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By tigtog on January 22, 2013
What has piqued your sociopolitical media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats.
Posted in culture wars, media, parties and factions | Tagged breastfeeding, climate change, elections, inauguration, media circus |
By tigtog on January 27, 2009
As no doubt the editors hoped, this cover for Ms. Magazine’s Special Inaugural Issue has generated a lot of controversy. Many feminists feel that Obama’s feminist credentials are not nearly as strong as they could be, while the cover has generated an escalation in panic-mongering and shrill we-told-you-so’s from the religious right plus a great deal more snark about Obamessianic visions and rainbow unicorns from the neocon right.
Posted in culture wars, ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, Politics | Tagged afghanistan, controversy, economics, education, feminists, governments, immigration, inauguration, obama, rhetoric, rights, women |
By Lauredhel on January 22, 2009
[via lolobama]
If you’d like a more serious take on the Barack Obama inauguration,
Posted in Politics | Tagged bush, inauguration, macros, obama |
By Lauredhel on January 21, 2009
When I first heard Rick Warren had been honoured with the invocation at the inauguration of president Barack Obama, all I felt was a wave of abhorrence and disgust, and I was in good company.
Posted in Politics, religion | Tagged atheism, bush, conservatism, gay, inauguration, obama, president, race & racism, solidarity |
By Lauredhel on January 20, 2009
We’re having a live Presidential Inauguration chat session here, from 12:30 am Perth time (GMT +9). Come and join in!
Posted in Politics | Tagged blogging, chat, inauguration, liveblog, obama, president |
By Lauredhel on January 20, 2009
Edit 20 Jan: Just bumping this up as a reminder. Are there any more regular/known-to-me Hoydenizens willing to be added as panellists? The upside, for you, is that your comments will be put through to the liveblogchat window immediately. The downside is that I’ll ask you to help with approving guest comments through. If you can only be there for part of it, that’s fine too.
Posted in Meta, Politics | Tagged barack obama, blogging, chat, inauguration, liveblog, obama, president |
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