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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Baby-killing lesbian witches: Why I have the word Feminist tattooed on my back
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Sunday, 8 March 2015. Baby-killing lesbian witches: Why I have the word Feminist tattooed on my back. A few weeks ago, I got my first tattoo. It's awesome. Seriously, look at it:. Like I say: awesome. And then there's FEMINIST. But then there's the brilliance of how it has sparked up conversations with all manner of people. It's allowed me to engage in feminism with all manner of people, and the big theme that has come up has been about what a feminist is. Feminism encourage...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Gender-Based Violence Bingo and How Not to Get Raped: A Checklist
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Friday, 1 February 2013. Gender-Based Violence Bingo and How Not to Get Raped: A Checklist. So my dissertation came and went, and with it went my motivation to write, or even think, for a few months. Thankfully I've been kicked into gear by this amazing commitment to feminism both older and new:. This beauty was done by Cesar at Body Garden Tattoo. In Birmingham, credit to them for the photo and the tattoo! India's Sexual Violence Problem and GBV Bingo. Has not yet seen.
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Mourning Maggie?
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Monday, 8 April 2013. In the few short hours since the death of Margaret Thatcher a number of posts have appeared on my Facebook newsfeed along the lines of "Show some respect, she was still a person". It got me thinking about how we mourn, and how the deceased informs that process. I've touched on it here a little after the death of Christopher Hitchens, where I argued that it was inappropriate to say RIP for him. I didn't agree with her as a political leader and I can't sa...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: The Furies of Hell... As Usual
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Saturday, 24 March 2012. The Furies of Hell. As Usual. This week, I came across this. Intriguing article on Women's Views on News, which references this. Jaw-dropping article in the Daily Mail. As some may be boycotting the DM, I will quote pertinent paragraphs to save you the trouble (always happy to help! Her friend Jean provoked (yep, provoked.) three men to slap her. But it's OK, because Jean told her she wouldn't have put up with "a proper beating", but "with a ...The p...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: February 2012
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Saturday, 25 February 2012. Why I am a Terrible Person. Over the past week or so, I've come to realise I'm a terrible person. I give you this as a way of cleansing the soul. As I passed the main library, my mood dropped as I realised I'd need to run the gauntlet of charity baking stands. I don't mind a charity baking stand. I begin to get a bit snarked off with two. Three is beyond the pail. But the cakes are for charity, so being the charitable kind of lass I am, I began th...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Zombie Sheep and Beelzebub's Dinner: Why Frape Isn't Funny
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Monday, 11 October 2010. Zombie Sheep and Beelzebub's Dinner: Why Frape Isn't Funny. It was all going so well. I was idly scanning my facebook feed this afternoon when my head exploded. What could cause such a reaction? Surely nothing as innocuous as a word? But nothing, I repeat NOTHING, gets me more riled than the word 'frape'. But it doesn't end with 'frape'. Sexual assault is now the subject of some 'hilarious' comic routines (as discussed in the Guardian article "Th...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Wet shirts, Incest and Interminable Monologues: Why Jane Austen is Doomed to the 7th Pit of a Fiery Hell
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Tuesday, 5 October 2010. Wet shirts, Incest and Interminable Monologues: Why Jane Austen is Doomed to the 7th Pit of a Fiery Hell. A man in a sodden ruffled shirt doesn't do much for me. I don't think it ever did. However, for many, it has become the iconic scene of a BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. I believe that this is a bit of poetic license on the part of the producers, but I can't know because my mind has blocked all details of Pride and Prejudice. Well screw yo...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Nick Griffin and Rape Scaremongering
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Monday, 30 July 2012. Nick Griffin and Rape Scaremongering. So long time, no post. Unfortunately life got in the way a bit (moving flat, job searching and the wee matter of a 15,000 word Masters dissertation), but I've been biding my time waiting for something to make me seethe. That time is now. I hope the people who are protesting us feel ashamed and if their daughter or granddaughter is raped next - maybe they would change their minds. 1) This sounds pretty threatening...
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood: Why I'm Voting Yes
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Tales From The (Purple) Hood. Wednesday, 17 September 2014. Why I'm Voting Yes. It's probably best to talk about what I want from the referendum. I want a fairer and more just society. I want to see Scotland flourish and make the best of the resources we have. I want to see a Scotland that is more democratic. In short, I will be voting yes. Currently we live in a society that is willing to spend at least £15 billion replacing Trident. On the eve of what may be the most important day of my life thus far, ...
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