Tom Calma, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, announced today at the National Press Club the proposed formation of a new national advisory body to bring the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to the Minister,… Read More ›
Year: 2009
Femmostroppo Reader – August 27, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Mindblowing SF Lists – “We have to be responsible for keeping track of and highlighting and… Read More ›
Aaaaand – we’re back!
Muggins here wasn’t watching the bandwidth meter. Sorted now.
Inaccessible toilets in large venues? AFDO is looking for your input.
From Leah Hobson of the AFDO [Australian Federation of Disability Organisations] : AFDO needs your help. We’re keen to give Bill Shorten [Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services] examples of large venues which don’t do accessible toilets very well…. Read More ›
Northern Territory Aboriginal people seek refugee status with UN
ABC Online: “Aboriginal people seek refugee status” A group of Aboriginal people has asked the United Nations to register them as refugees, saying the Northern Territory intervention has made them outcasts in their own country Richard Downs, a spokesperson for… Read More ›
Classic Action: Blue Thunder (1983) – He’s Out There
I had the chance to catch up on this classic action flick this week, so I was able to tick another off my list of ’80s Films that I Inexplicably Missed. (I have confessed to my weakness for cheezy shoot-em-up movies before, but newer readers might not be aware) It also had Malcolm McDowell as the baddie, and I do so enjoy a film where Malcolm flares his nostrils and bugs his eyes while saying outrageously repulsive things and ends up dying spectacularly (not going to include a spoiler warning for that, that was his sole function in 80s American cinema, so it was never a total surprise).
Things annoying me today
The parents of a 13 year old girl encouraging her to sail solo around the world. She is keen to do it, don’t get me wrong, I just think that 13 is too young, boy or girl, to be doing… Read More ›
Virtual travelling: Windy, isn’t it?
Last week it was Melbourne, I think Perth got blustery the week before, this week it’s Sydney. The photo below was taken by a Washington State photographer a few years ago, it was just the most appropriate shot I found in a quick image search.
Femmostroppo Reader – August 25, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Trans Women Are Ghastly Parodies? Intersexuals Are Not? – a test that could change nothing and… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 