Why represent women planning to engage in political action as smugglers? In their underwear? And barefoot?
What the hell is your point?
Year: 2009
Because you can’t go a day without this reminder
You know those afternoons where there’s nothing urgent to do, and you’re just tootling around Twitter and Facebook, feeling fairly comfy and content, and then misogyny just hits you abruptly in the face? Yeah. I took the What Body Part… Read More ›
Getting angry at women who don’t fulfil your expectations
BBC: A 48-year-old US man who opened fire in a Pennsylvania gym, killing three women and himself, appeared to have written about his plans for the attack. […] Sodini appeared to have planned the attack since at least November 2008,… Read More ›
Newsflash: Meyer didn’t invent the cheesy vampire romance genre
So apparently (and who knows if I’ve been hoaxed) the author of The Nocturne has sent Stephenie Meyer a copyright cease-and-desist over Breaking Dawn, the last of the Twilight novels. (Spoilers for both novels, obviously.) The author, Jordan Scott, claims… Read More ›
Fifteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival: July 2009
Welcome to the Fifteenth Edition of down under feminists carnival! This carnival features posts made by Aussie and Kiwi feminists during July, 2009.
Shorten’s disability shakeup – read between the lines
Anyone care to have a go at reading between the lines with this one? Given Shorten’s form on lack of interest in people with invisible disabilities who aren’t fully dependent on a carer, I’m not as hopeful as I’d like… Read More ›
Whoydensday: Waters of Mars Trailer
The Waters of Mars is the next Doctor Who special from Russell T Davies, due in November this year: David Tennant’s last before his big two-parter finale. But, as you can see from this trailer, there are many signs that… Read More ›
Gendered social interactions and rape-shaming
Just saw this post about rape linked to over at Shapely Prose, and I’m jumping on the bandwagon of making sure that everybody goes to read her perfect illustration of how everything women are trained to do in every-day interactions… Read More ›
Five Minute Cookery: Mixed Berry Tart
I’m light-on for written blogging right now, so here’s a recipe for something I made last week. I take no credit for the recipe. It’s almost exactly the recipe on the Pampas pack, except I’ve subbed in vanilla bean paste… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 