Year: 2008

Hurrah for librarians

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If you are restricting access to information, they will notice during the course of their normal duties, and they will let the world know, and then you will look like censoring buffoons. In February, in line with various other information-stifling… Read More ›

Shopping tip

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I don’t know how many are left, but “Australian Feminism: A Companion.”, ed Barbara Caine is remaindered at Clouston & Hall right now for $19.95. (RRP a hundred bucks). A huge project which provides information on every aspect of feminism…. Read More ›

Too depressed to post

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I did a lot of catching up on American feminist and political blogs today, and it’s looking more and more like the Democratic Party is allowing the factionalism between the Clinton and Obama camps to piss away electoral goodwill. Look… Read More ›

Misogyny hurting men

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Here’s an example of misogyny hurting men — because the ultimate put-down of a man is to equate him to a woman. If we fight [for] the idea that being a woman is not something to be sneered at, we… Read More ›

Bloody hell

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FIRST PRIZE! The first time I have ever won any prize in a school raffle. Of course it was an Easter fundraiser that didn’t announce the winner until a week after Easter. That’s somehow totally apt.