Blogging boosts your social life: research
Day: 2008-03-03
Scientiae carnival blogiversary
Scientiae, the carnival of women in science, engineering and maths just celebrated its first birthday at skookumchick’s place! Hip hip, hooray (and many more…)!
Carnival Against Sexual Violence
The 42nd Carnival against Sexual Violence is up at abyss2hope. There are posts on legal issues, a media watch section, and posts on personal stories, raising awareness, recovery, research, and solutions. Check it out.
Re-victimisation for fun and profit: more Goliath, less David
A few days ago, Jessica’s Feministing post on a pro-rape shirt stimulated an email-writing campaign against the perps, “David and Goliath”. The shirt was pulled the next day. Success! David and Goliath immediately released this T-shirt, with the following frustrated… Read More ›
About time
Today’s Australian: A NATIONAL system of registration for doctors is being finalised by federal, state and territory governments, which will help prevent cases such as that of Jayant Patel in Queensland and the “Butcher of Bega” in NSW. Federal Health… Read More ›
A shallow exercise in self-congratulation, victim-blaming, and denial
Playing at Poverty at Resist Racism. A classic example of unexamined privilege in a “social experiment” about “starting from scratch” being held up as a morality tale against social security. This is a fantastic post: read it. *title from Kai’s… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 