moral panics
Flaming Oaths of Affirmation, Batman
MEMO TO SMUG TALKBACK RADIO CALLERS WHO THINK THEY’VE GOT A “HYPOCRITE” GOTCHA ON GILLARD: No, she wasn’t sworn in as Prime Minister with her hand on a Bible. That’s not compulsory, actually.
Oh please, give us some credit
Bettina Ardnt is trying to whip up a panic about our unmarried but partnered Prime Minister moving into the Lodge, after being elected, with her bloke. It could be a bad role model for young women she says. I say, complete crap, give people more credit than that. Women aren’t going to rush into defacto relationships just [...]
Girls Gone Wild or Wild Women? or: We Never Had Nasty Sluts When I Were A Lad
Reading an article about women’s violence at Schoolies’s Week recently prompted me to pull this languishing post out of my Drafts folder. This snippet exemplifies the phenomenon of low levels of criminal or “disorderly” behaviour by young women being given greater weight than the same behaviour from young men – though the men are being [...]
Quickhit: “wives worry about temptation under the sea “
From newser comes this piece on the US’s consideration of allowing women as submarine crew: “Navy pushes to allow women on submarines; wives worry about temptation under the sea” Excerpt: “There’s just a whole lot less privacy on board a submarine,” said retired Navy Capt. Mike McKinnon, commanding officer of the Kings Bay sub base [...]
Nong of the day: “socialised medicine” division
“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.”
Violence by Numbers
People who followed White Ribbon Day a few months ago will remember that WRD was bitterly resented by (a) many members of the public who saw it in impossibly crude terms – but, but, but, you mean men are all mean, nasty people!? and (b) the usual suspects, the MRAs, some of whom actually have [...]
The fruits of intolerance
As the dead from Saturday night’s shooting attack in Tel Aviv are buried and mourned: In the aftermath, representatives of the gay community have met with Social Affairs Ministry officials and presented them with daunting information: According to their data, 80% of gay teens have been subject to verbal abuse due to their sexual orientation [...]
FridaySaturday Hoyden: Ragen Chastain
Ragen’s excellent blog is called Dances With Fat (tagline: Dancers Come In All Shapes and Sizes) and it’s a cracker. From her bio: Most people would say that I’ve accomplished a lot in my life. I’ve certainly been extremely lucky at every turn. I’ve been a cheerleading captain, a varsity athlete, my class valedictorian, a [...]
Quick Hit: Do these names sound feminine to you?
Researchers in the US have found that boys with unusual or unpopular names, or feminine names are more likely to end up in gaol. Here are the top ten Boys names for ending up in gaol. (presumably from study of inmates names, I haven’t read the report). Top 10 bad-boy names (from SMH 14.7.09) Alec, [...]
Oh For Fuck’s Sake of the Day: “Natural or Nasty?”
I was just pointing some fellow twitterers to this rather decent article at the Age, “Standing up for the ones who have to sit“. (Check it out.) Hellonhairylegs asked me: Did you see the picture for the breastfeeding article at the bottom of the page? I had seen the article earlier today on Essential Baby, [...]
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