Working to eradicate inequalities by highlighting institutional, cultural and insidiously socialised biases and bigotries.
In an age in which the traditional forms of ingroup hatred of outgroups (based on tribalism, race, nationality, religion, and so on) are no longer socially acceptable on a wide scale, are people seeking new outlets (albeit on a lower level) for the same old hatreds?
Joe Paterno knowingly looked the other way when he could have gone to the police to get justice for raped children. Thousands of people are defending him.
…acting on Mayor Bloomberg’s instructions the NYPD waited until the city was asleep to expel the #occupy protestors from Zucotti Park.
Feministe’s Caperton points out that a helpful chap’s effort to introduce women to a term he thought they might not have ever heard before could perhaps have been a bit better directed elsewhere.
Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken figure on behalf of women’s rights and the pro-choice movement for half a century.
Aboriginal and Islander men, so readily demonised in Australia, held a march last Saturday in Melbourne in the name of reclaiming, respecting and protecting themselves and their communities.
“Rarely-used” is not synonymous with “rarely-used against me and people like me”.
Pen at Pondering Postfeminism has the answer to life, the universe, and everything: DUFC #42. It’s good stuff! New Zealand’s own Deborah is hosting next time at A Bee of a Certain Age. See Deborah’s call for submissions for all… Read More ›
Tests show GSK’s malaria vaccine just might work!
We lost a great Australian on October 1st, 2011.
Hoyden About Town 