The Burden of Proof
So Facebook really is much of a muchness. There is a wide breadth of comment, analysis, moral support and anything else you may find in the context of human life. But that includes the negative shit...
View ArticleSo How Did It Happen?
How did it happen? That is the question on my mind today. How did it come to be whereby we have a situation where trans women are excluded from conferences, where gay people are told that civil...
View ArticleWhy I Need Feminism…….Why We All Do
I don’t remember much of my academic life. In all honesty, looking back most of it is a blur. But three things stand out for me. Reading, creative writing, and feminism. I loved them all. Two quotes...
View ArticleHas any good come out of Savile?
So, International Women’s Day has been and gone for another year. Yet, at the moment, every day seems to be International Women’s Day. Every day, a new horrific story involving women, breaks and...
View ArticleWhy I Went On a Summer Trolliday
In a recent discussion on the phenomenon of big data Jim Messina, David Cameron’s new election assistant makes an interesting admission. He points out that during the 2008 Presidential election...
View ArticleChris Fountain: Misogyny is not acceptable, shock or not
Coronation Street likes its drama to take place on the famed cobbles. However this week the drama has taken place off the cobbles. Actor Chris Fountain who played Tommy Duckworth in the soap has had...
View ArticleWhy I De-Transitioned Part 4: Who Pays for Gender? “Just the women”
I truly believe with my heart and soul that we will never have an equal society whilst patriarchy is our sole governor. Society guided and influenced by half the population and its dominant interests...
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