I’m seeing more and more variations of this argument lately, especially on American sites: World immigration is a direct response to abortion throughout Europe and North America. Workers from poorer countries are always going to come to replace our lack… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Who made the seeds?
[image source] We were examining seedless grapes after dinner, biting them in half to see what they look like inside, holding them up to light to examine the veining, peeling the skin off with our teeth. We noticed that they… Read More ›
Censoring the Internet: Conroy plays King Canute
[This is a guest post by strangedave, yoinked with permission from a comment here. David is a board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia, and many other things besides. Here, he addresses the current plan for mandatory, national, opt-out ISP-based internet… Read More ›
I knew I could rely on Richie
I couldn’t face the horror I suspected was awaiting those who went to see Alien vs Predator: Requiem. I hoped Richie would succumb, just so I could read his critique, and he has now delivered: Why “Requiem“? This isn’t a… Read More ›
“conspire and collaborate”: quilting with 1s and 0s
Sometime Guest Hoyden sajbrfem is putting the “feminism” back in “cyberfeminism”. This Cyberfeminism 101 slideshow is the first of her web-based art project, producing one cyberfeminism work per week for a year. This is the creative-practice part of a doctoral… Read More ›
A day in Hobart: Xmas Eve
This miscreant would turn up as soon as we opened the blinds and the door onto the balcony. mr tog and I spent the morning chasing up last minute Xmas requirements while Nana kept an eye on the kids. It… Read More ›
Caption this: Proto-feminism
Maeve, the made-of-awesome daughter of sometime guest Hoyden baroquestar, brings us this week’s caption contest.
Special snowflake watch
A physicist commenting on a post about how a newspaper report of a social sciences paper (speculating on why the rate of rape by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian women is reportedly low) has whipped up somewhat of a rightwing frenzy… Read More ›
Astronomy Pictures of the Year for 2007
I’m sitting here, back from the “family” fireworks display over Sydney Harbour at 9pm (just slightly less frosty than the New Year firework display in Norway that we attended last year), about to pour myself a something with Frangelico, and… Read More ›
What I Did On My Holidays*: post 1
I corrected a misspelt sign, but alas, it was only a temporary measure. *with apologies to Mr T. Pratchett and his character Twoflower
Hoyden About Town 