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Challenge to Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Challenge to Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

By Megpie71 on January 2, 2013

According to this article on the ABC, our Federal Families minister, Jenny Macklin reckons she could live on the dole. The dole is currently about $35 per day. Now, normally when someone in a position of privilege or power says “oh, I could live on the dole”, they tend to mean “I could certainly live [...]

Posted in culture wars, social justice | Tagged classism, lived experience, politics, poverty, social safety net | 39 Responses

Utopia Girls: I'm disappointed

Utopia Girls: I’m disappointed

By Guest Hoyden on June 26, 2012

Guest Blogger Alex “Skud” Bayley reviews a documentary aired on the ABC about women’s suffrage in Australia, Utopia Girls: How Women Won the Vote.

Posted in arts & entertainment, history, social justice | Tagged classism, documentaries, erasure, race & racism, reviews, suffragists | 5 Responses

Femmostroppo Reader  March 29, 2011

Femmostroppo Reader March 29, 2011

By tigtog on March 30, 2011

Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

Posted in gender & feminism, linkfest, social justice | Tagged authoritarianism, bodily sovereignty, classism, fat hate, freedom of speech, gendered roles, Read-ems

Femmostroppo Reader  January 29, 2011

Femmostroppo Reader January 29, 2011

By tigtog on January 29, 2011

Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

Posted in gender & feminism, linkfest, Science, social justice | Tagged abortion, cinema, classism, climate science, disasters, evolution, rape, Read-ems, space program | 3 Responses

Femmostroppo Reader  January 15, 2011

Femmostroppo Reader January 15, 2011

By tigtog on January 15, 2011

Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

Posted in linkfest | Tagged abortion, classism, othering, propaganda, Read-ems, slurs, social media, stereotypes, trans* | 3 Responses

William Sadler, Keir Dullea and Ed Harris

Facetious Observation Of The Day

By tigtog on January 2, 2011

Tell me, pop culture vultures, is not the villainous Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) in Die Harder - is he not absolutely the celluloid lovechild of Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ed Harris in The Right Stuff?

Posted in arts & entertainment, Sociology | Tagged cinema, classism | 7 Responses

Femmostroppo Reader - October 19, 2010

Femmostroppo Reader – October 19, 2010

By tigtog on October 19, 2010

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

Posted in linkfest | Tagged body acceptance, classism, disability, elections, immigration, journalism, parliament, race & racism, Read-ems, social media | 5 Responses

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