Last Sunday, pandering to Boy Three’s Fireman Sam fixation, we visited our local fire station which was taking part in the Doors Open Day scheme. There were fire engines, Blaze the Bear being rescued from a tower, a bouncy castle (who knew fire stations had them?), avuncular firefighers, corpulent firefighters and, even, some mildly decorative […]
Violence against women – Viagra for the rapists
Today’s theme at Transatlantic Blonde’s Feminist Friday is violence against women. There are reports that Colonel Gaddafi has been dishing out Viagra to his troops so that they can rape to order. This sickening news has marched round and round in my head all week until it has worn a deep uneasy path. I’ve been […]
We don’t burn bras in this house, we stick pompoms on them
Burning with creativity Transatlantic Blonde raises her feminist flag again and wonders about raising a feminist child. Once again I wasn’t going to bother because I’m far too busy and, besides, I should be getting ready for the Moonwalk. I’m pleased to see the only weather on offer according to the forecast is thunder storms. […]