I’m surprised that most US blogs I read are still as hung up on the VP debate as they are, but there you go. Reading Michelle Malkin’s liveblogging of the event was an eye-opener though (not linking, google if you… Read More ›
Sociology
Sunday Science links
Image Source: National Geographic: Best Science Images of 2008 Announced (Honorable Mention, Photography: “Squid Suckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast” by Jessica Schiffman) Ig Nobels The Annals of Improbable Research has just had its annual big night out:… Read More ›
Barriers to justice when rapists attack women with disabilities: new Australian report
“This young woman [“Caroline”] has cerebral palsy, is wheelchair bound, totally dependant on carers for her personal and daily living activities, and non-verbal. Cognitively very aware, she depends on assisted communication to enable her to communicate … Caroline was sexually… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Top 10 reasons I love The Sound of Music
Can I find a feminist narrative (or at least bits of one) within The Sound of Music? Superficially: The Sound of Music is the story of novice nun Maria, who is a “problem” to be solved, due to her lack… Read More ›
Women on the front line
Guest Hoyden Mindy also blogs for ecelectic group blog For Battle! This issue is back in the news again, with the announcement that the DSTO is looking at the combat roles available in the army, previously denied to women on… Read More ›
Feminist Blogger Project
Jessie is doing a PhD, and needs feminist bloggers to do a survey and maybe later an interview.
Quicklinks: Maternity and Parental Leave
The Rudd Government is mooting some changes. Others have blogged: Bite the bullet from blue milk by blue milk Quoting Eva Cox: Of course, there are gaps: too many workers still miss out, six months would have been better and… Read More ›
Shoes, Remedial
It’s school holidays, so my blogging is light. Today’s post is entirely in pictures. Shoes. Not shoes.
Fifth Down Under Feminists Carnival is Up at Hell On Hairy Legs!
Hell on Hairy Legs has the Fifth Down Under Carnival of the Feminists up already! With more than 60 submissions, you should find something here to enjoy or ponder. October submissions for the Sixth Carnival at Penguin Unearthed are now… Read More ›
Quick Hit: Willetts: Bridget Jones + working women = TEOTWAWKI
David Willetts, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, at a UK Conservative Party conference: “Bridget Jones is a real phenomenon, driven partly by the way the pattern of university education is changing. For the first time, in… Read More ›
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