Articles by Kate Harris
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Glasgow club night deletes criticism and sees women as objects
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 3 Comments
A cross post from Be Young and Shut Up Seriously, this flyer is appalling. Here is our press release: Glasgow equality activists angry over club night flyers A club night at ‘The Garage’ on Sauchiehall Street called ‘Booty Call’ has come under fire after a group of feminists have pointed out that its flyers resemble [...]
Dick of the Year – Scotland For Marriage
Posted on December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments
This is a nomination for Bright Green’s Dick of the Year 2011 award from Kate Harris. To submit your nomination email 200 (or so) words to editors (at) brightgreenscotland (dot) org. My nomination goes to the flagship anti-gay-rights organisation Scotland For Marriage and all who dwell in her, particularly Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Scotland’s most high-profile [...]
Russell Kane is a sexist bully
Posted on August 29, 2011 | 18 Comments
Russell Kane, on Thursday night, was featured in a BBC Comedy Festival special from Edinburgh. In his short set, he said that women ‘moan’ about getting unwanted male attention but then ‘put a short skirt and makeup on’, implied that he has considered sleeping with vulnerable women with low self-esteem to make himself feel better, [...]
The rise of the Far-Right after the riots
Posted on August 13, 2011 | 10 Comments
I wish we could ignore that petition. You know which one. The one that would have innocent people thrown out into the street because of what someone in their family might have done. I wish we could ignore the fact that Nick Griffin has been gaining thousands of Twitter followers (including 2000 in just one day). [...]
Stop talking about rape and start listening
Posted on May 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
In the past few days I have been watching the explosion on Twitter and Facebook and comment sites about Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s trial and the comments of Kenneth Clarke. The vast majority of those commenting have been men, some of whom were declaring their disgust and being allies, which I welcome, but some have been men [...]