The Fourteenth Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 2nd of July, so get your posts in before then. This edition will be hosted by anjum rahman at Kiwi… Read More ›
gender & feminism
Oh For Fuck’s Sake of the Day: “Natural or Nasty?”
I was just pointing some fellow twitterers to this rather decent article at the Age, “Standing up for the ones who have to sit“. (Check it out.) Hellonhairylegs asked me: Did you see the picture for the breastfeeding article at… Read More ›
Alternative Youth Music Station Thinks There’s No Alternative to Being a Bloke
Today’s Guest Hoyden is regular commentor orlando, who returned to Sydney last year after a time living in the UK. Over at Triple J right now it’s “Male Week”. The ABC’s Australia-wide, government funded youth music radio station has dedicated… Read More ›
Rally in Canberra September 7: Homebirth: What’s the Crime? Guest post by Janet Fraser
This is a guest post by Janet Fraser, National Convenor of Joyous Birth, the Australian homebirth network, also blogging at Looking Glass Alice. It is cross-posted here. With a background in academia and feminist activism, Janet brings a wealth of… Read More ›
The mysterious case of the disappearing …
From the West: A Perth mother with no medical experience delivered a baby in a carpark in the middle of a downpour this morning while a police officer, a port worker and the frantic father looked on in awe. Helen… Read More ›
Spirit of P P McGuinness, leave Razer’s body!
One of the scary things about getting older is watching other people, who used to be younger and groovier than yourself, age and settle into the sclerotic patterns of unexamined privilege and rightwing attitudes. In the 90s, as a thirtysomething,… Read More ›
Sree on Big Brother UK – harasser, homophobe, Nice Guy(tm)?
Big Brother UK Season 10 is well underway. I’ll be posting the odd BB clip to illustrate common conversations and issues, as a discussion trigger. You don’t have to watch the show to join in; the issues are standalone and… Read More ›
Homebirth to become illegal in a year.
I’ve been meaning to write a big post on this, but it just hasn’t happened. So here’s a little one. Read some background at “Homebirth Ban” “Maternity Services Review: Medicare payments to OBs up from $77m to $211m since 2004.”… Read More ›
The Judge Files: It’s not sex genital piercing, it’s rape
[WARNINGS, sexual assault of children] From the Shitty Things Judges Say files, we have this case from Melbourne: news.com.au “Genital piercers avoid jail for sex assault”. Two tattoo artists from Tattoo City, Mark Andrew Ford (50) and Gregory Alan Ford… Read More ›
Buffy Summers vs Edward Cullen: A Fanvid Crossover
Via girliejones, a wonderful Buffy/Twilight crossover that asks: What if Edward Cullen had picked Buffy instead of Bella? “You know, being stalked really isn’t a big turn-on for girls.” Video is below the cut.
Hoyden About Town 