One disappointing thing, though, is that I didn’t notice a single anti-rape image. Rape is not only an extremely serious issue, but one that might unite all women (and all men of good will) in recognising that something needs to be done to address the power imbalance between the sexes.

WHAT

… yeah. I know it’s disturbing but it renders me insensible with laughter just looking at it. There’s so much going ON in it! It looks like someone’s GCSE Design & Technology coursework!

It wins the prize for “weirdest alt-text description we have yet had to figure out”.

I’d prefer to talk of reducing inequality rather that achieving equality. I’m not sure that issues around sexual inequality can be confronted separately from the wider inequalities in society… they are all functions of the same patriarchy. Under Blair and Brown, Britain became an increasingly unequal place… and Cameron’s Britain seems to me an unpromising place to seek equality. We live in a society where some men (and I imagine that they are all men) receive bonuses several times the amount of money that will pass through my hands in my entire lifetime.

Yeah, I think Flickr is better because it’s mostly still about people sharing pictures of their experiences rather than struggling to represent a concept, hence the scarcity of Attack Feminists and the large numbers of people giving presentations. Revolution by Powerpoint! :-)

But yeah, these pictures make it look like the GOAL of feminism is to humiliate and attack men. I can’t tell whether that’s what people really think or if that’s just a convenient way to portray it, probably a bit of both. Either way, when these violent pictures stack up it starts looking a wee bit hysterical!

I don’t know, the over-reaction looks a bit psychotic to me. It’s an unpleasant reminder of how far we have to go, even Europe/the US.

I can totally believe the “gun to head” awfulness of the intarwebs, though. I love flickr like a tasty thing, nice to see that’s not as bad.