Something that’s been bugging me in the increased abortion talk after George Tiller’s assassination is the derail into talking about sex ed and contraceptive availability. Sex ed and contraceptive availability and looking after babies are extremely important things. They’re vital…. Read More ›
gender & feminism
A Tale of Two Murders, by Guest Hoyden Slave2TehTink
Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman… Read More ›
13th DUFC nearing deadline, and nominate your fave Ozfem blogger at Cosmo!
Yikes, my usual alarm malfunctioned! (Or I dismissed it with a misclick.) It’s time to submit posts for the Lucky Thirteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival – and you’ve only got a day till deadline, so get to it now. Before… Read More ›
3 posts on butch/femme & disability – read ’em.
First, bfp at Flip Flopping Joy: “what is butch?” but then i see sites specifically for butches–and all i see are women who clearly are spending hours and hours and tons of money getting dressed up–with plucked eyebrows even! –and… Read More ›
Infant Formula Product Placement in Chemistry Matric Exam
School and university exam writers often invent scenarios. They play with made-up names for people, they dream up companies, they have fun devising original scenarios and puns to spice up their questions. But what happens when they get bored doing… Read More ›
Women in Science Fiction reading club – come join in
Sajbrfem (of Fifty Two Acts fame) is starting a Women in Science Fiction reading club. We’re starting with The Female Man (Joanna Russ), so grab yourself a copy, subscribe to sajbrfem’s dreamwidth journal, and start reading.
Daily Fail cites H.A.T.- gets it wrong
Surprise, surprise, (as they say) surprise, eh? Yes, the UK’s Daily Mail has noted that a lot of people around the world have responded to complaints made against a poster promoting breastfeeding in a Manchester area hospital, and noted that… Read More ›
Missing The Point Awards, Manchester poster edition
There’s a new advertising poster up in Manchester, and the country is abuzz. Here are some excerpts from the complaints: …disgusting… …The picture is shocking and it isn’t normal… …highly offensive… …exploitation… … the sort of picture that a paedophile… Read More ›
Heads up for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
I see an article in today’s SMH about yet another survey about sexual culture and mores which, of course, is in no way influenced by gender stereotypes. Sex-education classes are failing to teach young women the skills they need to… Read More ›
So when James Bond opens his eyes to find himself surrounded by uninvited bad guys
..and he plays along, feeding them lines that make them think he’s on their side, maybe doing some things he’s not proud about so that he is at least in partial control of the situation and successfully fools them sufficiently… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 