Articles read this week:
On health
On feminism
- On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, let’s remember what feminism is actually about
- BELL HOOKS WILL SAVE US ALL FROM THE LONG, SLOW DEATH THAT IS POPULAR
- Celebgate: Why aren’t we talking about pornography?
- The economics of consent: Why BDSM and consumer capitalism are closer than you think
- Emma Watson’s speech isn’t the problem; the problem is liberal feminism
- Skinny’ or ‘curvy,’ our bodies are not our own: Why the ‘No More Skinny’ campaign doesn’t help
- It is ‘all men': Our culture of predatory misogyny
- Ghomeshi played the role of a feminist ally, but in private he was fully enmeshed in porn culture
- Part of the problem: Talking about systemic oppression
- Julien Blanc is rightfully condemned, but who is willing to confront the global economy of misogyny?
- Men are stupid; like women who are ‘effortlessly’ thin
- In defense of Kim Kardashian and her critics
- It is your human right to have a fruity vagina
Recently read books:
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- The Three Fundamental Principles by Muhammad ibn Abd Wahhab