law & order

The law locks up the man who steals the goose from the common, but leaves the greater criminal loose who steals the common from the goose – Australian convict saying

A placard, held by a woman wearing a white dress but whose face we cannot see: *My skirt doesn't cause rape - rapists do*

Skewed Perceptions and Actual Facts

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The egregiously ill-informed Charlotte Allen spouts yet another factoid blaming women for being too attractive to rapists, so all you young hussies should just stop dressing like sluts (yep);: Jill Filipovic at Feministe shreds Allen’s factoid to pieces.

Newstand in Paris (by Mark Mitchell)

What’s going on in the world?

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So, as we’ve probably all noticed, Australian news is kind of… Australia-centric? I’m wondering what news stories you’ve been encountering that really should be getting wider coverage. Here are some of mine: After years of military dictatorship, Burma is on… Read More ›

Multiple stacks of silver and bronze coloured coins, apparently euro cents.

Copyright hell: larrakins and astrologers

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Warner’s copyright troll acquisition Larrakin Music won the right to “Land Down Under” royalties in the High Court, and Astrolabe Inc shut down the widely used zoneinfo timezone database. Not the public interest’s best day in copyright-land.

A banner that says 'Hoyden About Town for marriage equality'

The new ‘I Do’ ad for marriage equality

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Remember how I wrote a post about the experiences of filming an ad advocating marriage equality the other day? Well, it’s out now from the good people at the I Do campaign. It features Mim, her family, and me, if you can spot us!