Education campaigns dispelling the traditional ignorance perpetuating rape myths that allow rapists to get away with making “commonsense” excuses work. Victim-blaming doesn’t work.
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Media Circus: It is not illegal to seek asylum edition
Disgusting and shameful, but hardly unexpected from this government.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Quick Hit: Men’s Rights Movement Subjected to Some Analysis
Via Rebecca Watson’s twitter ( she was interviewed for the article), an article from R.Tod Kelly in the Daily Beast about the history and current state of the Men’s Rights Movement in North America (all the expected content notes apply).
ObWhoniverse: 50th Anniversary Episode Trailer
The trailer features all the Doctor’s incarnations and a selection of friends and foes. It’s not giving anything much away except a sense of portent:
Can HECS debt be privatised?
According to Matt Cowgill, potentially yes, but there aren’t any good reasons to do so.
Today in Fantasy Film Sexism: Disney tries to pat some feminists’ heads
It’s been ages since I linked to Margot McGowan’s ReelGirl blog, and I thought I’d rectify that.
Friday Hoyden: Ada Lovelace Day 2013
It was the fourth Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday this week (juuuust missed posting on the day), celebrating women’s achievements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. Did you go to any Ada Lovelace Day events this year? Tell us about it if you did.
Media Circus: Shorten is LOTO edition
Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces Tanya Plibersek as deputy leader, and Penny Wong as Leader of the senate for the Labor party.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Quickhit: “No personal attacks” is not neutral
By The Wasp at The Feminist Hivemind: ‘ “No personal attacks” is not neutral’: “[…] When ours are the bodies at risk, and our views are expressions of self-defense, there is no distinction between attacking those views and attacking us… Read More ›
Disability and Diversity in Young Adult Fiction
A couple of things have caught my eye lately, so I thought I’d share! Firstly, the Disability in Kidlit blog. This blog embraces a broad definition of disability, and discusses its representation in middle grade and YA literature from a… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 