Author Note: The original title of this post was “Do the right thing, Mainstream Media: disguise the faces of the minors in your reproductions of the Henson images NOW”, deliberately imperative because I wanted it to grab attention in people’s… Read More ›
ethics & philosophy
ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations
Retired police superintendent’s view on the politicisation of complaints against Henson’s work
image source – Daily Telegraph gallery Alan Leek points out in a letter to the SMH that he has a unique viewpoint on this case with a history of being both a police officer and an art exhibitor. Because that… Read More ›
For the record
This is a photo taken of me when I was 14. It was taken at the social nudist club to which my family belonged, in a quiet area of bushland, and I was nude. It was part of a photo-shoot… Read More ›
The Henson photo scandal: so many knees jerking, so little real debate
I haven’t written about the matter here until now because I’ve had to sort out my feelings on this one: as someone who grew up in the social nudist movement I hate the way that nudity in any context has come to be automatically associated with pornography, and yet I see the necessity of ensuring that minors are not exploited for sexual imagery as well.
Friday Hoyden: Michelle Atkins completes 10 marathons in 10 days
Last year the Guinness book of records set a challenge for runners – complete ten marathons in ten days and get in the records book. Lots of runners found the challenge motivational, and a few completed the challenge in 2007,… Read More ›
News from the ACT
I’d much prefer it if the news about the passing of the law making same-sex civil unions legal was getting half the press that the kangaroo cull is getting. I’m much more interested that at least one of the tiers… Read More ›
Arsehats of the week
The people posting the image below in discussion forums in response to a new California Supreme Court ruling that laws barring same-sex couples from the institution of marriage are unconstitutional (specifically, that they violated the Californian Constitution’s guarantee of equality)…. Read More ›
Quick link: no link between NT indigenous community permit system and child abuse
Andrew Bartlett writes: The previous federal government used the spectre of child sexual abuse as justification to scrap the permit system contained in the Land Rights Act, which required people wishing to visit Aboriginal freehold land in the Northern Territory… Read More ›
Blogging Against Disablism: Mental Illness, Stigmatisation, Coming Out
This is going to be short because if I try and make it a grand narrative I might chicken out of coming out. I am disabled. My disability is invisible. I have a mental illness. I have a disorder of… Read More ›
Rudd govt anti-same-sex-discrimination bill depends on the Senate balance of power
The Age: The Age believes Attorney-General Robert McClelland will announce today that he will introduce amendments to Parliament as early as next month to alter around 100 federal laws. The changes will not allow gay marriages or same-sex couples to… Read More ›
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