It is obvious now that transwomen are going in the direction of any powerful group that wishes to silence the oppressed. They feel deep in their bones that they must prevent women from gathering together in private because that is the only way they can continue to dominate us. They’re not wrong. Both Hitler and … Continue reading »
The world’s losers out themselves for Radfem 2012
I’ve just been reading about Radfem 2012 at Gendertrender and about how there are some noises among various men’s groups (inlcuding M2Ts) along the lines of how women should not be allowed to meet up without men present (in case they organize a revolution). Angered, I left a response, and thus inspired myself to write this post. … Continue reading »
A pick me up
To any radfems who need a pick me up right now, here’s the vid of Susan Boyle’s crie de coeur, her big fuck you to the world. It never fails to put a smile on your face. Representative of the scorned and despised older woman, still living in her childhood home in a Scottish village, … Continue reading »
Decisions, Decisions
So I quit my job. Decisions, decisions. One man in the home, or lots of men in the workplace? What is a girl to do? One thing’s for sure, if you have to put up with one man in the home anyway (for whatever reason), then being offered the “option” of also including a load of … Continue reading »
From Housewife to Heretic
The other day I received an e-petition message in my inbox begging the British government to re-think the financial cuts which are targeting domestic violence resources. This week the Independent reports that: “Almost 19,000 women aged between 15 and 88 sought state help to find emergency housing in 2008-09, showing the previously hidden scale of domestic-violence “migrants” forced out of their … Continue reading »
A four-leaf clover
My daughter found a four-leaf clover today, and was so excited about it. It reminded me that nature doesn’t make mistakes. In nature there are simply variations of the norm.* The norm is a ball-park, it is not necessarily the way (in this case, the three-leaf clover) is supposed to turn out. When I was pregnant with my … Continue reading »
Short post: trans update
Here’s a new one for you. Having now lived almost a decade in a non-English speaking country I never pretend that my English is excellent, (my Japanese, on the other hand, is pretty good. ) But what I’m getting a lot of this week is trans activists commenting– and opting to attack my spelling. Coz that … Continue reading »
Equality
I remember as a child hearing women talk, in passing, about the fact that it was only mothers who were entitled to collect the family allowance (child benefit) from the post office, and that the money would only be handed over via the mother’s signature, and in her presence . This was not always the case. Originally, government assistance went to … Continue reading »
Witches: Sali Mali, Meg and Winnie
When you’re raising a daughter what you find is that the majority of children’s stories are sexist. Except the ones about witches. I don’t think the authors of witch stories (always women) deliberately go about deciding to create a witch. What I think happens is, the author wants to write about adventures, and a feisty woman.. … Continue reading »
Dilemma
I’ve met someone. We’ve been out for drinks more than once, enjoyed ourselves, and now we message each other at least once a day. She’s hilarious, sparky, witty; our friendship is erotically charged. I feel like I’m in school again, I look forward to each and every time she makes me stop my train of thoughts and … Continue reading »
