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• Rally in Canberra September 7: Homebirth: What’s the Crime? Guest post by Janet Fraser

  By Guest Poster on 2009-06-29 • ( 2 )

  This is a guest post by Janet Fraser, National Convenor of Joyous Birth, the Australian homebirth network, also blogging at Looking Glass Alice. It is cross-posted here. With a background in academia and feminist activism, Janet brings a wealth of… Read More ›

• “The yearly feminist discussion” in SF publishing, by Guest Hoyden girliejones

  By Guest Poster on 2009-06-11 • ( 3 )

  Alisa Krasnostein blogs daily at girlie jones, where she writes about her life and her passion for speculative fiction, feminism, environmentalism, current affairs and pop culture. She is the founder of Twelfth Planet Press, an independent specfic publishing house in… Read More ›

• Mabo – what it means, what it doesn’t mean

  By Guest Poster on 2009-06-04 • ( 1 )

  Jo Tamar is a human rights lawyer who blogs about things that catch her eye relating to feminism and equality generally. At the moment, she is attempting to post regularly about issues affecting Indigenous Australians in order to help raise… Read More ›

• A Tale of Two Murders, by Guest Hoyden Slave2TehTink

  By Guest Poster on 2009-06-03 • ( 4 )

  Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman… Read More ›

• “Harmonisation” of disabled parking schemes: What are the current State and Territory criteria?

  By Guest Poster on 2009-06-01 • ( 8 )

  Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ WildlyParenthetical is feminist, queer, white, TAB [Temporarily Able-Bodied] and recently, an official Doctor (no, she can’t write prescriptions, sadly… but she can analyse and theorise… Read More ›

• Perth Feminist SF Unconference Invites YOU to attend!

  By Guest Poster on 2009-04-06

  This guest post is by Sarah Parker, who blogs at Saucy Sisters. * Perth’s longest running Feminist Convention, Gynaecon, is running this weekend! * Panel Discussion on Strong Female Characters in the Whedonverse and Whoverse * Discussion on the new… Read More ›

• Call to Action on Violence against Women: Guest Hoyden Su

  By Guest Poster on 2009-03-13 • ( 11 )

  Su is a regular commenter with a background in physiology and zoology. Just a quick reminder to Antipodean hoydenizens (Australian Division) to get behind Amnesty International’s campaign to urge the Federal Government to properly fund a National Plan of Action… Read More ›

• Another sad story for the “It’s not sex, it’s rape.” file, by Guest Hoyden Slave2TehTink

  By Guest Poster on 2009-03-07 • ( 7 )

  Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman… Read More ›

• Need for Less Patronising Sexist Crap

  By Guest Poster on 2009-03-06 • ( 11 )

  Today’s Guest Hoyden is whoozqueen. Whoozqueen blogs at “Oohsome: Ooh, I’ve Got Something to Show You!”. Whoozqueen is a 39 year old crafter, gamer and rampant netizen, with a keen eye for the handmade and unusual. If she’s not roaming… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Octavia Butler, by Guest Hoyden Chally

  By Guest Poster on 2009-02-27 • ( 13 )

  Today’s Friday Hoyden is by guest Hoyden Chally from Zero At The Bone. Chally’s ode to Octavia Butler was first published here, and is also being discussed at io9. Chally is a scary feminist whose hobbies include French knitting, eating… Read More ›