Watching the white supremacists try to derail the conversation with the #AsianPrivilege hashtag and by coopting the Shoah has been infuriating.
Politics
Geena Davis’ Two Simple Steps To Make Hollywood Less Sexist
We all know Hollywood doesn’t give many leading roles to women, or even speaking roles. What I didn’t know, but what Geena Davis’ Institute On Gender In Media has demonstrated through its data analysis, is that Hollywood persistently doesn’t even give women parity in crowd scenes.
This week in negligence towards the disabled: fake signer at Mandela memorial
Apparently the ANC had been alerted to the completely unskilled performance of this “interpreter” as long as 18 months ago, but are pointing fingers elsewhere for his selection for the memorial because it was a “state-organised” event.
The 67th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
Vale Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
Friday Hoyden: Graça Machel
With the news of the death of Nelson Mandela, for the next while there will be many reflections published on his life and its impact. It is worthwhile to take some time to think of one of the people who will be feeling his death most keenly, his wife Graça Machel.
Media Circus: some dinosaurs need a Bex and a lie down edition
@bencjenkins on how The Australian Would Like You To Get Off Its Goddamn Lawn: is this the best summary out there of possibly the most whargarrbl broadsheet editorial ever?
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Signal Boost: Making Airwaves
Windgap Foundation has partnered with Eastside Radio 89.7FM, theatre professionals and DJs to develop the ‘Making Airwaves’ project, an opportunity for people with an intellectual disability to learn radio presentation and production skills, creating their own radio show to be aired on International Day of People with Disability, 3 December 2013.
Reproductive rights round-up: NSW, Vic, SA, Tas
Fetal personhood legislation progressing through parliament in NSW while failing in South Australia. Tasmania adopts Victoria-like access to legal abortion, but the campaign to repeal part of Victoria’s abortion access heats up. And the USA demonstrates the uses to which fetal personhood can be put.
Why I almost didn’t write a post for White Ribbon Day this year
Because the neverending pushback against it year after year after year had very almost ground me down, to the point where I was avoiding reading WRD posts so that I wouldn’t have to see the comments. This post by Jane Gilmore at King’s Tribune (via Clementine Ford’s discussion of it on her FB timeline) made me decide to post after all.
Hoyden About Town 