Sometime Guest Hoyden sajbrfem is putting the “feminism” back in “cyberfeminism”. This Cyberfeminism 101 slideshow is the first of her web-based art project, producing one cyberfeminism work per week for a year. This is the creative-practice part of a doctoral… Read More ›
gender & feminism
You – You – You – Non-cookie-cutter feminist, you!
Har. Censorship fan Deborah Robinson has taken a swipe at me for criticising the government’s doomed, technically impossible “clean feed” scheme. After her stoush with Duncan Riley, she is now dismayed – dismayed! – that a FEMINIST writer could POSSIBLY… Read More ›
“Find One With A Big Rack And Mount It”: Woman-hating hunter fashion
After strangedave pointed to these creepy Blackwater baby onesies, I went looking for the infant hunting paraphernalia that had creeped me out in the past. I didn’t find the specific stuff, but I did stumble over some particularly misogynistic, dehumanising… Read More ›
Rape, lies and county debts
I don’t in principle have a problem with this woman convicted of filing a false rape report being held accountable for repaying the county the expense of investigating her unfounded allegations. However, from the tone of the reportage, it appears… Read More ›
Caption this: Proto-feminism
Maeve, the made-of-awesome daughter of sometime guest Hoyden baroquestar, brings us this week’s caption contest.
Special snowflake watch
A physicist commenting on a post about how a newspaper report of a social sciences paper (speculating on why the rate of rape by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian women is reportedly low) has whipped up somewhat of a rightwing frenzy… Read More ›
New Year’s Linkfest ’08 v.1.0: words and pictures, pictures and words
” “‘Fatal’ gas pumped into Qantas jet “ Qantas has been pumping nitrogen from a nitrogen cart (typically used to refill aircraft tyres) into emergency oxygen tanks (used for crew in an emergency). Nitrogen and oxygen tanks have different fittings… Read More ›
The Great Firewall of Australia
[image source] So the government has, as planned back in Beazley times, decided that ISPs in Australia must now implement blocking of “pornographic and inappropriate” websites. Customers must opt out, rather than opting in, to a blocking system that is… Read More ›
Creepy #19085: Real Estate Advertising
Via Eric Bramlett, the Top 10 Worst Realtor Headshots. Somehow, this one* only came in at #2. Creepy creepy creepy. [Hat tip to Simon.] * Description: A preschool-age girl in full makeup, with red lipstick, platinum blonde hair, earrings, and… Read More ›
Ninth Carnival of the Radical Feminists
The Ninth Carnival of the Radical Feminists is up at ladoctorita. Check it out.
Hoyden About Town 