Lesbian feminist: Trans women are offensive to real women
I don’t do this very often. I am about to admit that I agree with a lesbian. And not just any old lesbian but one that is also a professor in feminist studies. Please don’t hold it against me – I’ve only found one point of common ground. On Sunday night, Professor Sheila Jeffreys (what a name for a feminist lesbian!) spoke to John Safran on his weekly Triple J program. I’m not a regular listener, but was...
Where are the feminist breast cancer crusaders?
I got stuck into the feminist movement the other day and so I might as well continue riding that horse now. One could believe that the feminist movement is interested in the welfare of women. But if you did have that wild and romantic notion floating around somewhere inside your noggin’ then you’d be wrong. Only an air-headed blonde ditz with a Cleo subscription would think that. The feminist movement does not care about women and...
Equal opportunity harassment
Over the Christmas period came the news that a female submariner had been kicked off her boat for groping and sexually harassing another sailor. Another female sailor. This is proof that Defence has finally made it into the new age world. Some might call it a wonderful achievement but I do not. The radicals should be cheering. Defence is no longer a bastion of masculinity in which some Neanderthal-like men occasionally overstep the...
Feminists: Men make better women
Let’s not beat around the bush. Feminism is dead. At least, that’s the only rational explanation for the bizarre decision by the Daily Life to include a man in its list of Australia’s top 20 women of 2013. For those who haven’t come across the Daily Life before, it’s a Fairfax website that styles itself as Australia’s leading source of feminist news, views and information. As you can probably well imagine, its articles are a...
