Sociology

The 55th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

By Chally on 2012-12-05 • ( 2 )

All the details on the latest edition, and how to submit to the next one!

Nugget of Awesome: welcome to evo psych redux

By tigtog on 2012-12-04 • ( 6 )

[Evolutionary psychology hardly covers] the evolution of morality, the evolution of politics, of cuture, of the artistic sense, etc … There is instead an obsessive focus on gender roles.

Media Circus: Silly Season edition

By tigtog on 2012-12-03 • ( 21 )

What has piqued your sociopolitical media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats.

A man with dark ginger hair and whiskers is holding a sign which says BY DEFINITION YOU CAN'T ASK FOR RAPE

Feminism Friday: this week on the Feminism 101 Blog

By tigtog on 2012-11-30

It’s that time of the month again with Call for Feminism 101 Links III, and a guest post – Feminism Friday: What can I do, right now today, to help stop sexual violence

Horseshit of the day: War on Men, Things Girls Do That Guys Hate

By tigtog on 2012-11-26 • ( 10 )

I wonder if either of these twerps found a pony after all that shoveling?

Media Circus: do union officials really face no penalties for embezzlement, or is the Opposition wasting everybody’s time edition

By tigtog on 2012-11-26 • ( 36 )

What has piqued your sociopolitical media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats.

9 accessibility icons in a 3x3 grid - hearing, sight, mobility, age, dyslexia etc

Quicklink: Stella Young on communication guidelines and disability

By tigtog on 2012-11-22 • ( 8 )

Let me make this quite clear. I do not identify as a person with a disability. I’m a disabled person. And I’ll be a monkey’s disabled uncle if I’m going to apologise for that.

Head-and-shoulders photo of Geena Davis, at a podium, at the Gender in the Media Symposium.

Quick Hit: Latest from the Geena Davis Institute

By Anna on 2012-11-20 • ( 4 )

The latest report from the Geena Davis Institute is the very detailed “Gender Roles & Occupations: A Look at Character Attributes and Job-Related Aspirations in Film and Television”. Most people are aware that women and girls are underrepresented as speaking characters in film and television, but you may still be shocked by how much.