I thought we should have a thread where we share our bad experiences with companies, in order to ensure no one else falls victim to the scams of certain companies. ... ... (I put this in style tribe because both of mine were clothing websites, so I ...
Inspired by the Nike spamming over on the Style threads, I was wondering if you boycott anything and why you do? What got you started? ... ... Just somewhere to educate other people I suppose and discuss alternatives....
YAY FOOD!
Just a thread to post some of your favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes!
Heres one of my favorites...
Tofu and Broccoli in Garlic Sauce
1 medium onion, diced
3 Tbsp. crushed or minced garlic - more if you like spicy food like me
2 lb...
Even if you're not doing something funny for money, even if you're too poor to be able to enjoy yourself even though the recession is biting everywhere, and we're all cutting back, give something. Every penny helps save lives. Every single last littl...
"You've not beaten us. You've joined us, down here, in the porno-gutter, on our terms. Oh look: men have come out on top - again." ... ... I thought I'd make my first non-self-centred thread, because I read an interesting article in...
Sometimes I feel like Im fighting a losing battle against the unrelenting ignorance of people....Im almost afraid to admit that I am a feminist now because I'll probably be attacked verbally and ridiculed. ... ... People always try and demean you wi...
Hey mooks. I was debating with myself whether to put this here or rent a rant... anyway I heard recently on the radio that some primary schools in Britain are starting to have prom. Not just the average school disco where everyone wears their jeans a...
Over THIS. ... ... I actually want to cry over this video. I want to cry because there are people that think this is okay. Some men think they are entitled to reveal a woman's body in the street without her consent and against her will. They also th...
A work colleague of mine sent me this documentary: ... ... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197 ... ... It's a long one (2 hours), but I finally got round to watching it and found it quite interesting. It's about religion, 9/...
I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in fun and useful links. It can be moved I guess. ... ... But I just took this Feminism Test which was quite interesting. Of course I'm not one to take what an online quiz tells me as something set in stone ...
I came across this article and wanted to know your opinions on it. http://www.womensenews.org/story/rape/100820/consent-not-foreplay-fibs-should-define-rape ... I'm not too sure about the protection against "foreplay fibs" if for example a ...
The campaign against intolerance due do musical preference and different appearance is a project initiated by The Romanian Humanist Association in partenership with
Not sure if this is the right forum for this; kind of a current affairs sort of thing. Seemed the most likely home for it! ... In the UK, there's a been a fair bit of stuff in the news lately about social services and whether they do enough, after ca...
I thought we should start a thread about women we admire and who inspire us and why. =] ... ... My Mum: She raised me, put up with me and my moods and my dad. She's strong and can has a big heart even though she can get extremely stressed out since ...
So as many of you will know, I recently posted a thread about a pretty nasty experience with sexual harassment. Some of you clever Mooks pointed out in that thread that it'd be a good idea to have a thread in Activism with little self defence ideas i...
has anyone else come across this group? well take a look and tell me if it isnt just sickening... ... ... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=561266&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=186244547181&id=1635291691&fbid=12148109038...
So late, late the other night on the four station tv in my vacation cottage, there was a choice between a realy bad horror flick, and a documentary. ... ... It was this guy who went under cover in the Ivory coast to see if the rumors are true about ...
So, France has banned the face veil. Not, I hasten to add, the headscarf, just the face veil adopted by certain Muslim women. ... ... This has resulted in a lot of personal conflict for me. ... ... An important note before we begin: The burqa is a ...
I wish I were awake and/or eloquent enough to say something about this at the moment, but I'll probably come back to this in a while, so in the meantime, here's a really interesting article: ... ... Discuss. ... ... All I'm awake enough to say at t...
I'm raging. In absolutely every single debate I witness, the people that are really against the emancipation of women are WOMEN. The ones that are disgusted by the idea of a woman having an affair with a younger man, the ones that are really loud whe...
This is a weird old thing to post, but here goes. It is a sad fact of my life that I, an extemely passionate and politically minded girl, am lacking in friends who hav the same political and passionate mindset as I do. Many a protest has gone by (the...
Can everyone on facebook please report this group please? It's full of disgusting child porn images, under the guise of I hate smoking. ... ... http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-HATE-CIGARETTES/83208739126?ref=mf ... ... You can report it here:
Hey mooks. For reasons that I don't want to go into, I've not been willing to sleep with my boyfriend. Fair enough. I believe it's my right as a human being to refuse to do something I don't want to. And he's accepted that, has no problems with it (h...
I'm kind of fed up of seeing nothing but reblogged pretty pictures and tweenage rants on my dashboard. ... ... So I asked one of the few feminist tumblrers (?!) I've found, what feminist blogs she recommends. She was very nice and gave me a long lis...
I personally consider myself a feminist, I don't understand how a woman can not be a feminist and stand for her rights as a woman and equality. ... ... However, I'd be interested to know if anyone on this forum actually doesn't consider themself a f...
The other day, my friend and I got into an argument. I'm a vegetarian and she's not. It started when she asked me what I had in my sandwich and I replied, telling her it was Quorn.
Basically, she thinks Quorn and vegetarians who eat its products are...
I've had the recent revelation that I don't really want children, now or ever. It's a pretty strange switch for me, since it used to be assumed that I would have them one day. My parents would say things like, "when you have children... I mean I...
