There are few rewards in being an Angry Woman. The endless crusade against sex, humour and fun can be a hard slog, and until the day all men are crushed beneath my sensibly flat heels I expect little recognition for my endeavours. So it was a pleasant surprise when I was informed that the Angry… [Read more…]
Earlier this month myself and a few other feminist types decided to pop along to a presentation hosted by the Merseyside Skeptics Society entitled ‘The Science of Porn’ presented by Stuart J Ritchie of Edinburgh university psychology department. Admittedly we did not expect it to be a feminist friendly space but the scope for debate and… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011
by Emma Pooka
The SlutWalk in Manchester had a party atmosphere and an inclusive outlook, but I felt a long way from reclaiming anything, not the Night and not a word traditionally used to mean a lazy maidservant, now inextricably linked to sexual promiscuity, always an insult specifically to control women’s behaviour. The Reclaim the Night march I… [Read more…]
Our next feminist educational is on Monday 6th June, 8pm Topic: REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS UNDER THREAT With right-wing MPs trying to set more limits on access to abortion, and the government actively supporting anti-choice organisations, and promoting abstinence-based sex-education, reproductive rights and choice in the UK are under serious threat. How do we counter anti-choice groups’… [Read more…]
March 8, 2011
by Emma Pooka
Our regular educational last night was on Sylvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch (a good summary can be found here). The points of discussion included how little of the the context of the witch hunts we covered in school history lessons, the phenomena being ascribed to “peasant superstition” rather than the political conveniences that Federici reveals.… [Read more…]
March 5, 2011
by Emma Pooka
Special K – the cereal that brought you the “drop a jeans size in two weeks” campaign, in which you were encouraged to eat their product instead of food until none of your clothes fit you anymore, then swan around in front of white backgrounds wearing a red swimsuit, which would cease to fit you… [Read more…]
February 12, 2011
by Emma Pooka
The following was written in response to a post called The Truth About Assange and Wikileaks, that was published (some time ago now) on the blog Infantile Disorder and also in The Commune. The author of this article has been a Friend of AWOL since way back when, and I generally have a lot of… [Read more…]
February 12, 2011
by Emma Pooka
I’m going to start using this blog for summaries of our meetings and possibly some random rants as and when they occur to me, and I hope other AWOLs will follow suit – if you want to be able to post here, just create a WordPress account, then drop an e-mail to the list or… [Read more…]
AWOL is a feminist group that meets in Liverpool on the first Monday of the month
7pm till 8pm - our organising meeting (women only), followed by:
Feminist Educational - 8pm till about 10pm - an informal discussion on a different topic each month. Feminist & feminist-friendly folk of any sex welcome.
February 18, 2012
by Emma Pooka
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