Tag Archives: Politics
The Brilliant Women Collection: Review
- Sarah Crook If it weren’t both creepy and inappropriate (and possibly borderline illegal) I’d be standing outside my local high school handing out copies of this book rather than … Continue reading
The Women’s Room Needs A New Website!
The Women’s Room needs a new website – and we need your help! Please share this link far and wide – and donate of course! http://www.gofundme.com/thewomensroom
Delhi a month on – a step forward?
Emma Finamore A month ago today, on the 16th December 2012, five men and one teenage boy were involved in the brutal rape and murder of a female student in … Continue reading
The Narcissism of Privilege: The Left Needs to Be More Not Less Aware of It
- Caroline Criado-Perez “…let’s put aside our differences and start fighting back” says Tom Midlane in a recent New Statesman piece on privilege checking. Or as he so eruditely puts … Continue reading
Making A Binder for the BBC: Women and Expertise
- Caroline Criado-Perez Expert, n. “One whose special knowledge or skill causes him to be regarded as an authority; a specialist.” The OED’s use of the male pronoun in this … Continue reading
Reshuffling Democracy
An edited version of this article has now been republished in the New Statesman; please do feel free to comment there too * * * … Continue reading
Can Men Be Feminists?
This article has now been republished in the New Statesman – do feel free to comment there too! * * * * * – Caroline Criado-Perez A couple of days … Continue reading
Vaguetionary – Words of the Week are ‘Legitimate Rape’ and ‘Misspoke’
Those dedicated followers of…my blog who hail from the UK might recall a similar episode of ‘misspeaking’ in the context of rape by a man one would have hoped knew … Continue reading
The ‘Feminist’ Patriarchy – Clue: the scare-quotes are there for a reason
- Caroline Criado-Perez So, this week, Louise Mensch stood down from her position as the Right Hon MP for Corby. And right on cue, the lovely, dependable internet produced … Continue reading
