This news isn’t exactly hot off the press, but as I don’t think anyone will have noticed when it happened in February I think it’s worth bringing up now. The world’s first transgender MP, Georgina Beyer, has resigned. In her valedictory speech she highlighted the ‘nature and character of our country and its [...]
Filed under: gender on May 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Although the charms of Norway, detailed below, are alluring, my vote goes to Finland for appointing the world’s first women-dominated cabinet with 12 women and 8 men. I know, it’s ridiculous that this should be note-worthy; I can’t believe we didn’t have these kinds of ‘firsts’ decades ago. But there it is. [...]
Filed under: democracy, gender on April 26th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
About a month ago, after receiving a large volume of emails on the topic, the journalists whose discussion forms the highlight of my week in the form of Slate’s Political Gabfest were forced to explain their reasons for referring to Hillary Clinton as ‘Hillary’ while others, such as John McCain, were respectively cited as ‘Senator [...]
Filed under: barackobama, culture, election2008, gender, hillaryclinton, johnmccain, uspolitics on April 5th, 2007 | No Comments »
Having all but placed the Christian adoption agency matter to bed, after it was pointed out that they receive government funding and thus are required to follow the equal opportunities criteria set out by government, I am faced with a quandary.
Mosques in this country receive substantial government grants as part of a broader scheme [...]
Filed under: culture, gender, religion, ukpolitics on March 5th, 2007 | 16 Comments »
No, it’s not Heat. Or Cosmopolitan. Or even Grazia. It’s the Observer. Not only is it too scared to utter the word ‘feminism’ in its new(-ish) Woman magazine, but it offers up content which assumes that the feminist movement never happened – and that’s the first wave.
I’ve been waiting for [...]
Filed under: clareification, gender on February 13th, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I imagine David Cameron is secretly rather pleased that his cannabis smoking at Eton has come out. While he may have shocked some of the Tory old guard, he will be counting on gaining credibility with the people he’s really trying to impress – younger, floating voters who probably smoke the odd illicit spliff [...]
Filed under: davidcameron, gender, health, religion on February 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
When the Equal Pay Act in Britain came into force in 1975, the pay gap between men and women was 30%. Today is it 18% (says the Equal Opportunities Commission). These statistics may help you to understand the significance of the animal at the beginning of this post (continuing my wildlife theme). [...]
Filed under: gender, labour, ukpolitics on February 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
