Alas, a Blog | It's about stuff. When I originally wrote this, the crowd-funding campaign for funding this book was still ongoing. It’s over now—but yay, it succeeded! Here’s what I wrote about it. Cranky Ladies of History: Annie Oakley Several months ago, Tehani Wessely and Tansy Rayner Roberts contacted me and asked if I would consider writing a story for their anthology, Cranky Ladies of History. Cranky Ladies of History had met its crowd funding goal. I spent some time in IM talking to Tansy about which Cranky Lady I should pick. You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun If you don’t know who she is, Annie Oakley was a sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
She had a complicated relationship with feminism: she taught women to shoot, and she advocated for women to be allowed in the army. Although the musical that was made about her life story, Annie Get Your Gun, includes the song, “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun,” she sort of did. I Can Do Anything You Can Do Better With her gun, Annie Oakley could: Snuff a candle. Simply Left BehindThe Non-Rapturist's Guide To The Galaxy. Blog of the Moderate Left. Check Your Premises | “[A]narchy is order, whereas government is civil war.” -Anselme Bellegarrigue.
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess. Fragile ego. Shakesville. Feminist Philosophers. Womanist Musings. The F-Word Blog. This is a guest blog by Mercedes King-Jones. She is a Divorce Lawyer and Partner with Wright Hassall LLP There was a certain irony that the Appeal Court hearing into Tini Owens’ divorce case was scheduled for 14 February 2017. The subsequent judgment attracted acres of newsprint, with much criticism being erroneously directed at the judges for the outcome of the case. In a nutshell, Mrs Owens’ desire to divorce her husband was thwarted by his decision to defend the petition. She cited, as she must under the current law, the only one of the five reasons for seeking a divorce which was applicable – that of ‘unreasonable behaviour’. Because her husband chose to contest the divorce, all the allegations underpinning her charge of unreasonable behaviour had to be tested in the Family Court under the terms of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, the most recent legislation in this area.
Mrs Owens filed for divorce in May 2015. Image depicts two wedding rings Courtesy Robert Cheaib on Flickr. Feministing | Young Feminists Blogging, Organizing, Kicking Ass.