Greer on being ‘glitterbombed’

Earlier this month in Wellington, New Zealand, 73-year-old feminist Germaine Greer was ‘glitterbombed’ by transgender activists who call themselves The Queer Avengers. The ‘retaliation’ was not for any current controversy, but for “an attempt to highlight Greer’s transphobia in the past“, which sounds more a vendetta than any form of genuine activism. Trans activists rarely … Continue reading →

Mother’s Day

Today in the UK it is “Mother’s Day” or “Mothering Sunday“. In listening to the radio so far today, the term almost exclusively used has been “Mothering Sunday”, making my blood slowly come to the boil. The Mothering Sunday term has come into vogue over the last few years, primarily to be ‘more inclusive’ (ie … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Radfem News Service:
In its latest quarterly publication “The Year in Hate and Extremism” (Issue 45, Spring 2012) the Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, names Men’s Rights Activists as a hate group, citing the MRAs’ — alternately known as “Father’s Rights Activists” — virulent misogyny, spreading of false anti-woman propaganda and…

The Baby Scoop Era – young mothers

This is Part 2 of the Baby Scoop Era, the first part is here. The treatment of many of the young women in the Baby Scoop Era is nothing short of wholesale misogyny and abuse. Abuse that was carried out by Church &/or State (independently or together). This goes well beyond mere stigma of unmarried … Continue reading →