Audrey Apple, in her non-alliterative RL persona, has written an online column for Adelaide’s Sunday Mail where she freely discusses her experience of two abortions as simple relief, and that she refuses to be shamed for not feeling guilt or… Read More ›
gender & feminism
Lib wannabe busted: snaps open woman’s bra-strap in “party trick” in chambers
Troy Buswell wanted to be the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party. Now, his “dream is in tatters”, according to a news.com.au report. Buswell has been dinged for snapping open the bra strap of a Labor Party staffer, in… Read More ›
But if we value it, we actually would transform what it’s like to age
Why is the number of medical specialist geriatricians in the USA declining so sharply at a time when the population is aging so rapidly?((And is the same thing happening here in Australia, and elsewhere in the affluent West?~tigtog)) Below is… Read More ›
Emotional Manipulation
Source: Tom Toles in the Washington Post
Words Mean Stuff: thorny language
Y’all know I’m picky about words. Dismissing a verbal or textual argument with that piffly lip-noise and a snide “Oh, but that’s just semantics” doesn’t do it for me. Semantics is meaning, and when you’re using words as persuasion, meaning… Read More ›
Step up, Rudd: Lib doctors throw down the gauntlet on foreign aid and abortion
This may be a watershed: the Rudd government has been challenged to show its true colours on women’s rights. Way back in the twentieth century, the Liberal government faced a situation where a woman-hating theocon, Brian Harradine, held the balance… Read More ›
Adding it to the wishlist
Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction – Utopias and Dystopias Judith A. Little (Ed) Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books, 2007 411 pages, ISBN 9781591024149 This accessible and provocative collection of science fiction acquaints readers with cutting-edge gender controversies in moral and… Read More ›
Welcome Marion Scrymgour!
[image source: SMH] It’s been a busy few weeks for under-represented groups in Australian politics, hasn’t it? My respect to Marion Scrymgour, who today became the first Indigenous Australian to lead a government. She is acting Chief Minister of the… Read More ›
Prosecutor in Queensland rape case has resigned
Steve Carter has resigned. The Australian reports: THE prosecutor in the Aurukun gang rape case, who sparked controversy when he described sexual offenders as “naughty” and did not recommend nine males who raped a 10-year-old girl be jailed, has resigned…. Read More ›
I knew I could rely on Richie
I couldn’t face the horror I suspected was awaiting those who went to see Alien vs Predator: Requiem. I hoped Richie would succumb, just so I could read his critique, and he has now delivered: Why “Requiem“? This isn’t a… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 