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• Feminist read’ems: men harassing WOC online, iconic blondes, and party-pollie numbers games

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-05 • ( 10 )

  Feminist read ’ems! ~~ “A Disincentive to the Female Voice Online” Jenn talks about men who cyberharass bloggers who are women of colour. Her experiences are harrowing and revolting, but she vows to survive: When I participated in a popular… Read More ›

• Blonde, bald, braided or baubled: hair as femininity object and transformative symbol

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-04 • ( 14 )

  [image credit: Weekly Wire.] Noodling around the net, I found that hair has recently been a lively topic at the Girl-Wonder forums. This post by Mississippienne is titled “When you get old, lop off all your hair”: “My mother is… Read More ›

• Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-03

  We’ve been running a bit of a series on repulsive advertising featuring women’s bodies: * the Nando’s stripper-mummy-with-a-heart-of-gold: Been trying to find the words * Pornified racist slavery in the pursuit of fashion: Because “fun “n’ edgy” and “pornification of… Read More ›

• Girls in white gumboots and fat chicks in chainmail

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-03 • ( 13 )

  I’m fascinated by the Referrer section in website logs. I’m not sure why. Is it the voyeurism of a tiny glimpse into someone else’s web cruising habits, the sociology of wondering why people search for what they do, the laughs?… Read More ›

• NT Plan Read ’ems: “white man’s burden”, Howard’s poll plunge, and reactions from Pat Turner and Lt Gen Sanderson

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-03

  Here are your Northern Territory Aboriginal “emergency plan” read ’ems for today! I’ve included excerpts, but do read the whole articles for context and elaboration. Mark Lawrence: The white man’s burden: Howard’s attack on Aboriginal self-determination Excellent post on the… Read More ›

• Rearranging accessibility: more on invisible disability accommodations

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-03 • ( 11 )

  I wrote a post a while ago titled Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities. It was a personal narrative of some of my experience with chronic fatigue syndrome. In it I mentioned a couple of accessibility problems that… Read More ›

• Sunday Sunset Scent-blogging

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-01 • ( 4 )

  Some of you know that I’m a bit of a soapmaker[1] – so I’m fascinated by scents. Today I stumbled across gurl.com, and, fighting my way past the blinking shopping mall ads and the Nair infomercials, I spotted this “My… Read More ›

• Read ’ems: Young Feminists edition

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-01 • ( 4 )

  In today’s Read-‘Ems, I’m taking a break from Aboriginal issues, and focusing on young feminists. Enjoy. 1. On the YP4 (“Young People For”) blog, ojgreer asks “Am I A Feminist?”, and details her feminist awakening from beginning: As a young… Read More ›

• Weekend Wobot: Woomba

  By lauredhel on 2007-06-30 • ( 2 )

  Hot on the heels of floral-soaked feminine hygiene products everywhere comes Woomba, taking the hard work out of women’s business. A miniature disc-shaped robot, Woomba is pink (of course), sensor-equipped, and fully-automated. Set and forget! (if the Youtube link doesn’t… Read More ›

• Read ‘Ems: more on the NT plan, barefaced hypocrisy, and a couple of amusing tidbits

  By lauredhel on 2007-06-29 • ( 11 )

  What I’m reading today: 1. The AMA call has come. Yesterday’s email brought a plea from the AMA to volunteer 2-4 weeks in a central Australian community to perform governmental health checks on children. The email opens with a big… Read More ›