Hoyden about Town » linkfest http://hoydenabouttown.com HOYDEN (hoid'n): woman of saucy, boisterous or carefree behavior Sun, 19 May 2013 13:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Links Post http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130517.14088/links-post/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130517.14088/links-post/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:44 +0000 Mindy http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=14088 There have been some really good posts going around this week on Twitter, so I have captured some of them here for people who might not be on Twitter 24/7 or at all.

Luke Pearson on the whole Delta business at AboriginalOz h/t to Cady on the Otterday thread

@ebswearspink comments on the defence of Delta by MammaMia, on her tumblr The Ramblings of that girl called Ebs

Eurasian Sensation with An Aboriginal perspective on blackface. This one dates back to the Hey Hey its Saturday controversy, but is still very relevant.

Sunili Govinnage on Mia Freedman’s comments on Delta’s tweet.

Ruby Hamad in Daily Life on When Racism becomes a white person’s issue.

Jennifer Wilson at No Place For SheepDear Clementine Ford. How I feel when you talk about me. I also need to note that Clementine has responded on Twitter to Jennifer and apologised. (TW for discussion sexual abuse)

Migrant Law on What Australia being excised from its own migration zone actually means.

Update: Racism 101: Black Face vs White Face whats the difference (speaking in theatrical terms)

Update 2: Saman Shad Why are we debating ‘blackface’ in 2013? via @horrorshowflick, @muminprogress (Saman’s Twitter handle) and @vivsmythe

Update 3: I don’t really understand how Tumblr works but anyway this is Karen Healy’s and this cartoon on Angelina Jolie is on it. Cartoon by rosalarian.

Update 4: Further thoughts from Sunili on her tumblr Calling it racist…

I’m sure there are many more that I have missed feel free to let me know in the comments. Thank you to those people on Twitter and in the media who have once again heaved a sigh, picked up their shovel and gone back to try and make a dent in the huge wall of ignorance and white privilege.

As always, read the comments on linked articles at your own peril.

ETA: lots of ableist language abounds in these links too.

]]> http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130517.14088/links-post/feed/ 3 The 60th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130504.14011/the-60th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130504.14011/the-60th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 08:29:52 +0000 Chally http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=14011 the logo for the Down Under Feminists Carnival - the international symbol for 'female' with the Southern Cross in the centre

The fabulous Kim of the news with nipples presents us with DUFC #60! That’s right, we’ve been going for five years now.

The 5th anniversary edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 June, 2013 and will be hosted by Eddy at Maybe it means nothing. Submissions to wilddamon [at] gmail [dot] com for those who can’t access the blogcarnival submissions form.

Submissions must be of posts of feminist interest by writers from Australia and New Zealand that were published in May. Submissions are due on 2 June at the latest, but it’ll be easier on Eddy if you submit sooner rather than later. So submit early and often, please, and spread the word!

Check out the Down Under Feminists Carnival homepage for more information.

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The lovely Blue Bec is hosting at her blog Opinions @ bluebec.com. The always wonderful Chally has all the details you need here.

]]> http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130404.13862/59th-edition-of-the-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up-now/feed/ 2 The 58th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130306.13068/the-58th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130306.13068/the-58th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:33:05 +0000 Chally http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=13068 the logo for the Down Under Feminists Carnival - the international symbol for 'female' with the Southern Cross in the centre

Johanna, Madeline, and Emma at wom*news bring us an excellent DUFC #58. Go check it out.

The next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 April, 2013 and will be hosted by Rebecca at Opinions @ bluebec.com. Submissions to rebecca [dot] dominguez [at] gmail [dot] com for those who can’t access the blogcarnival submissions form.

Submissions must be of posts of feminist interest by writers from Australia and New Zealand that were published in March. Submissions are due on 2 April at the latest, but it’ll be easier on Rebecca if you submit sooner rather than later. So submit early and often, please, and spread the word!

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]]> http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130306.13068/the-58th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/feed/ 0 Femmostroppo Reader 2013-02-23 http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130223.13020/femmostroppo-reader-2013-02-23/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130223.13020/femmostroppo-reader-2013-02-23/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:11:44 +0000 tigtog http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=13020 If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these items of interest encountered recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the bloggers/tweeters). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links or pithy observations in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

  3. CLASSIC RT @pseudomorph: So apparently Gillard should stand aside for the good of the Liberal Party.

  4. Facebook And Taxes http://bit.ly/XiRGut  at Echidne of the Snakes

  5. The curious case of Reeva Steenkamp’s boyfriend http://bit.ly/VFIIJR  by @sesmithwrites at #TigerBeatdown

  6. Crommunist: New required reading: Confessions of a former misogynist http://bit.ly/Xg6gQb 

  7. I’ve backed a lot of Kickstarters, but this is one of my faves: The People’s E-Book, a free online ebook-creator: http://kck.st/Tiv78S 

  9. Much as we agree with the sentiment it should be “a horrendous” RT @DuncanNRoss: @guardianstyle “Cameron is an horrendous PM” your thoughts?

