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Working to eradicate inequalities by highlighting institutional, cultural and insidiously socialised biases and bigotries.
Don’t read Paglia, read Ivins
The late great Molly Ivins wrote everything anyone needs to know about Camille Paglia way back in 1991.
Quick Link: the 2014 Ernies are in
The riotous annual event recognising the most sexist statements by Australian public figures over the past year has just happened this week.
Dawkins stirs the pot again
I’ve just posted at Feministe about the latest developments in the skeptosphere’s Deep Rifts TM. For those who’d rather discuss the ongoing cyberstorm that began with Elevatorgate here, this is the thread for you. Links to other people’s posts especially welcome.
Media Circus: Is Welfare “Dependency” Really Our Greatest Social Evil? Really? Edition
Given a choice between a welfare system in which some people get money they don’t deserve but nobody dies miserably, and a welfare system in which nobody gets money they don’t deserve but people die miserably, which do we prefer?
Contrast the government’s war on welfare with the rhetoric surrounding critics of the increasing wealth gap as advocates of “class warfare”. Hmm.
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The 76th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
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Media Circus: Blaming/Shaming Women Edition
In just the last week Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn and over 100 female showbiz celebrities brought it all on themselves, doncha know.
Also in the last week our current Federal LNP government has kept on working to push its ideological agenda through Parliament, against what seems horribly likely to be insufficient opposition despite the best efforts of the Greens.
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Media Circus: No Snappy Title edition
I have been mostly speechless/typingless at the latest news, taking refuge in offline activities. But I should still put up a post for the rest of you to vent/rant or even ideally substantively discuss these issues, because disengagement is never going to be a solution, even if it’s sometimes necessary for some self-care. Go for it.
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Friday Hoyden: Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman was a Russian Jewish immigrant to the USA, who spent her life being persecuted for her work campaigning for the rights of workers and marginalised groups of all kinds.
The 75th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
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