Men, women and doing “fuck all”
I’m now about halfway through Caitlin Moran’s How to be a Woman (actually, I’m reading it on Kindle, so I can be more precise: 58% of the way through). To my surprise, it has in fact been very...
View ArticleHey, remember when normal people were racist?
Here is a true story: In the early 1980s, my dad and his friends were involved in the May Day parade in our town. The theme of their particular charity float was “Around the world in 80 days”. So my...
View ArticleTop tips for rape avoidance: Why Caitlin Moran got it wrong
When something utterly unexpected occurs – when, for instance, a stranger leaps out of a car and starts to sexually assault you – it’s funny how you don’t respond in the way you always thought you...
View ArticleCaitlin Moran: Spewing forth
Here is an odd fact: whenever there is a twitterstorm surrounding Caitlin Moran, one or both of my children vomits. I don’t know why this is. During the Lena Dunham thing it was Youngest, all over the...
View ArticleNo need for cultural conversations: An end to excuses for “ironic” bigotry
Just as a stopped clock is right twice a day, even someone who believes in “rape shoes” and accuses Katie Price of being “Vichy France” can have moments of feminist glory. I thought this when reading...
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