which is a nice change from wild wet Sydney when I left it yesterday morning. I’m hitting the festival hard this week – 3-4 shows a night, home after midnight, sleeping in until late in the morning, so very little… Read More ›
Year: 2009
Whoydensday Quickhit (Thursday Edition): Planet of the Dead Trailer!
I must apologise for slacking off on the Whoydensday posts recently — I have been much consumed with trying to find a new place to live, a dodgy home internet connection, and trying to get some small amount of uni… Read More ›
Daily reader
ITWire: “Australia introduces licences for internet users” Internet users in Australia will have to take out licences from the next financial year else they will not be allowed to use the web, official sources told iTWire today. According to these… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 1, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Recommended Reading: Accessibility Edition March 31, 2009 – absolute must-read iGirl: "She Obeys" March 31, 2009 – creepy as f*ck Not good enough: indigenous man dies in custody March 31, 2009… Read More ›
Sexy ads on articles about sexual violence
Spotted at The West. I believe the ad content rotates, so here’s a screenshot. [description is below the cut] There are many examples of serendipitously humorous or offensive ad placements. Many are probably difficult (though not impossible) to avoid in… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – March 31, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Rounding up on Sunday March 31, 2009 – excellent set of links Weekly Feminist Reader March 31, 2009 – Feministing’s reader is especially good this week Gates: postpone DADT repeal, continue… Read More ›
Brisbane Times FAIL: Forced child prostitution != lesbian sex romp.
The Brisbane Times ran this story today, bylined Amelia Bentley. Trigger warnings for sexual violence. I’ve taken the liberty of correcting some of the victim-blaming language. Pimp paid child prostitute in chicken nuggets
It’s Carnival Time! Downunderans, submit your posts – or what you’re reading.
The Eleventh Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of April, so get your posts in before midnight Thursday. This Eleventh edition will be hosted at WhyI’mbitter’s Weblog. The next… Read More ›
Ask Auntie Webwrangler
One topic that came up at yesterday’s Hoyden grogblogmeet was that for lots of people the Internet has become so confusing that they get flummoxed trying to find sites that they’re most interested in, and also that there’s so much around that they find it hard to keep track of things they’ve found before, or to organise their online life generally.
Femmostroppo Reader – March 30, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Not To Blame March 30, 2009 – Contractor KBR’s work in Iraq is so shoddy that it threatens soldiers’ lives, yet they argue that they are not to blame Texas wrapup:… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 