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A holy war is being waged right now, people, but unless you regularly venture into the poorly lit, lawless backstreets of the Internet, the chances are you blissfully unaware of it.
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PETA: Misjudging The Situation
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As a feminist and an animal lover, this PETA promotion only works for me if, as part of the deal, Jersey Shore’s The Situation agreed to be neutered.
I’m figuring he didn’t, therefore this ad must stand as the most poorly conceived and embarrassing campaign he’s been involved in since he was filmed unwittingly chatting up a transvestite in a bar.
Julia Gillard: Primed & Ready To Go
If you’re the leader of an opposition party, no one would blame you for thinking all your Christmases had come at once if it transpired that a high profile member of the incumbent coalition had been caught sending misogynistic text messages to a colleague and was subsequently accused of sexual harassment.
Expect Australia’s Paul Abbott to be a little more cautious before prodding wounded PM Julia Gillard next time though. During Prime Minister’s Question Time today, Gillard responded to Abbott’s calls for the resignation of Peter Slipper with a flaming of his hypocrisy so comprehensive, it’ll be a week or so before he gets the stink of burning flesh out of his suit.
Slipper has now resigned. After you’ve seen the video, you wonder if anyone actually still cares.
Weekend Highlights: Carry On Groping
Have you noticed that some people are terribly perplexed by the sex scandal gradually engulfing the BBC? Over the weekend I’ve come across several individuals, ranging from people I know to commenters on internet sites, who are questioning the veracity of the women coming forward with their stories.
For this week’s highlights package, I’ve prepared a primer of the most common queries I’ve heard or read, plus a crib sheet of possible responses. Writing it has served as a useful distraction from my own annoyance, and if you’re as pissed off about this as I am, it may provide essential pause before your arm lifts and you find yourself grabbing for the nearest heavy object to hurl at the befuddled applicant for the post of village idiot standing in front of you.
Fournié & FEMEN: Women With Their Weapons
Left, a design from Julien Fournié’s collection at the launch of Singapore Fashion Week. Right, a FEMEN press shot. Images: Chris McGrath/Getty Images AsiaPac, facebook.
FEMEN have been accused of many things, but being the inspiration behind a piece in a haute couture collection has, so far, not been one of them.
Given designer Julien Fournié’s bio, we should have seen it coming. The guy is a pot of poster paint away from a full blown feminist protest.
More on FEMEN: Exposing The Sanctity Of Marriage, You Can’t See Tits On The Radio, Provocative Enough For Pussy Riot?
#NoMorePage3: Symbolism, Not Censorship
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Martin Robbins of the New Statesman has criticised Lucy Holmes’ NoMorePage3 campaign, claiming that more nudity, not less, is the answer to defeating misogyny in popular culture.
He is not a fan of The Sun newspaper’s daily titfest, nor is he a misogynist who believes that a woman’s place is to be objectified. He is an intellectual, which makes it all the more disappointing that he should use a national platform to casually deconstruct a movement that should have been made years ago.
Pussy Riot: Let Us In. We’ll Be Good, Promise ;)
Two months after Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for performing a punk prayer in a Moscow cathedral, the music community has issued it’s first riposte.
Whether NY art collective MEN, featuring Le Tigre’s JD Samson, will be invited to perform ‘Let Them Out Or Let Me In’ in the same cathedral remains to be seen, but an invite would be a lovely gesture given the Russian Orthodox Church’s recent PR rethink.
Don’t hold your breath, team.
Parenting 101: Don’t Encourage Blokes To Stalk Your Daughter. Duh!
Jesus. And I thought my Dad’s habit of keeping an emergency cake in his top pocket was embarrassing. Image: salon.com.
What would you do if found out your daughter was gay and had married her civil partner? Would you:
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Zhang Muyi & Akama Miki: Way Out Of Line
Do the lyrics of Gary Puckett’s 1968 ‘classic’ Young Girl make you reconsider the ramifications of a 60’s sexual revolution and simultaneously feel like you need a bath?
If so, you’d better get the hose out before watching the above video. For while Gary and his band of merry beard botherers were prevented from producing a visual articulation of their misplaced and highly inappropriate lust because videos hadn’t been invented, no such obstacle stands in the way of Zhang Muyi & Akama Miki.
Weekend Highlights: Angry Boobs!!
I played Angry Birds yesterday. Which makes this FEMEN update even more fantabulous, and more importantly, given the subject matter today, re-le-vant. Image via facebook.
I still got annoyed by some stuff though.
That’s multitasking for you.
Kelly Welles 