Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is one of the most barbaric acts happening against women globally. It disproportionately affects women of colour (for want of a better phrase). And yet western feminist campaigns include: banning the word ‘bossy’, complaining about a pay gap that has been disproven multiple times, moaning because […]
Tag: anti-feminism
Lara Croft is a feminist’s wet dream
What does feminism want? No one really knows. As a general statement, they want a woman who is tough rather than dainty; has a her own agency and can take of herself (not a damsel in distress), is independent from men, but still looks like a woman. They want a […]
The Female Gaze
The Beatles, Elvis, One Direction, The Rolling Stones and Justin Bieber have all thrived on one commonality – a hoard of shrieking female fans. One Direction are not terribly talented, but they are one of the most successful modern boy bands. Why is that? They lack the musical prowess of […]
Thoughts on cat-calling
I’ve mentioned cat-calling in some of my other blog posts, and this post may include different opinions from views I’ve mentioned previously as ideas are always evolving. A random facebook post I saw earlier from some girl made me think more about this topic. She mentioned that she had been […]
Has #metoo turned into a witch hunt?
The #metoo movement started out as women speaking out against rape, harassment, coercion and sexual misconduct. I have a whole blog post talking about a horrible sexual experience happening to me (without naming the person involved). This was due to the case Harvey Weinstein pushing women into sexual acts so […]
Sexy Badass Women
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ll have heard of the terms ‘sexualisation’ and ‘objectification.’ They’re typically used by feminists claiming that women in media are presented in ways that accentuate their sexual features, playing to the ‘male gaze’, thus reducing women to sex objects. Last year I wrote a […]