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Tag Archives: it’s not the drink it’s victim blaming
This is rape culture: Steubenville verdict
[Trigger warning: rape, rape culture, victim-blaming] I was honestly surprised to learn that two of the boys heroes football players men charged in the Steubenville rape case had been convicted (albeit sentenced to paltry terms with the possibility of serving longer). … Continue reading
Leaked: draft blueprint for future recruitment to ACC sensitive claims unit
It has recently come to the attention of the recruitment team that employees working within the sensitive claims unit may not be fully aware of the expectations of their role and the unit in general. Given our unstated practice of … Continue reading
Recommended reading: if rapists just can’t control their urges …
Then why do we never hear of summer sun-seekers being attacked by rapists in the middle of large sunlit crowds at public squares and parks and beaches? The skimpily covered attractive flesh is there in maximum abundance, but somehow the … Continue reading
SlutWalk: I guess we’ve been told!
Danyl at Dim Post doesn’t think SlutWalks are necessary or have any point or will change anything or are really serious and omg feminists aren’t a hivemind so it’s all doomed to fail. In lieu of merely typing *EYEROLL* a … Continue reading
Fuck rugby culture
[TW domestic abuse and rugby violence apologism] My, has it really been 3 years since I last wrote about our fucking sick misogynist boys-will-be-boys violence-excusing rugby culture? This time it’s Shaun Metcalf, whose soulful puppy-dog eyes probably helped him get … Continue reading
Waffle watch: police complaints edition
Via Radio NZ: Mr Goff has admitted he got it wrong when he pressured Prime Minister John Key to reveal details of a police investigation into a former National MP. Mr Goff says he has a better understanding now of … Continue reading
Signal boosting: rape culture hasn’t gone away and neither have we
Michael Moore apparently acquitted himself well on Rachel Maddow’s show, without anyone actually mentioning that whole Twitter “frenzy” thing which stopped his rape-apologism bullshit from vanishing into the murky depths of Too Much Patriarchal Fuckwittery. But as Sady Doyle has … Continue reading
#Mooreandme: make a difference offline too
Preach it, Sady: No matter how much we can raise, it won’t be enough. But by donating, we demonstrate two things: First, that every rape survivor, every rape survivor, is exactly as important as this one WikiLeaks member (and keep … Continue reading
