links – Bad Reputation A feminist pop culture adventure Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:02:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 37601771 It is a festive time and the Linkpost is BACK /2012/12/07/it-is-a-festive-time-and-the-linkpost-is-back/ /2012/12/07/it-is-a-festive-time-and-the-linkpost-is-back/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:01:38 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=12887 Been a bit of a gap with the linkposts lately, while the ed got a new job and we all remembered about mince pies coming back on sale.

Let us fix that for you now.

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Links of Friday /2012/08/17/links-of-friday/ /2012/08/17/links-of-friday/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:59:27 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=11939
  • “It is crucial, therefore, that we do not fall into the trap of seeing honour killing as the expression of an alien culture, religion or tradition that has no resonance in the West… It is no less crucial to insist that honour killing cannot be equated with Islam.” Jacqueline Rose for the London Review of Books.
  • Heroines and Harlots blogs about the constant beauty tips and fat-paranoia that come with the iPhone app that’s meant to teach users useful things about their pregnancies.
  • Owen Jones for the Independent on Assange.
  • On gender, Wenlock and Mandeville.
  • Captain Awkward on the challenges of friendship groups and not legitimising creepy gendered behaviour and sexual assault.
  • The F Word on that awful One Direction magazine and its attack on Caroline Flack. Surely a new nadir.
  • And finally, Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna on Pussy Riot. Who, appallingly, have just been found guilty.
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    First Friday Links of August: Olympic Edition /2012/08/03/first-friday-links-of-august-olympic-edition/ /2012/08/03/first-friday-links-of-august-olympic-edition/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:00:22 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=11770
  • “Athleticism in women has generated social unease going back at least as far as the Greek myth of Atalanta”: Amanda Marcotte for the American Prospect, in a piece titled Olympic Girls Go Bad-Boy.
  • THIS KICKSTARTER HAS HOURS TO GO! “T-Rex: a documentary about 17 year-old Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, the youngest woman – and one of the first – to ever box in the Olympics.”
  • Two Saudi Women Walk Different Paths To The Olympics.
  • “Women have struggled to find a ‘home’ in this sport for decades, and the struggle doesn’t end with this momentous occasion. However, becoming an Olympic sport does help to legitimize what many of us have known for years: women can box.” – Women’s Olympic Boxing 2012: History in the Making (boxing.com). Posting this link because Miranda’s off to the Women’s Boxing Semifinals next week. (Remember this post? The skirts idea got quashed, hurrah!) Expect some sort of frothy post on here.
  • “What makes you think we actually give a toss that you, personally, do not find us attractive?” – 18-year-old Team GB weightlifter Zoe Smith blogs on body image and Twitter.
  • “As for the insistence on punctuating the seconds between points in the women’s games with bursts of numbers such as I See You Baby (Shaking That Ass) – well…” – Marina Hyde for the Guardian on Benny Hill, beach volleyball, and the different ways women and men are filmed as athletes.
  • And a point very well made by Metro US: What If Every Olympic Sport Was Photographed Like Beach Volleyball?
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    The First Linkpost In A While /2012/07/13/the-first-linkpost-in-a-while/ /2012/07/13/the-first-linkpost-in-a-while/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:54:23 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=11507 Let’s get back into this Friday linkpost thing, shall we?

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    Mildly Overheating Friday Linkpost /2012/05/25/mildly-overheating-friday-linkpost/ /2012/05/25/mildly-overheating-friday-linkpost/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:58 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=11094
  • GenderBen: a history of cartoons lampooning feminists in the press. Fascinating stuff.
  • Geek Feminism: How I Got 50% Women Speakers At My Tech Conference
  • Trans Activist: My Message To Those Who Would Attend RadFem2012
  • Awwwwwesome Ada Lovelace comic.
  • Combat heels: shite.
  • OK, so everyone’s seen Is This Feminist now, but it made us laugh so it bears repeating. PROBLEMATIC.
  • And finally, Scarlett Johanssen sums up some Hollywood bullshit sexism with one side-eye remark.
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    Spring-Flavoured Linkpost /2012/04/13/spring-flavoured-linkpost-2/ /2012/04/13/spring-flavoured-linkpost-2/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:00:58 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=10636
  • Wollstonecraft: a pretty sweet-looking Kickstarter project.
  • One of the most compelling and brilliant pieces on The Hunger Games on these electric internets.
  • Influential men in the history of knitting. Interesting take.
  • Jem Bloomfield launches a series of posts on fans, fandom, and gender.
  • Gender and that Christopher Priest Business: Cat Valente is right on the money.
  • And a fantastic piece on Emma Goldman and sexualised/romanticised narratives of female protest.
  • That’s your lot! See you Monday!

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    Links for Friday /2012/03/23/links-for-friday/ /2012/03/23/links-for-friday/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:00:54 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=10442 It’s Women’s History Month. Here is the UK Women’s History Month blog. And here are some more links on the topic.

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    Friday Links Of The Post-Valentines Lull /2012/02/17/friday-links-of-the-post-valentines-lull/ /2012/02/17/friday-links-of-the-post-valentines-lull/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:15 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=9855 Quite an artsy one this week. Well. Sort of, anyway.

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