Pippa Bartolotti’s antisemitic comments
Those who campaign alongside the people of Palestine are all too often accused of anti-semitism. Most of the times I have come across this allegation, I have not believed the…
London 2012 has turned into one very big, very cruel, corporate joke
Stuart Roger I hate to put a downer on things as we reach the halfway point of London 2012. Like many people, I have spent the past week pinned to…
Why is it always women who are accused of careerism?
I am not going to name names, that wouldn't be fair. But I am fed up with people accusing prominent female activists of being careerists. It might just be that…
Why Theresa May's immigration proposals are a feminist issue
One of big news stories this week is that Home Secretary Theresa May has been briefing MPs on proposals to introduce a minimum income requirement for UK citizens who want…
Feminism 101
EK McAlpine is taking part in the Fuck The Patriarchy Readathon in aid of Rape Crisis - donate here. My name is EK McAlpine and I am a strident feminist.…
Rape culture, not Asian culture, is to blame for Rochdale
Follow Emma-Kate McAlpine on Twitter and on Tumblr. She discusses this story in her third podcast with Lauren Cole, which you can play at the bottom of this page. The…
Mean Girls: feminism, the internet, and being "nice"
This week I got into an argument in the comments of a blog post about rape allegations on another website. The location of this argument doesn't matter, and although most…
Glasgow club night deletes criticism and sees women as objects
A cross post from Be Young and Shut Up Seriously, this flyer is appalling. Here is our press release: Glasgow equality activists angry over club night flyers A club night…
David Cameron: Leading Tory Feminist?
It seems that blue feminism is now becoming so fashionable that even the men of the Conservative party are trying it out. This week David Cameron – once described by…
“What history have they got?”
It's last thing in the afternoon, and I can hear one of my officemates huffing away to himself in disbelief. “Did you see that e-mail from HR?” he asks. ""…