This lesson comes courtesy of the Courier Mail. Four political stories about four different federal politicians and all of them use the politician’s last name in the title of the story, except one. Which story was it?
gender & feminism
Did you see this?
No, me neither. Until Crikey. As Bob Gosford points out, when hundreds of Aboriginal men get together we’re just not interested in reporting on them unless they’re doing something bad.
It’s #bellhooksweek
Please share links to other articles celebrating the works of bell hooks, or your favourite bell hooks quote, in comments.
It’s that time of the month…
when the fembloggers of Australia and New Zealand have our linkfest! caitlinate at The Dawn Chorus has put together a rather spectacular edition…
“The formula for understanding women”
…unlike the man speaking (who of course is fully entitled to hold and change his individual preferences as an autonomous adult) and the men listening to him, a woman should apparently not ever have different preferences and priorities from other women, and certainly should not ever adjust her preferences and priorities at any time according to changes in knowledge and/or circumstances. And if she does…
It’s Feminist Defence of Palin Time again
Which means it must be just about time for a US Congressional election. Yup, here come those midterms. So people are going to start talking to and about Sarah Palin again. Great.
WTF, YouTube? Documentaries about rape victims are not Unsafe Content
I don’t expect to be confronted with suggested videos with rape fetish titles in the sidebar when I go to look at a trailer for a documentary about rape victims. How the hell can your system not have been tweaked to prevent shit like this happening?
It’s Carnival Time! Submit your August feminist posts now.
As Chally says at the Down Under Feminists Carnival site, it’s Carnival time!:
It’s almost the end of August…
Pap smears, fat-shaming, and the lithotomy trap
[x-posted at FWD/Forward] So I’m sitting watching the evening news, and on comes a chap telling us women and girls that we oughtta go and get more Pap smears. Then on comes a woman to talk about how Pap screening… Read More ›
Only in WA… on unequal pay
Well, probably not only in WA. But sheesh, did my head ever hit the desk when I saw how the awful situation for women’s wages was somehow turned into “Those bitchez are getting it good” headline in The West: Wages… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 