Voice of Dissent

Archive for the ‘Feminism’ category

Girls Can’t What?

March 7th, 2009

I don’t know how many of you already know about this site but it was one I had to share. It’s called Girls Can’t What? and it’s stories from women who have been told that they can’t do something because they’re ‘just a girl’. I submitted my story a few days ago and it was [...]

Girly Girl in Danger!

February 28th, 2009

So my grandma has started freaking out a bit now that I’m on my own. She’s really worried about me and scared for my safety. She knows I’m a big hiker so the first thing she wanted to make sure of is that I would never go hiking alone. Apparently women go out hiking alone [...]

Consolidated - Butyric Acid

February 28th, 2009

Lyrics
i want to talk about media distortion ad campaign telling lies about abortion standing there call yourself a good christian break your fucking sign because you’re causing me friction ignorant group operations rescue if you treat women then they might even kill you randall terry says they’re soldiers of god if you ask me i’d [...]

Recently, a listener of my show, The Angry Hippies’ Podcast, sent me a website, that, out of good taste, I will not be posting a link to here. They thought I might want to rant about it on the program, but as it turns out, I was too angry to wait, so here goes!
The site [...]

WTF Feminists?

October 21st, 2008

Okay, I’m on the bandwagon, trust me. I’m not a fan of Sarah Palin either. I know that her views on abortion are archaic, as are her views on marriage, and well pretty much everything else. She’s a horrible governor that charged women for rape kits in hospitals, which further proves she’s got no issues [...]

McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. I’m guessing the republican party is either a. trying to show that they’re not afraid of strong women or b. making sure they have a “history making” ticket as well. Either way, I believe she’s nothing but window dressing. I say this [...]

The following article, Elizabeth Grove man spared jail for having sex with 12-year-old is from AdelaideNow. I came across the story when Hoyden About Town talked about it today and I was horrified.
All emphasis is mine.
AN “immature” 24-year-old who continued a sexual relationship even after learning his girlfriend was just 12 years old has [...]

I’ve been scouring Flickr a lot lately and after seeing all of the great feminist imagery decided to do a feature here on the blog. I hope you enjoy them and feel free to reply with links to your favorites.

Love Your Body

August 3rd, 2008

If you are an avid follower of the art world, you’ve no doubt heard the recent talk about how women are looked at as being lesser artists than men. Female artists make up a very small percentage of the art in museums and galleries and, just like almost every other professional field, earn significantly less [...]