Sending a woman rape threats to prove that sexual harassment doesn’t exist proves feminism’s point, not yours.
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The 71st Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
Australian childcare; a very partial wishlist
I was inspired by my baby suddenly being given a daycare place, and my ambivalence about placing her in daycare as a young baby, to remember all my frustrations with the Australian pre-school daycare system, and to suggest what, from my perspective, would be considerable improvements.
2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge: challenge complete
Stella Longlist 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge completed.
Give a Voice to Harassment Victims: A legal fund for sexual harassment victim Karen Stollznow
Those of you who are regular followers/lurkers of the atheoskeptosphere probably know about this fundraiser for Karen Stollznow’s legal costs by now, but I’m signal-boosting it for the record …
Sotomayor asks a question about the consequences of corporate religion
…and the anti-abortion lobby is cross that she interrupted an attorney (and compared abortioncontraception to other medical procedures – in a case about medical insurance).
Media Circus: Don’t Look At The Policies Behind The Knighthoods edition
So our drearly beloathed Prime Minister wants to get a gong when he retires from politics.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Cloaking device
I spoke to a guy in a long coffee queue to point out there was another, unused machine 3 feet away, and even bearing news of speedy caffeine, and wearing a bright red dress, I was apparently invisible.
A woman at a tech event, unaccompanied by any men, is just too unlikely to be believed.
Debate vs Inquiry and “Reasonable Debate” as a silencing tactic
Debate is not inquiry. Argument is not skepticism. Fetishizing debate makes us less knowledgeable as a culture and even as a movement, not more.
<okay, sure, we’ve been having these debates for decades now. But let’s dredge it up again. Let’s treat the basic bodily autonomy of people with uteruses** as a subject that’s up for discussion, a subject that reasonable people can disagree about. And let’s be calm and reasonable about it.
Media Circus: March in March edition
Thousands of people around Australia marched this past weekend to express their dissatisfaction and disgust with the Abbott government.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Hoyden About Town 