ethics & philosophy

ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations

Quicklink: Ashley Judd’s call to action on The Conversation about women’s looks

By tigtog on 2012-04-10 • ( 6 )

Great analysis from actor Ashley Judd in the Daily Beast regarding media speculation about her “puffy face” last month.

Quick Hit: Read This

By Mindy on 2012-03-29 • ( 7 )

Excellent takedown of The Punch’s anti-feminist article by tallulahspankhead at The Lady Garden.

Quick Hit: Project Unbreakable [Trigger Warning]

By Wildly Parenthetical on 2012-03-23 • ( 5 )

This post and the link it takes you to comes with a big trigger warning for use of the words of sexual attackers.

Late last year, Grace Brown started an art project called Project Unbreakable. It involves photographing men and women holding posters which contain something that their attacker/s said to them immediately before, during, or after their attack.

When the zombies come what will happen to feminism?

By hatbluemilk on 2012-03-21 • ( 6 )

Having discovered that Womanist Musings and Viva la Feminista are both Walking Dead fans and then there’s also me and one of my bestest and oldest feminist friends who are completely mad for zombies, I think we can safely say… Read More ›

ST: TNG - Picard and Riker each are hiding their face behind a hand with a weary posture

Quicklinks: #socialmedia #erosion #storm #bust – oops here comes Jack Bauer

By tigtog on 2012-02-29 • ( 3 )

Seriously, I’ve been headdesking this one for a few hours now: the DHS monitors blogs, twitter and facebook for usage of the words “social media”?

IWD Event: Dame Carol Kidu to give the 2012 Pamela Denoon lecture

By Anna on 2012-02-28

For Hoydens within travelling distance of Canberra, this year’s Pamela Denoon lecture will be given on International Women’s Day (Thursday 8 March), at the ANU, on on “Sex, Women and the 21st Century in Papua New Guinea”.

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

What do I want from #respill today? Another hung parliament, please

By tigtog on 2012-02-27 • ( 10 )

For the last two decades of Federal and State elections, I have been voting strategically for a hung parliament (in both Houses) every time. In 2010, enough of my fellow citizens did the same that a hung Federal parliament was finally what we got.