Because it’s too violent. What do they think domestic violence is? Link to article with embedded video here. I just watched it and it is quite graphic and disturbing. If you are a survivor of domestic violence then you may… Read More ›
gender & feminism
Sam de Brito to Women– FEMINISM: UR DOIN IT RONG (but don’t worry, you just need a man to set you straight).
Seriously. So, apparently all the men of Australia deserve cookies, becuase they all inevitably become feminists (every last one of them!) when they have daughters (of course, it would be ridiculous to suggest that a man support women’s rights just… Read More ›
Cos chicks shouldn’t dig SF! Especially hot ones!
Joss, Joss, Joss, don’t be such a big giant douche. Here is Joss Whedon accepting the Bradbury Award for screenwriting (part of the Nebula Awards): Note that in this set of Nebulas, the women dominated. Top honours were won by… Read More ›
Double Carnival Reminder: Blogging Against Disablism Day, and DUFC First Birthday
Blogging Against Disablism Day is May 1st – everyone is welcome and all topics are go! To participate, you need to go to the Blogging Against Disablism Day page at Diary of a Goldfish and register your interest. Then write… Read More ›
Quickhit: Sex slavery just like football draft, says defence
WA Today: Prostitutes likened to AFL draftees in trial A barrister acting for a man accused of bringing five Thai women to Melbourne as sex slaves has compared their plight to an AFL footballer being drafted to another club. […]… Read More ›
Jessica alba bear bottom and cauliflower gardening: Ask Auntie Hoyden
I know you’re wondering why I haven’t done a referrer-logs search terms post lately. Here you go! Random searches bringing folks to Hoyden About Town: college rape statistics breast ptosis study redundant breast tissue thesis greenwashing toys i hated as… Read More ›
Personal Anecdote: Why We Need Women’s Spaces
Once upon a time, when I was a wee undergraduate*, I did not like the fact that my university had a Women’s Room. You see, I considered myself a feminist, and the idea of a Women’s Room — a few… Read More ›
Families protest breastfeeding discrimination at Barnett’s office; is he about to flip?
Thirty to forty adults and their children and grandchildren today protested the lack of breastfeeding discrimination laws in Western Australia. The group, organised through Joyous Birth and Facebook, rallied outside Premier Colin Barnett’s office in Cottesloe. Many passers-by were supportive…. Read More ›
It’s not sex it’s rape: strategic remorse edition
What would you call it when a step-father repeatedly rapes a girl, starting when she’s 13, and this goes on for three years before he’s caught? Rape? Sexual assault? Molestation? Pedophilia? Sexual abuse? Child abuse? Not according to Andrew Korner… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 