I have a busy morning today, so your links are brief and apologetic, rather like the career of a Home Secretary.

Tarantino: feminist?
The F-Word – Is Tarantino really feminist?: “[The female cast] are shot in an extremely sexualised, objectifying way, do a lap dance, talk crap – Death Proof’s dialogue has been criticised in almost every review I’ve read, even positive ones, for its lack of realism and the fact that the women seem to speak with the voice of Tarantino. And the majority are killed horribly.”

More on Cameron’s rape proposals
Obsolete – No easy answers, but Cameron tries anyway: “You don’t need to be taught that no means no, it ought be already more than clear, especially at the age at which secondary sex education takes place. “Ignorance” has never been an excuse.”

The Yorksher Yob – David Cameron’s speech about rape: C- must try harder: “Some people seem to think that it’s OK to blame someone else for their consciously chosen actions. I consciously chose to rape this woman, but it’s OK, because she was wearing a short skirt; this is the root of the problem, right here.”

Blatant self-promotion
tygerland.net – Why the fight for equality is lost in America: “Once the voice of the angry street, a social movement demanding that the world listens to the plight of black America, Rap has become a vehicle for the degradation of woman, the promotion of violence, and a brand of aggressive marketing where even the rappers themselves have their own line in clothing.”

Elsewhere
Philobiblon – Britblog Roundup No 143 (The minimalist edition)

Westminster Wisdom – The Salon

Demos blog – ‘Power to the people’ – but how..?

Chelmsford Chatter – Tories not green or pro local power

Freemania – Homeopathy: there’s nothing in it

The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant – Day 2506: Mr Balloon Gets Tough on Crime – he employs a Criminal

Robin Lustig – Gordon Brown goes global

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