In case you hadn’t heard, as well as the current uprisings around the Middle East against corrupt governments, right now there are thousands of people out demonstrating (in February, in Wisconsin!) against the Governor’s attack on unions – this is what they keep on playing:
Politics
Abbott-Watch: macho moments more important than basic consideration
Paraphrasing a comment I just made at LP: The “shit happens” comment is revealing despite being a media “gotcha” beatup, and what it reveals isn’t pretty.
A new definition of functional
This messy patchwork of care arrangements – its favours and returned favours; its sick children one week and different working hour requirements the next – are how the modern working parent operates these days.
Quicklink: newswithnipples on Mark Latham’s sexism
She wrote all about it, which means I don’t have to!
Femmostroppo Reader February 3, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. I deliberately didn’t link to lots of coverage of Australian natural disasters or the Egyptian uprisings, because there’s just so much to sort through. What else did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Quick hit: NSW Coalition drops active anti-ethics classes policy
The NSW Coalition has said they will not attempt to reverse the introduction of ethics classes in Special Religious Education time this year. Classes begin this term.
Quickhit: Seriously, Coorey?
Shorter Coorey: Nobody said anything about Gillard’s style etc until it became clear that she was only the prime minister of a minority government.
And lo, the internets did not let me down
Of course someone’s already created a nifty Davos/Davros graphic to match my pernicious brane’s wilful conflation. My faith in cyberspace is vindicated.
Femmostroppo Reader January 29, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Femmostroppo Reader January 26, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Hoyden About Town 