Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Weekend Reads, Easter Sunday Edition April 13, 2009 – links from Lauren
Year: 2009
Werribee rapist resurfaces from counselling with a musical boast
*** trigger warnings for Werribee gang-rape *** The Herald Sun carried this story yesterday, bylined Anthony Dowsley and Kelvin Healey. “Werribee sex DVD ringleader’s hate-filled rap song on web” (The title was “Sex bully taunts victim” yesterday.) And the opening… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 13, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Hey Wired: Rape isn't "shocking sex" April 12, 2009 – Just one of the many posts about the rape scene in new movies “Observe and Report”. Do you have that female… Read More ›
We’re nominated in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards – Go Vote!
It’s time to VOTE in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards! Hoyden About Town has been nominated in the Best Feminist Blog International, so go and drop us your vote if you’d like, though we’re up against some pretty stiff competition…. Read More ›
Secular Sunday: Christopher Hitchens v. evangelical sophistry
Ah, Christopher Hitchens: so flawed in so many ways, but he sure knows his way around arguing theology. For anyone frazzled by the ramped-up proselytising around this time of the year, this radio interview offers some solidly logical responses to many of the common arguments you may come across.
Femmostroppo Reader – April 12, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed About Your Issues… April 12, 2009 – great post from piny about trans-fetishes In Which I Refuse to Put the “Sex Ed War” to Rest April 11, 2009 – Quote: “Lessons… Read More ›
Feminism and birth in Australia: moving from stat-wrangling towards a reproductive choice perspective
I’ve been looking for the most recent official stats on homebirth and hospital birth mortality in Australia. I can’t find 2007 or 2008 figures, but there are 2006 figures available. Australia’s mothers and babies 2006 The Australian Institute of Health… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 11, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed HiHo, To Work We Go. More Fun Research. April 11, 2009 – Groan – more twisting of language Missing the Point on Teen “Sexting” Cases April 10, 2009 – It’s not… Read More ›
Lazyweb Book request: Disability activism
Lazyweb, do my homework for me! Many of us can rattle off a list of feminist books that influenced our thinking, a list to answer the recurring feminism-101 question about reading lists. I haven’t a clue about radical disability activism… Read More ›
Skeptic quickhit: homeopathy
Reworked (with the artist’s permission) from a poster featured on Orac’s blog.
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