Posts tagged ‘violence against women’

Ask a Geek Feminist: I am male who wants to write a novel about a female superhero and at some point my hero will have to lose a fight. Do I need to take precautions so I don’t end up glorifying violence against women?

I am sad, still sad, continually endlessly sad and angry at the way everyone else’s narratives collude to obscure Nina and her life.

Trigger warning for lethal violence against women I picked up Stephen Elliott’s The Adderall Diaries with trepidation, because it’s at least nominally about the Hans Reiser murder trial, and Nina Reiser’s murder fucked me up. ...

Trigger warning. Julian Assange and rape allegations: it’s everywhere. See for example our own Liz Henry’s Feminism, Assange rape charges, free speech, and Wikileaks and Leigh Honeywell’s On Consent. There’s link roundups at Hoyden About ...

This is a 101 post and all of the links here are fairly well known to ‘net feminists, but Noirin being assaulted has caused newcomers to wonder what they can do to help create a ...

Warning: this post discusses sexual assault and links to both a survivor account and to hostile comments. Noirin Shirley’s post A hell of a time in which she describes her sexual assault at ApacheCon on ...

We’re a bit late with the link, but the latest Feminist Carnival went up at Undomestic Goddess on December 9. Submissions are open for the next carnival, out December 23. Training bar staff to intervene ...