about workwear, a friend of mine described her outfit as “lesbian chic”. At the time I didn’t say anything. We were in a group of long-standing good friends, who, like most people I choose to hang out regularly with, have an unconditional love for freedom and equality. To mock an…
A lot being written about Tampon Tax today, after George Osborne’s Autumn Statement announcement that until a change in EU regulations can be achieved, the tax paid on sanitary products will be diverted to so-called women’s charities and healthcare organisations. I haven’t read much of it but I thought this piece from The Debrief was…
I am profoundly sick of the term “feminazi”. It’s deeply offensive and well, sick. Not only does it offend the women to whom it is applied, equating them to possibly the 20th century’s greatest manifestation of evil but, as Laura Bates pointed out in her recent piece, 10 ways you can tell if you’re a…
Today The Telegraph published this story. You don’t need to read it, you only need to read the headline. But if you want to know more about the background to this story, there’s a decent link HERE. Since then she’s been disparaged left, right, and centre, not only on social media (our era’s most sinister…
It doubtless won’t have escaped your notice that this week the latest Facebook trend is make-up free selfies. You probably know why as well: it’s a viral campaign for Cancer Research. Post a selfie, make a donation. Everyone’s doing it. Well, not everyone. Just women. A few men have come up with an alternative, posting…
Happy New Year! What better why to start the year than with a checklist? You see I, like all writers, have resolved to write more this year but it has come to my attention that to be a successful or popular blogger you need to be a bit… well, trendy. You need to be in…
Porn on the brain – Channel 4, September 2013 Ok, so I watched this, I didn’t read it but I still thought I’d include it. It’ll be up on the 4oD site for at least a month so go have a look if you can. It’s a pretty interesting documentary on how the ubiquity of…
Further proof that sexism at The Sun runs SO much deeper than Page 3. From Gorkana: “This Sunday, Fabulous magazine will dedicate half of its pages to men. The back half of Fabulous will be called MF, which stands for Men’s Fabulous, and will include men’s stories, an interview with Freddie Flintoff, pics, reviews and…
The No More Page 3 campaign is certainly well-intentioned. But the campaign is poorly reasoned, ill-informed, and badly put together and the surrounding debate is even worse. The petition has now been signed by more than 48,000 people but much as I hate Page 3, I don’t think I can join their number. Here’s why:…
Francesca Da Rimini 