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• Who does she think she is?

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-12 • ( 2 )

  (Trailer for the documentary: Who does she think she is? More information available at the website).

• Not for girls. Not for boys.

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-06 • ( 6 )

  A statement from the clothing company:

  Our unisex collection (UNI) consists of clothing that is based on situation and function rather than on gender.

• Review: Radical Act

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-05

  Radical Act, a documentary by Tex Clark, was filmed back in 1995 and is about the queer/feminist music scene in the USA at that time. The documentary is simple but endearing – Clark interviewed female musicians and music journalists about… Read More ›

• I defy you not to adore this version of I Will Always Love You

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-04 • ( 6 )

  The diva as the undead. Perfect.

• Dissecting the trivial

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-11-23 • ( 6 )

  Quick fact about women in the news: apparently, women feature in only about a fifth of the world’s news headlines and just ten percent of all news stories. (My guess is that if you took celebrities out of the media monitoring survey you could probably halve that number again for how often women make the news).

  And when women finally make the news in what capacity do we make it?

• Gossip

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-11-17 • ( 14 )

  Mateship is a bond so sacred we want it recognised in the Australian Constitution but female friendship is something nasty and undermining. Apparently this is because female friendships are distracted by competition for men.

  Oh, this kind of shit doth weary me.

• Mother as politician

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-11-03 • ( 6 )

  The evolution of the whole ‘Mum’ identity in politics is completely fascinating if not also repellent. You can read Judith Warner’s entire piece, “The New Momism” here. It is a pretty thought-provoking article. There was a time when words like… Read More ›

• Surely the longest bow ever drawn

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-30 • ( 2 )

  (This is about a rape joke, so usual trigger warnings apply, though trust me, you will get the last laugh). This article on brisbanetimes.com.au: The state government is urging Queensland clothing stores not to sell a t-shirt depicting a woman… Read More ›

• Why can’t working mothers negotiate better at home?

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-28 • ( 11 )

  Interesting article here in The New York Times, though nothing particularly new in it about the work and family balance and why it isn’t working so well for women. Telling women they have reached parity is like telling an unemployed… Read More ›

• Extreme breastfeeding in novels

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-25 • ( 19 )

  I am reading Emma Donoghue’s Room at the moment. It is one of those novels that everyone is suddenly talking about. Narrated by a five year old, it is about he and his mother’s very isolated life. The book has an extraordinary premise, which I won’t give away here, but there is another element to the story that everyone can’t help but seem to notice and unpick and that is that the five-year old is still being breastfed.