Fussin’, feudin’, flamewarring feminists
They aren’t here yet. But they eventually will be. Nothing to see here yet, folks. Related posts: Who are these feminists? A call for discussion Daily Fail cites H.A.T.- gets it wrong Get your submissions in by the end of the month for the Down Under Feminists Carnival! Submit for the Fourth Down Under Feminists [...]
Full Story »Lenten limitations
Some of you already know that while I am a militant agnostic (I don’t know whether any god exists and neither does anybloodyone else) my beloved mr tog is a regular churchgoer. He wasn’t when we met, it crept up on him. As the Sydney Anglican diocese has not yet been entirely taken over by [...]
Full Story »Social skills: over-rated?
(Updated: forgot the damn link) Twisty thinks so, after describing her own lack of compliance with social conformity: It is an asset, not to mention a joy and a relief, to be unencumbered by social skills. What are they, after all, but a set of arbitrarily-conceived customs meant to sort people into classes, the more [...]
Full Story »Tactical feminist voting: does the politician have daughters?
Kristjan Wager has a very interesting post up, based on a 2005 study. She finds that women with girls in both countries and men with girls in Canada are significantly more likely to hold feminist views. Warner and Steel (1999) find that US fathers are significantly more likely to support pay equity, comparable worth, affirmative [...]
Full Story »I love it when my friends are extra clever
My friend Sheryl won a Image of the Month competition on Flickr ($100 to spend at amazon!) with this fab photo (check out the competition from the other finalists in the link above): (C) All rights reserved. Used with permission. Taronga Giraffe originally uploaded by ohmykozy Onya, Sheryl! If you like beautifully framed and detailed [...]
Full Story »Setting low bars
There’s SF in blogtopia’s air lately, it seems. Whee! says my internal geek-meter. PZ Myers of Pharyngula has put up a list he found via tikistitch of the “Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years” . The most recent book on the list is the first Harry Potter novel, and quite [...]
Full Story »Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog
called Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog. Revived after a long period of neglect. It’s a links round-up blog of existing articles/posts/essays on the simpler side of feminist theories, and is meant to be a general resource for the fem-blog community, with occasional announcements/activism alerts as well. Yes, I am looking for co-bloggers there if anyone [...]
Full Story »Interesting
From a comment at LP by cam of South Sea Republic: The muslims are the current beating pad for conservatives, yet immigration statistics suggest that immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than the Australian born (Victoria IIRC is the only state that records the country of birth). Interestingly the next generation, the children of [...]
Full Story »Finally, A Feminism 101 blog
called Finally, A Feminism 101 blog. This is an idea I kicked around with a few people in email about a year ago. At the time we let it slide because none of us wanted to write the original content for it. But, reading through the various Blog Against Sexism posts I realised that there’s [...]
Full Story »Friday Furry
image found on net yonks ago – will credit it properly if notified Courtesy of DarkSyde at DailyKos: yet another Bushco administration attempt to gag scientists working for government bureaus, this time the Fisheries and Wildlife Administration. “Please be advised that all foreign travel requests (SF 1175 requests) and any future travel requests involving or [...]
Full Story »Ready – Set – Obstreperate!
A round-up of my favourite Blog Against Sexism posts, because as has been said on more than a few feminist blogs, every day is really Blog Against Sexism Day. Shakespeare’s Sister: Today is also Blog Against Sexism Day, which I like to think of as Sad Irony Day””because basically the only people who participate in [...]
Full Story »Blog Against Sexism Day: good guys and gold stars
Caveat: I hesitate to open this line of argument, because I’m sure there will be a fella or two who, after the Hoyden/LP Coultergeist misogyny threads last week, might think that this is aimed squarely at them. Please be assured that this issue truly is much bigger than a coupla fellas on a coupla Oz [...]
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