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• Lingerie Football League: The Undakkening

  By Helen on 2012-06-13 • ( 12 )

  Helen Razer doesn’t even like Lingerie Football League. She makes that clear in this article. But she goes to the wall to defend it against “feminist” (Boo!) critics. Somehow I feel compelled to reply, although it’s about as tempting as… Read More ›

• Sunday Singalong: Alabama Shakes

  By Helen on 2012-04-29 • ( 9 )

  

  How much do I love this sensational new band from Athens, Alabama (soon to join Athens, Georgia in indie-rock iconography)? How much do I love their singer, Brittany Howard? Let me count the ways.

• Otterday! And open thread

  By Helen on 2012-04-21 • ( 25 )

  

  These snuggly otters are brought to you by The Daily Squee, via a comment by Julie on the last Otterday thread. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Otterday! And open thread.

  By Helen on 2012-04-14 • ( 14 )

  

  This otter is disappointed with you. Very, very disappointed with you.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Friday Hoyden: Constance Johnson

  By Helen on 2012-02-17 • ( 4 )

  

  Women’s reproductive rights are under threat everywhere in the US. In the state of Oklahoma, the “Personhood Bill” is aimed not only at abortion, but at some forms of contraception.

• Congratulations to HAT author Mary Gardiner – Rusty Wrench Award winner

  By Helen on 2012-01-20 • ( 13 )

  A few days ago I caught up with Tigtog, who’d flown to Melbourne from Sydney to attend the AdaCamp unconference. I also had the opportunity to meet other people I’ve “met” in the blogosphere, including Mary Gardiner. Mary is, of… Read More ›

• Melinda Tankard Reist doesn’t speak for me

  By Helen on 2012-01-16 • ( 84 )

  It appears MTR is the Feminist of the Moment for the mainstream media. And a large part of her appeal, it seems to me, is that feminism, as she defines it, is a conservative, bourgeois feminism, threatening to specified corporate interests – she’s done good work with Collective Shout and her opposition to the pornification of little girls in general – but generally unthreatening to entrenched patriarchal systems.

• Roger David? You’re sprung!

  By Helen on 2011-09-04 • ( 5 )

  We can be sure of a few things in this decade. The sun will rise in the east, Andrew Blot will be an embarrassing prat, and some clothing/shoe company or chain will publish an ad with a demeaning sexist image… Read More ›

• Australia’s Honour killings – In the end, they’re just as dead

  By Helen on 2011-07-11 • ( 15 )

  James Ramage was released from prison last Friday, after only eight years following his conviction for strangling and bashing his wife, Julie, to death in their house and burying her in a shallow grave. The details of the case reveal… Read More ›

• Rougher than usual: The Monthly on Julian Assange and consent

  By Helen on 2011-04-15 • ( 26 )

  Yet again, I was approaching an article on Julian Assange, this time in the Monthly by Guy Rundle, Crayfish Summer: Julian Assange, Sex crime and Feminism, with low expectations. Most of the blogosphere and media appears to have eaten up… Read More ›