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Who deserves a disability badge?
I was reading a popular internet discussion forum a little while ago, and was interested to see the subject of disability come up. The topic in question was on what “counts” as disability. Many...
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Donate to provide Mooncups for Gambian women
Becky Johnson on Facebook, part of the Hadamayaa group, says “Will you donate £6 to buy a woman in The Gambia a Mooncup and give her the gift of sanitary protection – something we take for granted?...
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Apparently women of childbearing age shouldn’t be allowed psych meds…
I wrote a post over at Mothers For Women’s Lib about the safety of psychiatric medication during pregnancy and doctors’ ignorance on the matter.
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Candlelit Vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance
Hampshire Feminist Collective, the local feminist group with which I’m involved, has organised a candlelit vigil to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. From the Facebook event page: Transgender Day of...
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Leftie Man in ‘Dismissal of Women’s Rights’ Shocker!
Firstly, go here (EDIT: That thread has now been deleted. Thankfully I took a screenshot, which you can read here). Read the whole thread, it won’t take you long. Luke Allen first dismisses...
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Thoughts on the binary aka “Am I really trans?”
Last night I was hit by a sudden inspiration for a blog post. I have, of course, forgotten all the poignant and meaningful things I was going to say, but fortuitously I scribbled a few notes in my...
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I have no obligation to be nice
I really hate this idea in activist communities that everyone is under an obligation to be nice to others. It seems that, if a so-called ‘ally’ fucks up, you can’t call them out on it. Or if you do...
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Do I have a heterosexual marriage?
My hubby and I are the same gender – we are both non-binary. One of us was assigned male at birth, and the other was assigned female at birth. We are legally married. Oh, and we are both queer. I like...
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One Billion Rising
Text in Image: ONE BILLION RISING. STRIKE. DANCE. RISE On 14th February 2013, at 7 pm, Hampshire Feminist Collective will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day...
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Is homosexuality (and heterosexuality) inherently transphobic?
What is a lesbian or a gay man? Generally speaking, a lesbian is a woman attracted to women, and a gay man is a man attracted to men. And of course, we use the word ‘straight’ to mean a man attracted...
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Mx It Up
Over on Facebook I’ve started a new grassroots campaign to get gender-neutral titles such as Mx and Msc (for genderqueer people to use instead of Mr, Miss, Mrs etc), or the option of having no title at...
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Poem: Straddle
Looking down there are things that shouldn’t be things that aren’t that should, things I can’t face movement where stillness should be and stillness where I can’t bear it. I straddle the line. I can’t...
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Men and Feminism
Slowly I’ve come around to the idea that feminist men exist. A friend from Hampshire Feminist Collective was asking about links to websites about feminism for men, and we realised they’re thin on the...
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Physical Activity and Wellbeing
“Physical activity is often described as something we ‘ought to do’ to avoid developing health problems such as diabetes and heart disease. What’s less often explained is the huge potential it has to...
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How to avoid using ableist language?
At some point or another, we’ve all used an ableist word, whether we mean to or not. Ableist language is any language which uses words typically used to describe disabled, mentally ill or...
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Poem: I am no “She”
I am no “she”. My voice does not define me. My face does not define me. My painted nails and eyeliner do not define me. What you perceive does not define me. I am no “she”. And every time you use that...
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QUEER and why it’s an important word
I’ve come across a couple of people recently who have taken issue with my use of the word “queer”. It’s funny, the only people I’ve personally ever heard have a problem with the word “queer” are...
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More on monosexuality and cissexism
It would appear that my post about cissexism in monosexuality has hit Tumblr and a lot of people who have spectacularly missed the point are very angry. So I’d like to clear up a few things. I was not...
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“That’s sexism against fathers!”
I wrote a new post at Mothers For Women’s Lib about the argument from men’s rights activists (and others!) that courts are unfairly biased towards women when it comes to battles over custody of children.
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Lowering the abortion time limit isn’t the answer!
Oh, Jeremy Hunt. I knew very little of him until recently, but now it turns out he’s the new Health Secretary… and he is in favour of reducing the ‘abortion time limit’ (the latest point in pregnancy...
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