Posts Tagged with ‘sexism’
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Further thoughts on the ISG
03 Feb 2013
Guest Post by Sarah Collins, ISG National Secretary (personal capacity) I do not usually wish to dredge up the past of ‘the split’ with the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). I honestly feel that the International Socialist Group (ISG) has moved past this. Nonetheless, I think that some of the comments …
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Moving Forward, Slowly but Surely
03 Feb 2013
Guest Post by Cat Boyd, ISG Activist I welcome the comments on sexism in Laura McKeon's article "The Best Thing Going? A Feminist Critique of the ISG", as I’m sure the majority of women in the International Socialist Group (ISG) - and women on the left- do. Being in an organisation …
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Showing Respect for Women’s Voices
24 Aug 2012
Last week, George Galloway, a darling of the English Left, made some pretty unacceptable comments. The general creepy aura that surrounds him when you meet him in person spilled over into the pages of the news paper and he held court on his views around "sexual ettiquette" and requests for "insertion", …
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Are We Surprised?
22 Aug 2012
Guest post from Laura McKeon Are we surprised? The left creates heroes of men like George Galloway, then feigns shock at their chauvinism. I see his comments as part of a wider network of sexist beliefs that are shared to a lesser or greater extent in different sectors of the …
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I want to be Miss West End 2012!!!!
07 Jun 2012
A friend recently brought to my attention the "Miss West End" competition currently running in Glasgow as part of the West End Festival. Competitions aren't really my thing to be honest: when teams are being picked for pub quizes I'm thrown straight back to Primary School sports day with …
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You Can’t Fight Fascism with Sexism
27 May 2012
Yesterday saw another pathetic attempt by the SDL to bus up some people from England to bolster the dozen or so fascist wannabes that like to stand around in the middle of Scottish towns and cities advising people to remember Glasgow Airport (just in case people forgot and went to …
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The challenges of transfeminism
18 May 2012There has been substantial discussions over the RadFem 2012 conference all over twitter and facebook (see #radfem #radfemscum for more details), over their decision to invite Sheila Jefferies to speak and their policy of welcoming only people born as women who currently live as women (ie ciswomen). As might have …
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How to undermine a CIA plot
02 Mar 2012
Laurie Penny had an interesting wee exchange the other day with Mark Crispin Miller. When on asking him why the panel called to discuss Occupy Wall Street was made up of middle aged white males, he responded with reference oto a theory that studies into gender and race had been …
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The Minutiae of a Call Out
05 Feb 2012
I had a really interesting encounter the other night. A poor chap, rather ignorant in the workings of the world had the misfortune to find himself surrounded by feminists. I spoke to him only briefly, but I'm sure he's quite a nice fellow really - but hey - a lot …
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Limmy: What the fuck happened?
09 Jan 2012
UPDATE - 12th November 2012 A blog reader, who happens to work in a sandwich shop got in touch with me last month, to tell me that Limmy had been in, they had discussed his work, and she mentioned that - although she had heard good things about his television …
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Pornography: Ethics and the Industry – Part 1
29 Dec 2011
The Free Hetherington was a wonderful place. Over the seven month occupation as it emerged as a hub for activists of all stripes to congregate and share ideas. In amongst the activism, probably due to the student influence, there was a very good if a little impromptu programme of political …
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GUST is… sexist
14 Oct 2011Glagow University Student Television have produced a promo video. That's promo not porno, but someone obviously misread the brief. Much consternation has been caused on their facebook page among female students over the contents and style of the video. The response from GUST has been almost as stunning as the …