Tag: Sexism
-
Here come the New Atheists
“If you want to prove people you can be good without God, then look in the mirror and start with yourself” Love Jamie Kilstein and his diatribes against the new breed of Dawkins atheists (usually in my experience Men’s Rights #gamergate 4chan dweebs, conspiracy types and general nutjobs). It needs to be said, you can’t…
-
Homophobic and Transphobic hate crime on the rise world wide
I missed this report from UN’s Navi Pillay from May, but worrying the trend for homophobic and transphobic hate crime across the world is rising…I heard about this via the Metro’s excellent piece about being transgender in Latin America where the majority of the world’s transgender murders are occuring…although I was heartened by the statistic…
-
The Gay Bechdel Test
A post at Boing Boing informed me of the Bechdel test, named after Alison Bechdel and her character Mo who detailed the rule in her comic strip ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’. The rule is: It has to have at least two women in it Who talk to each other About something besides a man…