Day: 2008-01-31

Supporting an apology

By tigtog on 2008-01-31 • ( 2 )

Photo from GetUp! Here’s the text of the e-mail I just sent to my MP: I just wish to offer my support for the Labor government’s decision to take the hugely symbolic and just action of apologising on behalf of… Read More ›

Greenwashing: dodgy green claims

By tigtog on 2008-01-31 • ( 1 )

CHOICE, the consumer activist group1, have a longstanding campaign targeting misleading “green claims” in advertising. Photo by Daveybot Organisations may mislead consumers by promoting themselves and their products as ‘eco-friendly’, ‘green’, ‘sustainable’ or ‘environmentally friendly’ and so on, when in… Read More ›

Gestation Anxiety: the othering of intentional single motherhood

By lauredhel on 2008-01-31 • ( 3 )

“Maverick Mother” is playing on SBS tomorrow, Friday February 1, at 10 pm. (on XY Doc). [1] “Brave stuff”. “Controversial”. ABC’s Life Matters has this to say about Janet Merewether’s autodocumentary, “Maverick Mother”. Did Merewether climb Mt Everest? Take her… Read More ›