So June draws to a close and we have had a great response to the campaign - thanks to all who have joined in!
Please watch this space for more news of what happens ne...
30 June 2013
24 June 2013
Sexism through the back door (A guest blog courtesy of Paula Donovan - thankyou Paula!)
We have tried to teach our children tolerance and respect for themselves and others. We have looked to schools and our community to reinforce this but as they get older I realise how much they really need positive female role models and good messages about women. When I read Caitlin Moran’s How to be a Woman I thought it should be compulsory GCSE reading. A spot-on, saying it as it is, reason why anyway you want it feminism needs to be talked about, loud and proud, because sexism is still with us and it’s very much alive and kicking....
18 June 2013
Sunshine, bikinis and why we're all in this together!
We'd like to thank everyone who has contributed, shared and commented so far! Over halfway through June already and summer seems to finally have arrived!
As the sun comes out, many newspapers and magazines predictably pull out their annual 'how to look good in a bikini' features or feel obliged to show us how fantastic / dreadful other women are looking in theirs - PLEASE STOP!
Women are more than their faces and bodies. Women are more than...
01 June 2013
Get Involved...
So June is finally upon us and already today we've encountered plenty of examples of sexism!
From 'kitsch' nude ladies on a Brighton café wall to 'Wags' in bikinis in The Sun, the sad truth is that we do live in a culture where 'casual sexism' is rife and widely accepted as the norm.
Let's Spot The Sexism this month and add our voices to the growing number of people saying 'NO'!
Here's how:
Share your examples of sexism in the media...
09 May 2013
It's time for this to stop
Women aren’t worth listening to.
Women are less able.
Women are objects.
Women are less likely to achieve great things.
Women are to be judged on how they look before anything else.
These messages are put across loud and clear in the media. They’re in the way women are pictured and described. They’re in the predominance of men as commentators and authoritative voices. They’re behind the zapping and the pricking and the smearing of women’s faces to make them “camera-ready”.
The issues behind this are of course complex. For example, many of us...
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