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Fembot 'actress' now on TV

Perhaps I've been watching too much Battlestar Galactica, but recently I've taken in interest in the pop fascination with female robots/androids etc. I had however thought it was all a somewhat dubious fantasy, until I read about a Japanese company that has made a scarily-lifelike 'actroid,' already starring in adverts:



It's called 'The woman who doesn't rust,' and we are told that she uses the product shown, because 'as a woman, my skin is important.'

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It's a cake. I swear.
Originally uploaded by Shmoovio (Jarrett)

Simple psychological test: when you see this, what do you immediately think of?

OK, I've been quiet for a bit, what with the summer job, but there will be much more a-blogging soon...

disabled women more prone to domestic violence

According to a recent study, women with disabilities are twice as likely to encounter domestic violence than those without. To make matters worse, they consistently face barriers such as inaccessable shelters.

Why feminism should be good for men...

grouchy little lego man
Originally uploaded by massdistraction

...because gender stereotypes hurt men too.

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vogue's black issue

The fashion industry has never exactly been a paragon of diversity, but when Naomi Campbell was a star of the catwalk and not the front page it may have seemed that racism in fashion was being overcome.

As I mentioned in my Beaver commentary about Miss LSE, there is racism implicit in the ideals of the fashion industry which fetishes 'neat' curves and facial features together with hair 'like that of a monkey'. However, the debate around the recent Black issue of Italian Vogue shows that fashion still has to deal with racism even on the level of skin colour.