  10. Why Russia’s culture of dashboard cams was uniquely suited to capturing the meteor. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12 … via @marklittlenews

  11. WTF?! by what def. of “consensual”?! RT @SunnyClifford Really?!? Cops call low-IQ gang sex assault case ‘consensual’http://soc.li/K9AVAhN 

  12. Ha! “It’s their/our way of using Twitter.” | In Twitterspace No-one Can (Actually) Hear You Scream from @AusVotes2013 http://wp.me/p2YeRx-9P 

  13. @aimee_maree Also “If you *can* put an axe through it, it’s hardware – if you *want* to put an axe through it, it’s software”

  14. Agree. Agree. Agree. RT @PPDaley: Since when did the Liberal Party become a credible commentator On Labor leadership? Bizarre.

  15. RT @nswpolice: The more people who share this, the less chance the scam has of working. http://fb.me/1WKqVPubl

  16. RT @michaelianblack: Pay the people who write for you. RT @ariannahuff “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty”

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]]> http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130223.13020/femmostroppo-reader-2013-02-23/feed/ 0 The 57th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130211.12941/the-57th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130211.12941/the-57th-down-under-feminists-carnival-is-up/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:18:33 +0000 Chally http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=12941 the logo for the Down Under Feminists Carnival - the international symbol for 'female' with the Southern Cross in the centreUpdated: oops, wrong link!

Bri is hosting DUFC #57 at My Scarlett Heart. Go check it out.

The next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 March, 2013 and will be hosted by Johanna, Madeleine, and Laura at wom*news. Submissions to uqwnews [at] gmail [dot] com for those who can’t access the blogcarnival submissions form.

Submissions must be of posts of feminist interest by writers from Australia and New Zealand that were published in February. Submissions are due on 2 March at the latest, but it’ll be easier on our terrific threesome if you submit sooner rather than later. So submit early and often, please, and spread the word!

Check out the Down Under Feminists Carnival homepage for more information.

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  1. US #media yet again conceals newsworthy government secrets | Glenn Greenwald http://gu.com/p/3dj4n/tw  via @guardian #secrecy #journalism

  3. This can’t be said enough. Why we should be suspicious of politicians campaigning on cost of living. From @BernardKeane http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/07/the-strange-case-of-the-national-delusion-on-cost-of-living/ …

  5. Megan and Grace Phelps Leave Westboro http://bit.ly/WQgoSK  (on Skepchick)

  6. jemima kahn on how julian assange alienated his allies (long but worth the read) http://bit.ly/11KVbxi  (just follow @ben_hr already ok)

  7. #NOTBUYINGIT: The Problem Is Far Bigger Than Audi’s #BraveryWins http://bit.ly/11JJPos  (on Tiger Beatdown)

  8. Really interesting research on similarities/differences with spread of folk tales and gene exchange: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genes-mix-faster-than-folk-tales …

  9. Eastern quolls officially extinct on Australian mainland http://bit.ly/11pd1Xo  adorable little carnivores are also known as marsupial cats

  10. Terrifying evacuation on Manus. Asylum seekers believed they were going to die. I’ve posted their message on my blog. http://www.wendybacon.com/2013/who-is-responsible-for-asylum-seekers-on-manus-terrifying-evacuation/ …

  11. Ireland says sorry to the 10,000 ‘women slaves’ of its Catholic workhouses who were locked up and… http://bit.ly/11o6Ti1  via @MailOnline

  13. #Kiva Microfinance: changing the world one step at a time http://ow.ly/hdl2s  #empower #poverty

  14. Proud that all six Muslim Labour MPs voted for equal marriage today, dispelling the Daily Mail myth that we’re all intolerant extremists.

