It was the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth yesterday. Here, have a few of my favourite Darwin pics/posters/macros.
history
those who do not know are doomed to repeat etc, besides it’s fascinating
Hating Australia Day from afar
Today is the second Australia Day since I moved to the United States. One of the most surprising things for me to experience out of Australia was people saying–even in the American South!–Australia’s really racist, isn’t it? And personally, I hate that. I hate that there is such a strong implicit idea of who an Australian “is,” and how racist and dependent on assimilation that is. I hate the way that is enforced with violence and ugly rhetoric, and I hate the policies that our country mobilises against Aboriginal communities and refugees.
And yet. For all that I hate what Australia Day represents, I am more homesick than usual today.
The Hairpin – Are women people?
Article on The Hairpin – Are women people?
BFTP: The myth of bra burning feminists
In 1968, some activists demonstrated against the Miss America beauty pageant and threw objects of “female oppression” – bras, high-heeled shoes, girdles, curlers – into a trash can. They were arguing about liberation – there was never any bra-burning – but the myth of the feminist as a bra-burner was created by the western media.
There was also a crucial word missed in the description of the trashed bras.
Reclaiming ‘cunt’ with kids
I remember being with a group of feminist friends talking about the names we use for our vulvas. (Yes, such conversations really do happen among feminists, we’re that cliché). A radical feminist in the group, most of us were, explained… Read More ›
I missed the solstice!
It was about seven hours ago, and I meant to schedule a post to publish at the exact time, but life got in the way. Whatever your cultural/religious/astronomical orientation, may the turning of the calendar lead only to better things for you.
Queen Victoria and now
Have social attitudes to female criminals changed since Queen Victoria’s time?
Quicklink: Gloria Steinem interview
Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken figure on behalf of women’s rights and the pro-choice movement for half a century.
Happy 50th anniversary to The Dish
The CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope even got its own Google Doodle:
The more things change…
Thucydides, describing what happened when the Hellenes’ Great War veterans came home from the battlefields –
Quoted by commentor at Juan Cole’s blog back in January, but I didn’t end up posting it then. Just observing various blogstoushes has prompted me to post it now.
Hoyden About Town 