January 2012
40 posts
This must be the article that's come closest in my... →
Dietitian Clare Collins urged young women to cook at home more often.
“The problem with traditional takeaways is that they are typically much higher in kilojoules, contain more salt and have fewer vegetables than home-cooked meals,” Prof Collins said.
And this line is about as close to the “Put down the burger, fatty!” AND “get back in the kitchen, bitch”...
Feminist Disney: things for girls →
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance of evidence is not equivalent to absence of evidence.
Ignorance...
Community takes prevantive action against poverty... →
From the files of more benificiary bashing…
Because if one person does it, everyone will become a feckless, lazy bastard and and WELFARE DEPENDENCY ZOMG. I shit you not!
Northland National MP Mike Sabin, who chaired the meeting, warned that if schools provided lunches then mothers and fathers would never have to do it.
“But they are not doing that anyway,” Mr Reid responded....
“The thing about patriarchy is that individual men, gay and straight, are often...”
– This happens to me all the time, and it always hits me like a slap in the face. (via lasluchasdelcorazon)
Oh YES. Men I know with fitness/weight loss obsessions; men who declared I was amazing/would do anything for me, then years later told me I was incomplete if I didn’t have a baby; men who...
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother... →
I fucking LOATHE it when Stuff get bored and need to gin up their page hits with rampant, systemic sexism.
Women losing jobs in unprecedented numbers post Christchurch earthquake, could affect finances/families; Stuff concern trolls men’s libidos instead
Growing fears about a shortage of Christchurch women come after research showed female employees were hit hardest by job losses after...
Writing Prompt #365: What Else Would You Write...
pinknarc:
Write a story about lady robot aliens from the future.
And then you could submit it to our upcoming feminist sci-fi anthology, Daughters of Icarus. Because lady robot aliens from the future are AWESOME.
In case of lady robot alien invasion, please stay calm and see our submission guidelines.
Oh Dawg, now I want to write that….
Why are the 'healthy' so angry? →
sleepydumpling:
bumsquash:
One mystery about those who claim to be healthy because they are slim or have lost weight is the source of their anger. A tense core of rigid anger give many of them a distinct tone.
We can see fat people can be angered by being the subject of attacks and insults. But as these people are filled with the joy of health aren’t they? So what is responsible for this...
Over the weekend I watched two movies with homosexual characters and themes. They were “I Love You Phillip Morris” and “Black Swan”.
On both the cover blurbs—BOTH—they called the roles for Jim Carrey and Natalie Portman “the roles of a lifetime”. Exactly the same wording.
You know what would be “the role of a lifetime”? If queer actors...
Woman banned from "blokes only" homebrew... →
deadleaves-dirtyground:
wellingtonyoungfeminists:
Well fancy that! We were previously unaware your gender had anything to do with your ability to brew beer. Boy have we been told.
But it’s okay everyone. They MIGHT make room for her next time, and if she wants she can make “a proposal to the committee to have a women’s or mixed section introduced.”
Newsflash, it’s not equality if you have to...