Noms de blog and gender-spectrum etiquette
Yesterday I rang up Sydney ABC talk-radio (that’s our national public radio for the foreign readers), as I do once or twice a month when I’m on my way to pick up the kids from school (using the hands-free, and I pull over when I’m talking, honest!). But for the first time, I gave my [...]
Full Story »Recommended Reading
I’ve been busy catching up on some favorite blogs the last few days: Larvatus Prodeo has long discussion threads Discrimination and Same-Sex Marriage, the growing “pro-life” activism in the USA against the provision of contraception (Pro-choice, pro-sex? Who’s afraid of sex for pleasure?), and Breaking the silence on violence against Indigenous women and girls. The [...]
Full Story »Women face abuse in the military
No time to comment on this, but plan to later: The Australian Navy’s first female officer tells of years of abuse in the service. Related posts: Complaints shift ASCA “Wedding” child abuse ad to late-night Face of rescue: Women’s work I Can’t Believe You’re Disabled! Institutional Abuse and Vulnerability Amnesty campaigning on sexual abuse and [...]
Full Story »Spin that Beaconsfield backlash
I expected the various criticisms of AWU federal secretary Bill Shorten, whose savvy media performance at Beaconsfield was too slick by half for the composure of many people, even some of my fellow lefties. The right is busy painting him as a callous opportunist. I think it’s worth remembering that Shorten cut short his vacation [...]
Full Story »I teach at a public school, that’s why I’m sending my daughter to a Catholic high school
This was actually said to me by the mother of one of the tigling’s yearmates in the supermarket this afternoon. WTF? Apart from the distraction that I’m pretty sure she’s a teacher’s aide rather than a teacher (so why tell me a fib?), this attitude is important. It’s one that I’m seeing more and more [...]
Full Story »Read it
March by Geraldine Brooks. The adventures and travails of Mr March, father of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy during the year that the events of Little Women take place, and the memories of times past that led him to be there. The romantic veil torn away from the rhetoric of the Civil War, to smell [...]
Full Story »Day-After-Friday Random 10 – "Holy Fuck I’m the mother of a teenager" edition
I’m sure it was only yesterday he was riding a trike around with his little sister in the pillion seat. I think I’m now officially middle-aged. Egypt – Mental As AnythingGonna Run U Over – CodaTupelo – Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsI Can Make You a Man (Reprise) – The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThink [...]
Full Story »What is it with chicken soup and ‘flu?
My fingers smell of bacon. I’ve just roughly chopped up a bacon hock which had been simmering in chicken stock which had been poured over onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil. I’ve now returned the chopped bacon meat to the stock and added the split peas which I put on to soak earlier today, [...]
Full Story »Still high from the rescue
The Australian Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his annual Budget Speech last night, which by all accounts panders to just about everyone a little bit but not enough. Milkshakes all round! There’s not much blogging response to that yet (some mentions at Larvatus Prodeo, Anonymous Lefty , Electron Soup , Queer Penguin , Machine Gun Keyboard [...]
Full Story »objectification 101 for fanboys
Flattering appreciation or skin-crawling creepiness? UPDATE: belated hat-tip to Alas, a blog. Anyone who enjoyed this should try another of Ampersand’s recommendations, Mad Melancholic Feminista: Sex and Gender in Firefly and Battlestar GalacticaAnd don’t web networks operate in funny ways? I saw Ampersand’s link, sent it to a mailing list I’ve been on for yonks, [...]
Full Story »Mommy’s a Republican? – nooooo!
A mailing list I’m on is having way to much fun captioning this, so I had to share: Snark away. Related posts: US Republican Party feud against UN conventions for the rights of women and children Republican sexism watch: Sarah Palin gives us no evidence that she values girls Cool photo Discuss Geeky delights
Full Story »Beaconsfield Rollercoaster
Todd Russell (L) and Brant Webb walk from the mine lift after being rescued.Ian Waldie/Getty Images from Melbourne Herald Sun Beaconsfield woke at 5am to the pealing of a church bell that had not been rung for decades to let them know the two miners had been freed. They gathered at the gates of the [...]
Full Story »Fetal Brain Development: Myths and Disinformation
In her discussion on the NYT article I blogged earlier, Jill of Feministe says: An interesting thing about growing up and living in the United States for your entire life, as I have, is that you really do believe all the things that Americans say about America. You believe that the United States is one [...]
Full Story »ALP going forward with decriminalisation platform
As I blogged about last week: if the ALP wins the Victorian election, Victoria will join Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT in decriminalising abortion entirely by removing abortion from the Crimes Act, placing all regulation of this particular surgical procedure under the Health Act with all the other surgical regulations. When will NSW, QLD [...]
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