Welcome to this week’s round-up of links to stories we didn’t quite get around to blogging about! Please dig in, also feel free to leave more links in the comments and have a general chat.
As always, linking to a particular blog post or story does not imply endorsement.
The definition of being a dick in comments – Technovia
Is it OK to touch? – Headliners
Wate-on: ‘True beauty includes a full figure’ – Sociological Images
Women move from rape to slavery in DRC – Women’s Views on News
Sindhi women publicly announce free-will marriages
– Dawn.com
The power of solidarity: No Women, No Peace. campaign workshops
Sex: talking for ourselves – Disability Now
Sexuality and gender survey – University of Queensland
ICTs and feminist activism: a reflection on the benefits and shortfalls – AWID
Cat Women of the Moon – BBC, for the feminist scifi fans out there
Downing Street forces U-turn on Nadine Dorries abortion proposals – The Guardian
John McTernan: Time to reclaim a promised power – The Scotsman
Factcheck: Cutting through the rhetoric on abortion – C4
How to be a man – The Good Men Project
Dear Nadine Dorries – We are Queer Feminists, Hear us… Politely Object
This is rape culture and everyone is laughing – Blue Milk
The clitoris, the vagina and orgasm: feelings and frameworks – Scarlateen
Domestic violence victims at risk of losing unemployment support – Community Care’s Adult Care Blog
It’s not the government’s job to tell women what counselling they need – HuffPost
Death threats online, attacks on women bloggers escalating – IttyBiz
Seeking new short plays by women – She Writes
Is ‘chav’ a feminist issue? – Bed Reputation
Norway and Mary Wollstonecraft: My heroine of the high seas – Telegraph
Women Fighters in Reasonable Armor
Two videos to close off this week’s round-up, the first from the awesome Le Butcherettes, who have been in heavy circulation round these parts this week (which those who like The F-Word on Facebook probably already realised!)
Go to eight seconds in to skip the intro card:
And, a classic from the Breeders:
Photo by Heartlover1717, shared on Flickr under a Creative Commons license