  15. Excellent, thoughtful piece by @alicearnold1 on same sex marriage: “If I win the lottery you do not become poorer” http://soc.li/StuLl3f 

  16. All this talk about restaurant work has reminded me how much I need to read Dorothy Sue Cobble on waitresses unions: http://www.amazon.com/Dishing-Out-Waitresses-Twentieth-American/dp/0252061861 …

  17. When politicians worry more about pleasing certain industries than about serving the people who elect them… http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/the-four-industries-that-rule-australia-20130205-2dwew.html …

  18. Emotional Labour – The enforced happiness of Pret A Manger – Timothy Noah http://on.tnr.com/WP0k0w 

  19. No, that waitress isn’t flirting with you. http://bit.ly/12qSKzR

  20. Picture desk live: the best news pictures of the day, including a facial reconstruction of #RichardIII http://gu.com/p/3dhgy/tw 

  21. UK 2013. Police shut down contractor supplying care to pensioner.Noone thinks to bring food. She dies. .http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/topstories/10206396.Pensioner_dies_after_being_left_to_starve_for_nine_days/ … …

  22. When people say ‘if gays can marry, could a man then marry his horse?’ I always silently add ‘asking for a friend’ to the question.

  24. International Wheelchair Rugby Qualifiers kick off in Ireland this week http://ow.ly/hqcf0

  27. RT @COPMIorg: Kids & teens: A message from other young people when you have a parent with #mentalillness http://bit.ly/11DGMCY 

  28. For all the talk of “humorless feminists,” no one, anywhere, ever, is more humorless than a macho guy when gender norms are threatened.

  29. Today BoM released Special Climate Statement on the recent extreme rainfall and flooding in QLD and NSW http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs44.pdf …

  30. Huh: Kids today have a richer notion of pop culture because so much more of it is available to them: http://ow.ly/hpzRH  @guardian

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  1. Good suggestion – @LarvatusProdeo return for election year. If keen, please comment here: http://on.fb.me/X8FNVE  #auspol #missingLP #qldpol

  2. Charity fundraising is the best revenge – check out this IFTTT recipe: Scalzi’s RSHD Tracker #Whatever https://ifttt.com/recipes/77385

  4. WikiCancel Is a Collection of Guides to Closing All Your Accounts http://bit.ly/14c98Tj  #lifehacker

  5. The Efficient Frontier of Shoes http://bit.ly/WkVytg  #penguinunearthed
  6. The Role of Women in Secularism http://bit.ly/VyxwJb  #almostdiamonds

  7. Where have all the usenet kooks gone? http://bit.ly/UlU3hu  #pharyngula

  8. Skepchick Quickies 2.1 http://bit.ly/11HhNtV

  10. Quinoa’s quagmire “One-sided Guardian article incites media scare” http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/does_quinoa_hurt_andean_farmer.php … via @cjr

  11. Criminals! Every one of you! http://bit.ly/XOlon5  #pharyngula

  12. Must read for bloggers from @BoraZ – Commenting threads: good, bad, or not at all. | A Blog Around The Clock http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2013/01/28/commenting-threads-good-bad-or-not-at-all/?WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter … via @sciam

  13. 30 Jan Liz Miller Liz Miller ?@DoorbellQueen

  14. The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men in Combat – Politics – The Atlantic Wire http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/01/truth-about-little-women-carrying-big-wounded-men-combat/61495/ …

  16. Laurie Penny on online misogyny http://nblo.gs/HG7nj 

  18. Be aware of scammers in the wake of floods – check credentials thoroughly before handing over cash if approached… http://fb.me/2hbVMbxqf 

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]]> http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130204.12910/femmostroppo-reader-2013-02-04/feed/ 4 Femmostroppo Reader 2013-01-28 http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130128.12886/femmostroppo-reader-2013-01-21-1/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20130128.12886/femmostroppo-reader-2013-01-21-1/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:03:37 +0000 tigtog http://hoydenabouttown.com/?p=12886 If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these items of interest encountered recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the bloggers/tweeters). What did I miss? (I missed a lot this week – very busy with family stuff) Leave your own interesting links or pithy observations in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

  1. Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg on boys’ tshirts reading: ”Smart Like Daddy”, while the girls’ say ”Pretty like Mommy” http://www.dailylife.com.au/business/facebooks-sheryl-sandberg-slams-gender-stereotypes-20130128-2dfoi.html …

  2. from #cratesandribbons | Why the Default Male is Not Just Annoying, But Also Harmful http://bit.ly/VeIo0F

  4. from @TheMarySue | Why Did Hillary Clinton’s State Department Team Edit Bindi Irwin’s Essay On Overpopulation? http://bit.ly/14olQhK

