Open thread on ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings and retaliations.
ethics & philosophy
ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations
QFT: why we all need unions, and protests
instead of getting angry that public sector employees are actually being treated decently, let’s ask private sector employers why they refuse to show their employees the same respect
Guest Post: The All Bodies Directory
Today’s Guest Hoyden is Frances, from the fat acceptance advocacy blog Corpulent.
Going to get something as simple as a check-up, a consultation or a pap smear can be a hugely stressful event for a fat person. However, there are good health care professionals out there. There are doctors that will treat a fat person without demonising their fat body. But it’s hard to know where to look.
In light of this, I’ve set up the All Bodies Directory…
Happy Sydney Mardi Gras!
I love how the exactly the same objections from some sectors come out every single year.
Open Letter to Melbourne Queer Film Festival attendees
This guest post is from Jonathan Williams, a member of the MQFF trans selection panel, a body which did NOT select one particular trans-themed film which has been included in the festival program.
US High Schools refusing to allow student atheist groups
The level of bigotry against atheists in the USA frequently appals me; this article by Greta Christina lays out one of the less obvious ways it is expressed.
If more Hollywood producers read Bob the Angry Flower
… they’d never greenlight tosh like Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 (part one!)
Femmostroppo Reader February 13, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Yet another Dickwolves post
[TW: rape culture] Don’t know about it yet? You’re lucky. Here’s a timeline. Geek Feminism and Shakesville have multiple posts on how Penny Arcade fucked up not so much with just(!) an insensitive rape joke in their webcomic, but with their mockingly dismissive responses (and how that played into their fans’ responses) to people’s objections to that webcomic.
What will it take for Hosni Mubarak to go already?
Hundreds have already been killed and the violence is escalating. Let your people get on with it without you and your mates. You are not needed.
Hoyden About Town 