This is an early Feminism Friday post, as I won’t have time to write anything this long again until the New Year, probably. This post has been edited for clarity since it was first published. A thread disrupter is trying… Read More ›
Politics
They think we can’t smell them a mile off
This guy tried to post in one of our other threads, and because there was a distinct whiff of racist arsehat about his comment, it wasn’t published. We have no interest in our regular commentors being confronted with offensive remarks… Read More ›
More rape denial: NT AMA president
What is with the colossal deluge of rape-denial lately? This time it’s the Northern Territory president of the Australian Medical Association. The ABC reports on high rates of “sexually transmitted diseases” in children in the NT: Northern Territory AMA president… Read More ›
Yet another case of “Shh! Don’t mention the rape!” from a judge
ABC News: “‘Rape’ not to be used in NT child abuse case: judge” Can anyone explain this to me in a way that makes sense? The judge in a child sex assault case being heard in the Northern Territory Supreme… Read More ›
Amnesty campaigning on sexual abuse and victim-blaming
Amnesty International Australia has begun to campaign for a national plan of action on sexual abuse, with indigenous representation: We are outraged at the failure of the Australian legal system to ensure justice and adequate protection for a girl gang… Read More ›
Carnival Against Sexual Violence #37
has just been published at Abyss2Hope. There’s a link there to Lauredhel’s post “Naughty little girl”, explains rape apologist Crown Prosecutor in gang rape of ten year old girl , amongst other discussions of the recent furore over the sentencing… Read More ›
Creaky feminist gorgons, unite
We at Hoyden About Town have been tickled pink that Julia Gillard is our new second-in-command. Reviled by the now-Opposition for being “deliberately barren”, Gillard’s body, looks and fertility choices have been scrutinised and dissected by the media at least… Read More ›
Indigenous voices on Aurukun; and the Law Society tells the public to butt out
[map courtesy of Google Maps.] A few people have wondered “What are indigenous people saying”? in the fallout of the Aurukun gang-rape case. I’ve tried to gather some voices. If you’ve seen others, please add a pointer to them. Boni… Read More ›
Wet summer
How odd it is for me to write those words after the last few dry years. The word(s) of the last weeks has been “La Niña”, the sister phenomenon to the prolonged El Nino event that has brought us severe… Read More ›
Women’s health: Are we taking a risk by dumping the Democrats?
The MJA this month also brings us Mary Lander’s story: “The fight for a life-saving drug: a personal perspective”. Mary Lander has a relentlessly-growing meningioma adjacent to her brainstem. This is a non-cancerous tumour of the lining of the brain…. Read More ›
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