I couldn’t face the horror I suspected was awaiting those who went to see Alien vs Predator: Requiem. I hoped Richie would succumb, just so I could read his critique, and he has now delivered: Why “Requiem“? This isn’t a… Read More ›
Day: 2008-01-03
“conspire and collaborate”: quilting with 1s and 0s
Sometime Guest Hoyden sajbrfem is putting the “feminism” back in “cyberfeminism”. This Cyberfeminism 101 slideshow is the first of her web-based art project, producing one cyberfeminism work per week for a year. This is the creative-practice part of a doctoral… Read More ›
You – You – You – Non-cookie-cutter feminist, you!
Har. Censorship fan Deborah Robinson has taken a swipe at me for criticising the government’s doomed, technically impossible “clean feed” scheme. After her stoush with Duncan Riley, she is now dismayed – dismayed! – that a FEMINIST writer could POSSIBLY… Read More ›
Is it true or did you read it in the Tele?
Yesterday I learnt that this is a bumper sticker that has been seen around town. I guffawed because I’d already been enjoying a congenial lunch with witty women and had laughed sufficiently that I had arrived at the point where… Read More ›
The disability insurance merry-go-round
So. Disability insurance forms. Why oh why did the bureaucrats get away with omitting the obvious item: a big-arse checkbox at the top of the six pages of paper, saying: “Is everything EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME as it was 28… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 