So I went image hunting and photoshopping. For those who don’t frequent Shakesville, Melissa McEwan (aka Shakespeare’s Sister) occasionally presents certain commenters with an image of a fainting-couch, or uses it to illustrate a post involving a moral panic amongst… Read More ›
Month: May 2007
Google and the He/She Ratio
I’ve been tinkering with The He/ She Ratio on Google Blogoscoped. A site’s he/ she ratio is measured by counting the number of pages on the domain containing the word “he”, then searching for the number containing “she”, and then… Read More ›
Right. It’s inflicting time!
Since Wednesday night I have had an earworm of the most incredibly cheesy version of “Afternoon Delight” imaginable. Simply by reading that, some of you will now have the same, especially if you too watched The Chaser on Wednesday. Ha!… Read More ›
It’s not the empty street that causes rape
Today’s Guest Post is a crosspost from JoAnne Schmitz of Jupiter9. Edited to add: a link from Pandagon to this particular post was actually meant to link to this other post on passive/active voice by Lauredhel instead. Please do read… Read More ›
Sunset
Sadly, no lennies appeared when I went to view the sunset on Wednesday evening. However the sunset was still most spectacular, with a large clump of cloud right above the setting sun and ribbons of altocumulus streaming down to the… Read More ›
Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities
This is my first personal post about being sick. A “coming-out”, to some of my online friends. And a whole lot of elaboration, for those who know I’m sick, but don’t know the details. It’s taken me ages to write,… Read More ›
Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance
A group of feminist bloggers are writing at the new Scholar & Feminist Online blog “Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance”. Pam Spaulding, Amanda Marcotte, Echidne, Samhita, Jill, Morgaine Swann, Melissa McEwan, and Jessica Valenti have teamed up to meta-blog about… Read More ›
Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics
Here’s a paper I wrote recently, Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics. [Edit: now available in HTML format here.] The intro: Introduction: Community and Ideas of “Space” “Online community” is a highly contested concept. Are text interactions “authentic”?… Read More ›
xkcd pwns teh internets
I don’t know why any of us are even bothering to pretend that xkcd is not our new insect overlord (except for Cory Doctorow, who escaped in that bloody balloon). Excuse me. I have to go and save that map,… Read More ›
Lenticular clouds
I just heard on the radio that weather conditions in Sydney today are such that there’s a high probability of a lenticular cloud forming over the city late this afternoon, as the day cools. If it does, it will likely… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 