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• Sunday Artist: Sarah Maple

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-29 • ( 2 )

  It’s artistic Sunday and this time we bring you artist, Sarah Maple. She is the bomb.

  Feminist. Muslim. Young. Smart. Funny.

• Mamapalooza is coming to Sydney

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-29

  The hugely popular Mamapalooza: Artists Celebrating Motherhood is coming to Australia – Sydney, at Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst for the week of 7-13 May 2012, and right now they’re looking for performers who are mothers – singers/poets/dancers/songwriters/actors/performance artists/stand-up etc, as… Read More ›

• On the ethics of ignoring your power: The Feministe controversy

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-22 • ( 17 )

  

  There are some tough questions here, but also, some solid suggestions on what can be done to improve big feminist sites like Feministe for the people outside of mainstream power bases.

• Weekend womenscraft: Eat your art

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-20

  I didn’t make these so I can’t give you any baking or food preparation tips, I think they look kinda self-explanatory. I’m just putting the idea out there and lettin’ you know that with a little bit of effort you… Read More ›

• And now, fatherhood as the path to feminism

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-18 • ( 5 )

  This is brand new father and mega-famous rapper, Jay-Z: Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/ I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now… Read More ›

• Sunday Singalong: Violeta Parra

  By hatbluemilk on 2012-01-08

  

  OK, this one is Violeta Parra, an incredibly haunting Chilean folk singer who saw folk music as a “weapon against oppression”.  Yeah which revolutionary didn’t? She and her children became the song-writers of the left-wing political movement of her country…. Read More ›

• Reclaiming ‘cunt’ with kids

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-12-28 • ( 3 )

  

  I remember being with a group of feminist friends talking about the names we use for our vulvas. (Yes, such conversations really do happen among feminists, we’re that cliché). A radical feminist in the group, most of us were, explained… Read More ›

• Why you will want to love The Mountain Goats even more

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-12-23 • ( 2 )

  

  Because The Mountain Goats do anti-LEGO sexism rants on twitter: Dear Legos dudes, the regular Legos are cool for girls you don’t have to condescend to the awesome little girls of this world #liberateLEGOs when you’re a new dad &… Read More ›

• Sunday Singalong: Chicks on Speed

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-12-18 • ( 2 )

  

  Here is Chicks on Speed with the ultimate anti-cock rock song; joyfully poking fun at the hyper-masculinity of the rock music scene and the way in which DIY punk-electronica is perceived as less than ‘real music’. “We Don’t Play Guitars”,… Read More ›

• On having to feel embarrassed for what you love

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-12-17 • ( 1 )

  

  Shed a tear for all the 6 year old girls who struggle to be able to love what they love regardless of stupid gender binary stereotypes: Look, I’m an optimist. I prefer to dwell on the positive rather than the… Read More ›