Man, aged 18, charged with raping an 82 year old woman twice, allegedly attacking her as she was taking an early morning walk in a park. On Mother’s Day. He is most unlikely to have found her irresistably physically desirable:… Read More ›
Politics
How’s your Language Footprint?
[image source] We Australians aren’t really much for learning languages other than English. We’re quite comfy in our dominant language, and when travelling overseas – or to areas of Australia where English isn’t the vast-majority language – many of us… Read More ›
The Perils of Blogging #37291
If you blog from work, someone will find out unless you are scrupulously careful. If your workplace is a political party and you use a photo that could only come from party sources, that is not being scrupulously careful. If… Read More ›
Follow up on NSW RSPCA Campaign: In which the NSW RSPCA continues to see Violated Women as a means to an end
Our Guest Hoyden author is regular commentor Su. In April Lauredhel blogged the NSW RSPCA Community Service Announcement that contained scenes of a man beating and kicking a woman, overdubbed with audio of a yelping dog. The justification for the… Read More ›
Linkfest: Random Thursday Night Edition
Technollama writes about a legal threat sent to a knitter by BBC Worldwide. Her crime? Putting a free knitting pattern for an Adipose critter on the internet: “Doctor Who: Partners in Copyright Crime” [Hat tip to Clive] Bluemilk hits it… Read More ›
Troy Buswell survived the party room today
Despite global public censure and an apparent lack of local electoral support, serial sexual harasser Troy Buswell today survived a spill motion in the party room, and continues to lead the Liberal Party of Western Australia. The State election is… Read More ›
Asylum seekers, Australia’s retraumatisation policy, and healthcare ally work
This post will be submitted to The Angry Black Woman’s Carnival of Allies. As white people working on being allies people of colour, we can’t speak for or on behalf of POC. What we can do is speak out to… Read More ›
Bob Ellis: sexist scum
Rather bemused to find this story through Shakesville via Mark Steyn via Tim Blair via Currency Lad, but they’ve got Bob Ellis bang to rights regarding this column for ABC’s Unleashed. I’m getting to hate this woman. Her towering frigidity,… Read More ›
Can’t resist
Everybody’s been posting versions of this today (USA time), but I just had to join in. As a listserv friend posted, Happy Mission Accomplished Day! image source: SeattlePi.com The latest White House press statement on the banner? “President Bush is… Read More ›
Friday Hoydens: The Suffragettes In Court [Guest post by baroquestar]
Today’s guest post is swiped, with permission, from baroquestar. Baroquestar is a 28 year old singing, studying, Australian museum geek with eclectic tastes in reading material. She is a solo mama to one beautiful daughter who likes dogs too, the… Read More ›
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