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• Leave it to football to prove that women are the ‘sex class’

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-04-20 • ( 13 )

  Gentlemen, a bit of perspective please. A police inquiry into an affair of prostitution involving an under-age call girl could not have come at a worse time for Raymond Domenech and his players just 50 days before the start of… Read More ›

• Not friends again

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-03-15 • ( 11 )

  This article in The Australian by Rosemary Neill is more a report on the lay of the land than a way forward but what it does do is spell out nicely the latest split to occur in feminism. Once again… Read More ›

• Keep your eye on the ball

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-02-28 • ( 2 )

  Negative stereotypes about feminists abound in the media. And in response several times a year another article written by a feminist comes out worrying about the damage done by the deliberate misrepresentation of feminism. I worry too. Women won’t want… Read More ›

• Experiments in radically downsized living

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-01-27 • ( 7 )

  I find these kinds of stories fascinating. People choosing to ‘live poor’ (though of course with the capacity to leave when they want to, and also while equipped with the education, networks and self-esteem that a life of opportunity has… Read More ›

• Hey, Hey it’s offensive in Australia too

  By hatbluemilk on 2009-10-09 • ( 76 )

  Remember when something as outrageously racist as a minstrel show was considered funny? Mainstream funny, not white supremacist funny? No, me neither. That kind of cruelty was a long, long time ago. Or so we thought. Then this week a… Read More ›

• Why the stalling on abortion law reform?

  By hatbluemilk on 2009-10-06 • ( 14 )

  The only thing more ridiculous than a law never upheld is a law suddenly applied to an individual case. It is estimated that at least one in three women in Australia will have an abortion in their lifetime. And yet… Read More ›

• How many things wrong with this idea?

  By hatbluemilk on 2009-08-22 • ( 7 )

  blue milk: who knew there was so much to say about feminist motherhood? (Cross-posted over there). This is the current cover of The Main Edge and their faaascinating lead story on alcoholic milkshakes – “Milkshakes aren’t just for kids anymore”…. Read More ›

• In a pinch

  By hatbluemilk on 2009-06-22 • ( 5 )

  HaT is happy to see bluemilk diving back into posting here – yay!   Achieving true family friendly work practices is going to require a little flexibility – flexibility on the part of families and flexibility on the part of… Read More ›