Considering renaming this “hungover Stavvers says hi and dumps some links”.
The Names They Gave Me (Tasbeeh Herwees)- Deeply moving. I challenge you to read this without shedding a tear.
Is It OK for a Journalist to Reveal the Birth Gender of a Trans Person? (Paris Lees)- Paris explains a big pile of nope nope and fope.
Rare color film shows what London looked like in 1927 (deathandtaxes)- This video is really fucking cool.
Don’t Judge Me Because I Smell: my own piece of privilege checking (lucybottomface)- An important piece on hygiene and disability.
Why does the man behind ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Sherlock’ still have a job? (Aia Romano)- Upon reading this, the only sensible answer is “fuck knows”.
Play requires consent (Mary Hamilton)- Applying principles of consent culture to tabletop gaming.
5 Things More Likely To Happen To You Than Being Falsely Accused Of Rape (charlesclymer)- Some numbers for you.
“Unpacking Gossip” – a Public Conversation (Flavia Dzodan)- A discussion of sexism in constructions of gossip.
Is Sadness Shaming A Thing? I Just Want People To Stop… (Pia Glenn)- Things not to say to people with depression.
Russell Brand’s hollow conversion from sexist to feminist (Brooke Magnanti)- Brooke ain’t buying it either.
An open letter to Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: like it or not, the niqab ban is racist (Lifting The Veil)- Really really important reading for any would-be white saviours.
And finally, have a comic about pussy.
Another angry woman 