Clik here to view.
On Defeating the Kyriarchy (post 3/3)
Consciousness raising is critical to any attempts to overcome kyriarchical thinking, but it needs re-envisaged. Traditional consciousness raising of the type which became popular during second wave...
View ArticleClik here to view.
village aunties marching for an independent Scotland
We’ll be in Edinburgh for the March and Rally for Scottish Independence this Saturday, 22 September 2012. We’ll have a lollipop-shaped banner. Keep an eye out for us, come and say hello, or march with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts on the Bedroom Tax
I am sitting in the community centre on my estate, attending a meeting on the Bedroom Tax. 25 people have turned out. Not too bad for a weekday evening, but then these are worried people. A lot of them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Only rights can stop the wrongs: sex workers organise in Scotland
We’re in the middle of Glasgow’s Sex Worker Open University event (5-10 April 2013). Unfortunately I was only able to attend yesterday’s panel sessions, much as I would have liked to attend other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feminism in the Scottish post-referendum movement – #the45plus feminists rising
Village Aunties were awful quiet on this blog for the last part of the Yes campaign. We, and other feminist and social justice fellow travellers, were mostly busy doing other stuff: leafleting; hosting...
View Article
