Bob Katter’s Australia Party are running a homophobic television advertisement to try and convince Queenslanders to vote for them instead of the alternative conservative political party, the Liberal National Party (LNP) in the forthcoming state election.
parenting
From the back to the middle and round again
First year of school fun. Not.
There is a difference between sexualising and sexuality
In short: sexualization is performance; it’s all about being desirable to others. Sexuality is understanding and connecting to your own desire. At the reading, Orenstein shared this passage from Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Let me be clear here: I object–… Read More ›
Living as a feminist
When Rachel Cusk wrote about motherhood in A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother, I felt heard. It wasn’t my story, exactly, but it was closer to my story of the early days of motherhood than others were writing. This… Read More ›
Gonski, shmonski says Aussie media
I’m not going to add up the column inches, but “febrile leadership speculation” easily outran Gonski coverage by a shameful margin.
Quicklink: These jokes aren’t benign
With them, the president is normalizing a patriarchal, sexist, adversarial take on parenthood — and on fathering daughters specifically.
Quick Hit: Parents this could be you
But what do they do with their legs?
Mamapalooza is coming to Sydney
The hugely popular Mamapalooza: Artists Celebrating Motherhood is coming to Australia – Sydney, at Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst for the week of 7-13 May 2012, and right now they’re looking for performers who are mothers – singers/poets/dancers/songwriters/actors/performance artists/stand-up etc, as… Read More ›
And now, fatherhood as the path to feminism
This is brand new father and mega-famous rapper, Jay-Z: Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/ I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now… Read More ›
Quick hit: Not as easy as calories in =/= calories out
New study shows it is not as easy as calories in =/= calories out for people trying to maintain long term weight loss.