I’m letting other people’s writing do the secular sermon heavy lifting this week.
ethics & philosophy
ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations
Bring on the #giantrobotsofjustice
When will #lookwhatIjustpulledoutofmyarse pop psychology die its #welldeservedfierydoomfromthesky death (at the claws of #giantrobotsofjustice)?
Random Friday Pursuits: I plan to use those three hashtags above as much as I can today…
But he seemed like such a nice guy…
“As a scientist I always judge things on empirical evidence and [Epstein] always has women ages 19 to 23 around him, but I’ve never seen anything else, so as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people.”
Femmostroppo Reader April 6, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Defence Minister Stephen Smith defends female cadet
Defence Minister repudiates victim blaming in sex scandal at ADFA.
Don’t mistake expressing contempt for taking offense
I’m not offended by those words. I’m contemptuous of those words, and I’m letting you know that using them just made me think less of you – less admiration, less trust, less enjoyment in your company.
Tackling Misogyny: Procedures or Social Sanctions?
There are lots of reasons that formal mechanisms for dealing with sexual harassment don’t work for lots of people. So we have the suggestion of informal ‘shunning’…
Abbott’s “reform” of welfare system
Is he trying to get his picture into the illustrated dictionary next to the word ‘draconian’?
This should go up on Auntie’s website
Chatting to a comedian (who shall remain nameless) last night…
Quote of the Week: victim blaming and rape culture
If the fact that there are people who will argue with a straight fucking face that an 11-year-old child “didn’t do enough” to stop eighteen young men from raping her doesn’t convince everyone with a capacity for reason and any trace of decency that we live in a culture that supports and condones rape, I can’t imagine what possibly could.
Hoyden About Town 