feminism – Francesca's Thoughts

12/06/2015

When Smart People Make a Boo Boo (#DistractinglySexy & Tim Hunt)

Generally speaking I think it’s a good rule of life to never engage with online debates, mostly because ‘debate’ usually means ‘people SHOUTING THEIR OPINION with NO INTENTION of EVER listening to OR learning from the other side(s).’ But I must say I’ve enjoyed the #distractinglysexy hashtag. For those of you who try not to Continue reading

Complaints, DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, June 2015, Social Media

#distractinglysexy, BBC News, feminism, Indifferent Ignorance, science, Sir Tim Hunt, women in science, women in the workplace

23/09/2014

Scoffed at the HeForShe Campaign? Right, Let’s Talk

If you haven’t seen it already, the next thing you should do today is watch the entirety of Emma Watson’s UN HeForShe speech. There has been a lot of news articles quoting it, but some of the most interesting parts weren’t cherry-picked as far as I remember, and watching and listening coveys her emotions a Continue reading

DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, Government and Politics, Internet, September 2014, Videos

Emma Watson, equality, feminism, gender equality, gendered marketing, girls living as boys in Afgahnistan, HeForShe, India acid attacks, Indifferent Ignorance, make up, social constructs, UN

03/09/2014

Slight Smugness and a Poster About Slugs and Snails

Today is the day I would have gone back to school were I still a student, and it felt really, really strange going about town seeing people in my old uniform trotting to and from that wonderful institution/seventh layer of hell. My feelings are kind of mixed about the whole thing; on the one hand, Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, Colour, Complaints, Internet, September 2014

change, Etsy, feminism, gendered marketing, going back to school, Indifferent Ignorance, ironing, learning the WP post editor, my art, Society6

11/02/2013

Hughes Verses Plath: Fifty Years On

If I’m being honest, the title of this post sets it up to be far more intellectual and well-informed than it actually is. You’re reading said post, however, so my marketing ploy has worked and now all I need to do is actually discuss Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, fifty years on from Plath’s death. Continue reading

Complaints, DISCUSS., February 2013, Pure Insanity

‘Birthday Letters’, death, feminism, Indifferent Ignorance, invasions of privacy, literature, poets, public scrutiny, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Thomas Hardy