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• Extended fanvid – Scooby Road

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-17 • ( 2 )

  I posted a pointer yesterday to cupidsbow’s discussion of fanwork’s anticapitalistic appeal. One astonishing example of fanwork is Luminosity’s “Scooby Road”. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer source material is set to the full album of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road”. This… Read More ›

• The next Carnival of the Radical Feminists is at la doctorita’s – put in your submission now

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-17 • ( 3 )

  la doctorita is running this month’s Carnival of the Radical Feminists. The carnival will take place on Monday, December 24th. The submission deadline is Friday, December 21st. Submissions may be left as comments to this post at la doc’s, or… Read More ›

• Feminism & pop culture hits : The Hathor Legacy on Dexter, and Cupidsbow on fanwork

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-16 • ( 4 )

  [image source: LA Times] Purtek at The Hathor Legacy has a great series on the show Dexter. Part One of “Learning Not to Trust” is here. [Warning: spoilers through season 2 of Dexter, including major season arc spoilers.] She focuses… Read More ›

• Cheezburger du jour

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-15 • ( 1 )

• Creaky feminist gorgons, unite

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-15 • ( 11 )

  We at Hoyden About Town have been tickled pink that Julia Gillard is our new second-in-command. Reviled by the now-Opposition for being “deliberately barren”, Gillard’s body, looks and fertility choices have been scrutinised and dissected by the media at least… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Lizzy Bennet

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-14 • ( 9 )

  [image source: Rotten Tomatoes.] Our Friday Hoyden this week is fictional, but she’s a character that many of us identify with or would like to identify with – Elizabeth Bennet. Even when she was completely wrong, Elizabeth held the courage… Read More ›

• Indigenous voices on Aurukun; and the Law Society tells the public to butt out

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-13 • ( 6 )

  [map courtesy of Google Maps.] A few people have wondered “What are indigenous people saying”? in the fallout of the Aurukun gang-rape case. I’ve tried to gather some voices. If you’ve seen others, please add a pointer to them. Boni… Read More ›

• Women’s health: Are we taking a risk by dumping the Democrats?

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-13 • ( 7 )

  The MJA this month also brings us Mary Lander’s story: “The fight for a life-saving drug: a personal perspective”. Mary Lander has a relentlessly-growing meningioma adjacent to her brainstem. This is a non-cancerous tumour of the lining of the brain…. Read More ›

• New baby gorilla at Taronga!

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-12

  Frala and Kibabu of Sydney have a newborn baby! Born today, the 2 kg baby boy has joined brother Fataki in the Taronga Zoo. A visitor noticed blood on Frala’s coat, and her and the newly-born baby were found to… Read More ›

• Glasson: “Of course, some people, particularly those with vested interests (like those making money out of selling alcohol), will feel threatened.”

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-12 • ( 1 )

  [image source] The Christmas Issue of the Medical Journal of Australia has a section on the Northern Territory Intervention. Reading the various contributions in concert with each other is illuminating. Check it out. A few snippets: The Northern Territory intervention:… Read More ›