Maybe [the press] should take a little deeper look into the underlying lack of trust in all institutions instead of attributing the numbers to alleged character flaws of individuals.
Sociology
The 100th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
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Podcast: “Decommodifying Feminism” Panel at #FWF16
I spent last Friday meeting many wonderful women before and after this Feminist Writers Festival panel discussion. Our chair @bluemilk had prepared some great starting points, the audience was engaging and asked some really interesting questions, so the hour just flew by.
Media Circus: Parliament Resumes Edition
The 45th Federal Parliament of Australia should be interesting. As in ancient curse/benison “interesting”.
But as the Canberra politicians put on their solemnest faces today, the world keeps turning: what news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
BFTP: Funding Humanities Research
Once again our government, which should be in the business of supporting and promoting the work of our universities and high-end intellectual workers, has chosen to launch an attack on the very concept of employing people to do research in… Read More ›
So that’s why I haven’t been writing much lately
I haven’t been letting myself feel bad-tempered enough about all the world’s bullshit.
Quote OTD: Humour is a social act that forms a social function
“Jokes about socially unacceptable things aren’t just “jokes.” They [normalise] that unacceptable thing, [telling] the people who agree with you that, yes, this is an okay thing to talk about.”
The 99th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
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So today I learnt a new acronym
PRATT: Point Refuted A Thousand Times.
PRATT sums up nearly everything about certain people and ideologies, on and off the internet, that most annoys me.
Friday Hoyden: Margaret of Anjou
In the fifteenth century England was governed by a loose association of noble families, led by a King who may or may not have gained his crown as the most direct male descendant of the previous King. The two ways… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 