by Carl Howard | Feb 16, 2016 | Feminism and LGBT
Earlier this year, Soraya Chemaly, Ishita Srivastava and Laura Bates invited us to take part in #ChoreChallenge. To do this, households first keep track of all chores and then gender-swap them, to eliminate the gender chore gap. I guess this makes it more about...
by Carl Howard | Feb 13, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
Some people celebrate Valentine’s day and some do not. Both categories of people though tend to talk about Their OpinionTM of the day. Every year, you will probably be able to find statements from both sides of this “debate” that are assholish, whether in meatspace or...
by Carl Howard | Feb 9, 2016 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Philosophy
So the Ethics Centre in conjunction with IQ2 have an upcoming debate called Sex, Gender & Indentity (Title TBC) which will be about transgender “””issues”””. Uh oh. Will it be a giant case of false balance that seeks to give a platform to TERF hate as a just...
by Carl Howard | Jan 26, 2016 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race
I adore maps and so usually enjoy I Fucking Love Maps on Facebook. Every now and then they post something infuriating. Because one of the best ways to bypass people’s bullshit detectors is to put your bullshit on a map. They’ve recently shared a project about “Mapping...
by Carl Howard | Jan 19, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race
[CN: Body hate inc slurs] You might have seen media coverage this week about the following tweet, and reactions to it. walmart underwear vibes pic.twitter.com/wo66OQGIdo — yasmin was here (@iranikanjari) December 24, 2015 When @iranikanjari (Suraia) posted the above...
by Carl Howard | Jan 12, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History
I’m not a David Bowie fan but now that he’s died I’ve become even more aware of the profound effect he’s had on the world. Many people are grieving (some more than they expected to!); if that’s you I’m sorry for your loss. Hopefully, you’ll have also seen something in...
