You're giving me ideas.....I might just try this when I see my bf tomorrow, just for shits and giggles.

Re: Chris Brown picture....The kids look.. erm... scared. It's like they're backing away from him. Is anyone else seeing this????

I know! LOL!

Men: DO NOT approach me in public spaces, not in the street or not on public transport. Even if you follow the advice of the above article and act all "nice", I will still not appreciate feeling "hunted". You are a total stranger to me and so am I to you. You know nothing about me, you are purely judging me on my…

I think it's important to emphasise that not all Latin America has this kind of culture, it really depends where you are. I've felt very safe living on the coast in Venezuela, travelling in rural Peru and in many parts of Bolivia. On the issue of people making jokes about cocaine el al, I can understand why he defends…

Basically the doctor has a form with a list of reasons for granting the abortion and boxes that can be ticked, and if someone like your friend shows up, than they tick the box that says "risk to mental health will be greater if the baby is born than if the pregnancy is terminated". No other evidence is needed.…

I'm really sorry for your experience. I know how you feel - being subjected to such severe street harassment by almost every man you walk pass can be really traumatic. I went through the almost exactly the same in central Bogota, Colombia. Not a Muslim place, but a catholic one. A place where there is a toxic mixture…

Ok, fine. But just a note on the issue of benifits and the welfare state in Europe; thoughout the continant we are being subjected to a climate of cuts and austerity, with governmants like Germany's gradually moving away from the welfare state/social democracy model. The rights that you mentioned are being taken away,…

I took a feminist self-defence class a few years ago. As well as the usual "kick em in the balls" stuff, we did lots of role play - practicing verbal techniques in situations where we may feel harassed. BUT, the catch was that we were banned from saying "sorry" or "please". It was unbelievably hard. It's astounding…

Thanks. The mainstream media can be pretty awful. I'm quite relieved the story isn't 100% for real. Still, it seems that the brothal owner was having trouble finding staff, that there are not enough woman that would willingly work in brothals, but there is still plenty of customer demand. You can see how this…

This happened in Germany when prostitution was legalised. Women have started to be forced to chose between working in the sex industry or losing unemployment benifits. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1482371/If-you-dont-take-a-job-as-a-prostitute-we-can-stop-your-benefits.html I cannot think…

Peruvians have a strong yet complex relationship with the word cholo, so excuse the long serious anthropological reply. Essentially, in Peru "cholo/a" means someone of indigenous(native) descent or at least mixed indigenous/white descent, someone from the Andes mountains, a campesino, a Quechua speaker. However, the…

I personally will not buy products that have not been tested on human skin ('Dermatologically Tested'). It's vital that products are tested on humans, not animals, so that humans who buy them know that they are safe for our skin. Morally, it's completely different from animal testing - human testers are not held…

I would love to see that! Gonna say something wierd here but.... Although I never supported his neo-liberal policies, and I know he was once accused of rape, and he also denied paternity of his kid for 14 years, and he generally does/says shit both politically and in his private life that I don't like, but.... I BET…

wtf? Where the hell did you get that? Cuentanos mas, dish, dish, dish.....!!

Thank you. Somebody had to say it.

Morena Baccarin and Cristiano Ronaldo are the same person.

I think that the problem was more to do with the media coverage of the slutwalk movement, which was a bit dumb, rather than that movement itself. The slutwalk movement was about something deeper than the media portrayed it to be, it was about resisting victim blaming - something which perpetuates rape. The problem…

Do you know what it's like to be harrassed almost EVERY time you dare to step outside your house? If you dress down it's "look at that fat lesbian", if you dress up it's "I'd fuck that any time". I would love, absolutly love, to have the privelege to walk the streets of my city without fear. And yet you think we're…

Thats because said furniture/lego has hurt you. Same as if you commented on my body in the street, than you would be hurting me, and I would have the right to say "fuck shit goddammit asshole" right in your priveliged little face.