Rape is no less of a trauma for the victim just because you call it something else
According to the wise voice of Brendan O Neill, there’s a reasonable and rational view that ignorance is, or should be, a central factor in deciding how we not just punish, but how we actually define, serious crimes.
By Louise McCudden | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 30 August 2012 at 12:00 am
Who is the fairest in Hollywood? Celebrities such as Kristen Stewart face heavy moral pressure
It seems the world of celebrity has experienced some strange moral epiphany all of a sudden. With the news that Kristen Stewart could lose her part in the new Snow White film because of her affair with Rupert Sanders comes a new implication about stardom: that having any kind of morality lapse could actually damage your career.
By Louise McCudden | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 6:00 am
Jason Manford’s response to Gary Barlow’s trolls showed us the paradoxical power of the internet
an explosion in social media and technology turned chatting online from something associated with the lonely and the chronically passive aggressive into one of the most popular of methods of communication available.
By Louise McCudden | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 15 August 2012 at 11:54 am
When politicians fight about who owns feminism, the whole debate gets hijacked
Can Conservatives be feminists? According to Harriet Harman, that’s not only a valid question, but a valid question to which the answer is a very decisive no.
Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsome bristled understandably at Harman’s apparent claim to have ownership of feminism, but unfortunately they then proceeded to pen an article in the Guardian entitled “Conservatives [...]
By Louise McCudden | Notebook | Monday, 30 July 2012 at 8:00 am
When it comes to rape jokes, ‘free speech’ is a lazy defence
I admit it: I’m a liberal stereotype. I have no sense of humour. Or at least, there’s obviously something wrong with it.
By Louise McCudden | Arts, Notebook | Monday, 16 July 2012 at 4:00 am
Bikini photo sabotage isn’t proof that women are bitchy
There’s a saying that there are two kinds of women; those who make life easier for other women, and those who make life harder. Like any good saying, there are times when it feels true. But there’s an alienating premise to it. It assumes that it’s the responsibility of women to navigate – not challenge, but navigate – patriarchal pressures. It assumes that misogyny, with all its evils, is our fault.
By Louise McCudden | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 2:08 pm
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