Consent Thoughts from Lecture: Part 2
I talked a bit about my experiences at University of Birmingham, and their weekend about consent, in this post, focusing on explaining my presentation’s first two parts (on mainstream depictions of...
View ArticleWhat Dylan Farrow Teaches Us About Rape Cuture
I’ve spent the last few days entrenched in debates about Dylan Farrow, Woody Allen, and childhood sexual abuse. As pretty much everyone knows, Dylan wrote a letter stating Woody Allen, her father,...
View ArticleGuest Post: Rape Culture at Uni Isn’t A Victorian Issue
There’s so many things to write about when it comes to rape culture in the media. It can be hard for me to keep up, but thankfully, I now have guest posters who are happy to step in! Today I’m bringing...
View ArticleConsent Culture Briefs
-Twitter was swarmed with the hashtag #rapecultureiswhen, with many people expressing their thoughts on the subject. It started off really well: Until of course the MRA types entered the hashtag to...
View ArticleYes. All Men.
image of Tank Girl by E-Mann at DeviantArt Elliot Rodger’s misogynist rampage has been on many people’s minds over the weekend. I’ve observed with interest the conversations that are being had, about...
View ArticleConsent Culture Briefs
-Art history – 500 years of women ignoring men. Good for a bit of a laugh! -Angelina Jolie, who just starred in Maleficent (which has its own rape metaphor), opened the Global Summit to End Sexual...
View ArticleConsent, Critique & Feminist Porn: Madison Young’s Hard Lesson
So yesterday a video was unearthed that rippled through the feminist porn community. It featured self-described feminist pornographer Madison Young and performer Billie Sweet post-filming for the...
View ArticleGuest Post: On the costs of talking about consent
This guest post is from one of our contributors, who wanted to repost their writing here. I’m really glad to be getting more guest posts on here, so that we can begin to paint a fuller picture of what...
View ArticleAbusive White Male Tears: Crowdfunding Betrays Weird Morals
Massive trigger warnings about domestic violence (described and photographed), rape, rape apologism, entitlement culture, police Updates below in bold! I’ve written before on crowdfunding’s betrayal of...
View ArticleBDSM Dungeons: Your Policies Are Your Politics.
this should be a hot scene, not your abuse response policy “On the Handling of Disputes Between Members and/or Participants 5. I understand that The South Bay Spot will not be put in a position to...
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