Knocking Holes in the Darkness
On April 4th, 1968, the Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was standing with Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther […]
Category Archives: Objectification
Hey, FHM: Let Me Tell You What’s Never Acceptable.
FHM have today come under fire due to this part of their What Not To Wear feature: “It’s never acceptable to wear your victim’s socks.” In one swift sentence, FHM […]
The Childification of Porn
And we’re back. The Pornography: Poison & Prey series has been one that taken unexpected turns and opened very full cans of worms. I have been so glad of the […]
How to develop nice wrinkles; or, I am ageing.
In case you missed it, I’m turning 25 soon and it’s sparked quite a lot of reflection in me. I’ve been thinking a lot about the past 25 years, and […]
The Bath of Perplexing Insight
Whilst staying over at my parents’ “country ranch” this weekend I had a lovely long soak in the bath; a luxury in light of the temperamental shower featured in my little […]
Confessions of a Retoucher
Photo credit: BeautyRedefined.net This week, I tweeted a link to The Photoshop Hall of Shame which caused some interesting discussion amongst my peer group about how important it is that people […]
Pornography: A Desensitising Poison.
In the last of the posts looking at the poisonous nature of pornography and before moving into an exploration of who porn attacks with this poison – its prey – […]
Pornography: An Insatiating Poison.
We explored on Friday the addictive nature of pornography and how it affects the brain in part of a series that aims. In this post, we’ll look at how pornography is insatiating: this […]
GIRLS GOING WILD
International Women’s Day – The Day I Got Groped.
I was groped on my way home from work today. As I walked past two guys on the street, one of them veered towards me at the last minute and […]
