Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Tories Still Hate Women, part 946,513,902
Steve Hilton has suggested axing maternity pay. No, I’m not joking: I saw the story in the FT, but that’s …
Seen in London
Greenford, UB6: Where to start? The slightly creepy infantilising language? The presumption that vaginas need special cleansing and deodorising products? …
ASA and makeup ads
Feminist fistbumps of the day to Jo Swinson, a LibDem MP from Scotland, for getting the unrealistic L’Oreal ads taken …
Petition from change.org
There’s a petition here from the Saudi women’s movement to ask Subaru, who market their cars heavily towards women, to …
Someone has hijacked the Mail
[TW for disturbing account of rape in the linked article] There’s a genuinely (mostly) good article on there about the …
Legal Aid
Feminist fistbumps for the news on legal aid for domestic violence cases. These case are those where one party to …
Clare’s Law
The BBC report today on the proposals for “Clare’s Law,” a move for women to be given details of their …
Nadine Dorries and That Bill Again
Nadine Dorries has a piece up over at Comment is Free arguing that she only wants to offer counselling to …
Health & Social Care Bill
Courtesy of Abortion Rights, news about the Health & Social Care Bill. In March, Nadine Dorries MP and Frank Field …