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Ouch!<\/p><\/div>\n

Rosie the Riveter (what are we going to do when the 1940s aren\u2019t fashionable anymore?)<\/li>\n

\u201cIf I had a hammer\u2026 I\u2019d SMASH patriarchy\u201d graphic<\/a> (a proto-Feminist Hulk<\/a>? SMASH!)<\/li>\n

The female symbol with fist \u2013 actually a little alarming when you think about why<\/strong> that symbol represents the female.\u00a0 Punching wombs for equality!<\/li>\n

Various classic slogans on t-shirts, badges and banners<\/li>\n

Pictures of Women\u2019s Liberation marches<\/li>\n

The \u2018 Look, kitten<\/a>\u2019 cartoon<\/li>\n

A painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. It\u2019s \u2018 Judith beheading Holofernes<\/a>\u2019, in fact. Bet she was a feminist too – we can\u2019t get enough of violence against men, apparently (more on which later)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In amongst these are the anti-feminist blogger\u2019s illustration of choice, the demotivational poster.<\/p>\n

Clipart<\/strong><\/h3>\n *ping!<\/a>*<\/p>\n

These days, some people pretend to be dorky to be cool. I\u2019m the real deal. My major love-in with clipart was at secondary school when I decided to make a school newsletter. No one would do it with me, so I wrote and laid it out and printed it and distributed it in all the classrooms by myself. There was no second issue.<\/p>\n

Anyway. Clipart offerings for feminism were pretty thin on the ground, and included:<\/p>\n

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A burning bra. Sigh. It never happened<\/a>, you know.<\/li>\n

A woman dressed as a man<\/a>! Well, in a shirt and a tie.<\/li>\n

That female symbol again.<\/li>\n

A woman with a placard.<\/li>\n

Three women in red \u2013 one in a boardroom<\/a>, one in a boxing ring<\/a>, and one hefting her male skating partner<\/a> on high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Those women in red are just the tip of the iceberg in representations of feminism as women fighting \/ besting \/ attacking \/ murdering men, it turns out…<\/p>\n

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Stock Photos<\/h3>\n Famously bizarre friend of the low budget publication producer, there is nothing quite like browsing cheap stock photography websites. There\u2019s even a tumblr<\/a> dedicated to some of the more outlandish findings.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with iStockPhoto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
*ping!<\/a>* <\/strong><\/p>\n
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Yes, that\u2019s right. The first image to come up under \u2018feminism\u2019 is a woman holding a gun to her sleeping partner\u2019s head. See also:<\/p>\n
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Tiny man being crushed<\/a> by enormous womanfoot<\/li>\n

Man being strangled by a woman<\/a>, Hammer Horror stylee<\/li>\n

Woman with boxing gloves<\/li>\n

Woman delivering K.O. in boxing gloves (live action <\/a>and cartoon<\/a> versions)<\/li>\n

Woman standing on a man\u2019s chest in pose of triumph<\/li>\n

Woman treading on a man\u2019s toe in high heels<\/li>\n

Woman unconvincingly kicking a man in the groin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
$\"Silhouette$ <\/a>
This startling picture came up under 'feminism' on free stock photo site www.sxc.hu<\/p><\/div>\n
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I find this simultaneously worrying, revealing and hilarious. There we were, slogging away, trying to get recognised as a valid and powerful political movement and to assert our credibility as a critical paradigm, and it turns out all the people creating and using these images are afraid that we\u2019re going to come and BEAT THEM UP.<\/p>\n

Other things come up too, but the women-attacking-men theme is pretty striking. One notable exception is this unbelieveable piece of tastelessness: \u201cSexy woman wearing a Burkha\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On to Shutterstock<\/strong>, a much friendlier and sexier place, it turns out.<\/p>\n
*ping!<\/a>*<\/p>\n

There\u2019s really too great a variety of bizarre representations of feminism here for me to summarise, but highlights include:<\/p>\n

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One half of a \u201c sexy young couple<\/a>\u201d smooshing her partner\u2019s face<\/li>\n

\u201c Glamor still life<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n

A serene headless phantom<\/a> feminist<\/li>\n

An old bag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The violence against men is present, but it\u2019s more symbolic \u2013 women are cutting or stamping on their ties \u2013 or implied: the boxing gloves are back, and this enterprising young lady<\/a> has an assault rifle.<\/p>\n

There are also a lot of pictures of attractive models<\/a> looking like they can\u2019t wait to advertise your new cleanser.<\/p>\n

Not that I could ever afford to buy pictures from Getty<\/strong>, but I checked them too.<\/p>\n
*ping!<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Popular themes seem to be men and women glaring at each other in offices, arm wrestling and tugs-of-war (also in offices) and another disturbing guns-in-bed picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last stop:<\/p>\n

Creative Commons<\/h3>\n
Firstly: I love Creative Commons; it basically makes my job possible (producing decent communications materials for charities). Y\u2019all should donate<\/a> to support them.<\/p>\n

*ping!<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Flickr<\/strong> is the main place I use for CC pics, and what comes up under \u2018feminism\u2019 is on the whole just pictures of the day-to-day business of it. Panel debates, speakers, meetings, marches, placards, some cool graffiti\u2026<\/p>\n
Not especially glamorous, but less weird and less violent than what stock photography sites seem to think goes on.\u00a0 For example, I couldn\u2019t find a single picture of a sexy bride in boxing gloves punching a businessman\u2019s head off.<\/p>\n

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