Map of Arnhem Land showing Maningrida location [Image source: Burarra Gathering] I have a feeling the words “Maningrida” and “Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation” are going to be on everyone’s lips before long. The ABC and Age are now reporting that people… Read More ›
culture wars
Broadly, conservatism vs progressives / social liberties vs authoritarianism / social justice vs elitist marginalisation.
Charles Perkins Oration: Marion Scrymgour
[Image credit: NT Labor Party] Via Aboriginal Art & Culture, the full text of Marion Scrymgour’s Charles Perkins Oration from last week. Scrymgour is the first female Aboriginal Minister in an Australian parliament. Whose national emergency?“¨Caboolture and Kirribili? or Milikapiti… Read More ›
International Day of Action on the NT Invasion, November 17
From Fire Fly (at She Who Stumbles), the WOC blog, Vox ex Machina, Critical Bloggers, Automatic Preference, and Ubuntu: Call for Solidarity with Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory Stop the Invasion! International Day of Action, November 17th In June… Read More ›
Scorn as Art
I posted recently about the art of crafting political invective, in finding just the right term to throw at a political adversary to sink them in the public estimation, and how it’s an art that’s largely gone down hill in… Read More ›
And we think we’ve got healthcare problems?
Read La Lubu’s fabulous post at Feministe on her experiences navigating the healthcare maze in the US.
Pond’s White Beauty.
More from Unilever, makers of the Dove range and pushers of smoothified, hairless, almost-average-sized, cellulite-free “self-esteem” alongside Slim-fast and Axe/Lynx: Did you know that Pond’s “White Beauty” cream, pushed in India, Korea and Malaysia, is part of Unilever’s “international stable… Read More ›
Watson is no Galileo
I’ve used this quote before, but it bears repeating. “Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right.” ““ Robert Park James Watson, famous for… Read More ›
We’re all very quiet
Is everybody busy madly writing Dumbledore slash now? I’ve already seen the first macros (H/T Shannon).
Difference of Opinion – on the NT recolonisation
The ABC’s Difference of Opinion show this week (18 Oct 2007) examined the Northern Territory invasion and recolonisation of Aboriginal communities. You can read the full transcript of “A New Deal for Indigenous Australians?” here, or access partial video from… Read More ›
Feminism and Romance – Rudman paper followup
So I have a copy of the Rudman paper asserting that not all us feminists are fugly lonely lezzos after all. (My first post on the issue is here.) My initial response consisted mainly of a rejection of the patriarchal… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 