Month: November 2011

Friday Hoyden: Camila Vallejo

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Camila Vallejo, despite being twenty-three, an age at which I thought being organised and active meant getting friends to come with me to a gig instead of going on my own, is the most prominent activist in the Chilean movement to force the government to enact free public education for all, right up to tertiary level.

Aerial view of Sydney harbour and surrounds from the north

Quakers Hill nursing home fire

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Anyone concerned about family members at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home can call 1800 227 228 for information.

From latest bulletins it seems a fire alarm sounded at about 5am and despite fast firefighting response (6 minutes according to the radio) the fire had become massive. As of the 8:30am bulletins police are advising that 9 people have died and that 20 more people are being treated for burns injuries.

Rape Culture Datapoint

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Joe Paterno knowingly looked the other way when he could have gone to the police to get justice for raped children. Thousands of people are defending him.

Small (Environmental) Economies

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I think that most of us here probably waste far more than we need to (I certainly do), but at the same time, most of us probably have our own little small personal economies to reduce waste, and it strikes me that sharing these with each other could be useful.

A wide-eyed owl with open beak. Image is captioned "O RLY?"

Word

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Feministe’s Caperton points out that a helpful chap’s effort to introduce women to a term he thought they might not have ever heard before could perhaps have been a bit better directed elsewhere.