  5. from @skepchicks | Glee: Baby Got Back. And then got Raped. http://bit.ly/122rebX

  6. Can men and women be friends? An essay and a website launch. http://bit.ly/VeGEV4 #captainawkward

  7. #YouKnowYoureAussieWhen you celebrate the day some guys showed up here on a boat but hate anyone who tries it now

  8. Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony and the Men Who Fear Her http://bit.ly/WvLzzi #blogher

  9. Women in Tech and Empathy Work http://bit.ly/WAB3rx #geekfeminismblog

  10. what dOEs ThIS sOuNd like? http://bit.ly/VeCY5H #thehairpin

  11. “Imagine if we’d resisted, suffered & died in defence of our land & then were told in history books that we had given up without a fight”

  12. Nicholas Stern: ‘I got it wrong on climate change – it’s far, far worse’ http://gu.com/p/3dc29/tw via @guardian

  13. Geoffrey Robertson QC says US Grand Jury is a “medieval procedure that would indict a ham sandwich”. #AaronSwartz

  14. #reelgirl Who has courage to gender flip a classic hero: Rolling Stone or Disney? http://bit.ly/SUefVB

  15. from @skepchicks blog | Breaking News: Organized Secularism Different for Women http://bit.ly/VYfpiJ

  16. Casual Racism: Straya, Dick Smith, and Racist Jokes http://bit.ly/14jFSuZ

  17. Uh, yes, Franca Sozzani, racism is a problem in fashion http://bit.ly/WF4BnV / by @sesmithwrites at #tigerbeatdown

  18. Geek Feminism Blog | Quick hit: “Microsoft’s ‘Chuck Norris’” thinks trans people are liars http://bit.ly/X1xOI0

  19. Ms Magazine Blog | The 18,437 Perpetrators of Steubenville http://bit.ly/VEJeUo

  20. Shakesville | GOP Caught Off Guard by Clinton’s Integrity; Responds Predictably with Misogyny http://bit.ly/WR18CC

  21. Top Ten Republican Myths on Benghazi that Justify Hillary Clinton’s Anger | Alternet http://www.alternet.org/world/top-ten-republican-myths-benghazi-justify-hillary-clintons-anger …

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  1. If you want to discriminate for religious reasons you can’t also accept taxpayers money and have tax exemptions as well. No you ain’t.

  2. Fiddling around with @ALeighMP‘s long-run inequality data – inequality is nearly twice as high as it was in the 1970s pic.twitter.com/yt1MdQwf

  3. If you conflate “socialism” and “nazism” then not only do you understand neither but you probably don’t understand “conflate”.

  4. When I’m PM, you all have permission to mention my clothes in news reports. “He wore the floor-length brocade and carried the holy scepter.”

  5. Religious groups free to discriminate against pregnant women. Wrong, wrong. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/-2ctsz.html …

  6. @scalzi cracks me up with these fundraiser stunts | Another Act of Whimsy: Choose Cory Doctorow’s Face! http://wp.me/p5Fv-5mK 

  7. “Good journalists are troublemakers” | The Failed Estate: FEIJOA Awards, 2012 http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com/2013/01/feijoa-awards-2012.html …

  8. Wot! MT@JulianSimpson1: Some bizarre genius: Watch Neal Stephenson slice up fruit with swords on high-speed video http://io9.com/5975503/watch-neal-stephenson-slice-up-fruit-with-swords-on-high+speed-video …

  10. RT @shivtan: sex education nonexistent- where it exists it focuses on pure biological facts not on feelings, mutual respect, #respectnotrape

  12. Call for Feminism 101 Links IV on the Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog #FF101 http://wp.me/p4Jb1-kf 

  14. Shocking attitudes point to deep misogyny in Congo | Women Under Siege Project http://buff.ly/UBNrFg  Absolutely heartbreaking.

  15. Gov says it’d charge Manning the same way if he’d leaked to NYT, so LA Times calls for dropping aiding the enemy charge http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0113-manning-20130112,0,3161764.story …

  16. I am sick of people who’ve never read a romance or a YA novel casually dismissing the entire genres. Do some research, you tedious people.

  17. Single parents wrongly told to destroy their concession cards after moving to Newstart payments – Daniel Hurst http://bit.ly/10sEBmb 

  18. What we cover when we cover politics http://andrewelder.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/what-we-cover-when-we-cover-politics.html … by @awelder on a better way to report & analyse federal poltics #auspol #ausmedia

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