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Casual academic, part time office assistant, full time food lover living in suburban Sydney.

• Whoydensday: Vale Nicholas Courtney (1929-2011)

  By Beppie on 2011-02-23 • ( 9 )

  Raise a glass tonight for Nicholas Courtney, who played UNIT’s Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge Stewart in Doctor Who, appearing with the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Doctors, and also in a 2008 episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. He… Read More ›

• Today in Double Standards

  By Beppie on 2010-12-21 • ( 10 )

  Isn’t it interesting, that in this particular instance, the blame seems to be directed at the person who is distributing these photos when they shouldn’t be, rather than at the people who actually posed for the photograph? There are no platitudes about how careful men need to be, or about how they need to be educated about the consequences of their actions.

• Summer Spider Blogging

  By Beppie on 2010-12-14 • ( 8 )

  Since summer has begun, to my delight and my partner’s chagrin, our little courtyard has been filled with spiders. Although they are taking up a lot of space on my washing line, I am reluctant to deprive them of the… Read More ›

• In Support of Captain Bridget Clinch

  By Beppie on 2010-12-05 • ( 14 )

  Captain Bridget Clinch is a pretty awesome woman. It’s because of her that the Australian Defence Force changed its policy, which banned people undergoing or contemplating gender reassignment from serving. She risked the job she loves — the job she’s… Read More ›

• Marriage Equality Rally in Sydney — November 27th

  By Beppie on 2010-11-15 • ( 9 )

  Post made sticky on the front page because the march is this weekend!

• Whoydensday: Mitch Benn’s “Doctor Who Girl”

  By Beppie on 2010-11-03 • ( 4 )

  I have to confess to a guilty secret: I love Mitch Benn’s “Doctor Who Girl”. It makes me feel all warm and gooey. But before I hand in my “good feminist” card, I will say, I rather suspect that this whole song is tongue-in-cheek —

• Intersectionality and Privilege: Addressing the Squishy Bits

  By Beppie on 2010-10-06 • ( 32 )

  Not all questions have clear answers. Sometimes, there is no “right” answer. Sometimes, every “right” answer carries a little bit of wrong in it too. This is especially true when we take a feminist approach informed by intersectionality; a feminism… Read More ›

• A Tiny Bright Spot

  By Beppie on 2010-08-09 • ( 6 )

  This has been a pretty damn depressing election campaign for all of us, I think. It’s been filled with bigotry and gossip about ALP internal politics, and there’s been very little analysis of policy or what either major party is… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: In Which I am Impressed

  By Beppie on 2010-05-09 • ( 22 )

  I’ve long thought that the voting age in Australia should be lowered to 16 — I’ve believed this since I was 16 years old myself and had to content myself with handing out how-to-vote cards, because I was unable to… Read More ›

• (Belated) BADD: Fictional Heroes with Disabilities

  By Beppie on 2010-05-02 • ( 13 )

  

  (My apologies for the lateness of this post — still, I’m sure it’s still May 1 in one or two timezones. :)) While it’s true that people with disabilities are under-represented and misrepresented in popular culture, I wanted to spend… Read More ›