s.e.smith has an important and powerful post up at Tiger Beatdown regarding our collective habit of silence about the hate mail bloggers receive.
social justice
Working to eradicate inequalities by highlighting institutional, cultural and insidiously socialised biases and bigotries.
Feminism – we’re doin it rong #1568454876
Feminists deserting the Prime Minister?
Slutwalk: why can’t it be better than this?
The sentiment that whatever we wear and wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no is what got me Slutwalking earlier this year. Those campaigning to “reclaim” the word “slut”? I didn’t totally hate the idea, but it wasn’t one that particularly inspired me, because I’m skeptical regarding reclamation of marginalising slurs in concept and feel it’s of limited utility compared to actively challenging prejudices more radically.
It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it
George Carlin’s Final 2005 Words To The World…sounding hugely relevant right now.
TW for rape analogy
41st Down Under Feminists Carnival!
Stef at A Touch Of The Crazy has curated a fine collection of writing from Down Under bloggers over the month of September – looking forward to catching up on the posts that flew under my radar first time around.
The new ‘I Do’ ad for marriage equality
Remember how I wrote a post about the experiences of filming an ad advocating marriage equality the other day? Well, it’s out now from the good people at the I Do campaign. It features Mim, her family, and me, if you can spot us!
Saudi women can now vote (still can’t drive)
King Abdullah said his decision came because “we refuse marginalising women’s role in the Saudi society in all fields” and followed “consultations with several scholars”.
Secular Sermon Quicklink: Getting Rich Is a Group Effort
Taxpayer-funded infrastructure and services are essential to the social stability that allows entrepreneurism to flourish. Try doing it without a robust law and order system which protects one’s individual rights under contract!
Hoydens About Town Hall
Mim, her daughter, her mother, and I spent a very, very, very long afternoon filming a new ad advocating same-sex marriage with Australian Marriage Equality and GetUp!. Let me tell you all about it. The organisers had kept the specifics… Read More ›
“Life in paradise. Death in custody”.
I recently read Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man, upon which this documentary is based and it’s a terrific read. (You can get a taste of it here). Kinda like Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood in terms of genre, but a… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 