Which way is a studio to go when reaching for a Grimm retelling? Bubbly comedy with family dysfunction, or dark fantasy with evil mayhem?
Sociology
Sunday Singalong: Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway has been putting feminism in her songs since back when she was the lead singer in the Australian band, Do Re Mi in the 1980s. Remember lyrics like this in Man Overboard?
I love this father
Father and daughter in matching Wonder Woman-inspired outfits at WonderCon and both looking positively wonderful.
Girls speak: on Harry Potter, Radio National, and how to fix a sexist screwup
This rather highlighted in my mind exactly how rarely this happens in the media. Teenage girls as experts in their own experience?
Quick Hit – Grace Fallen
Quick Hit: Grace Fallen Photography
Because women’s equality has not always existed like grass and trees.. it had to be fought for
For the people who don’t believe sexism still exists this tumblr, A Thousand Reasons is great.. and here’s the story behind it.
Hashtag Of the Day: #ididnotreport (trigger warning #rapeculture #webelieveyou)
The headline basically says it all for the benefit of our HaT tweetbot; here’s the link to the #ididnotreport hashtag on Twitter if you want to read.
How to do a homophobic political ad
Bob Katter’s Australia Party are running a homophobic television advertisement to try and convince Queenslanders to vote for them instead of the alternative conservative political party, the Liberal National Party (LNP) in the forthcoming state election.
Sunday Singalong: Alanis Morisette
I’ll come right out and be honest and say that I’m not a huge Alanis Morisette fan but you know she did make one of the best angry, break-up songs ever and it feels good to have one of those written from the woman’s point of view.
Video for #IWD – Equal Pay Facts
Sam and Steve are equally qualified, talented and hardworking. But by the time they’re 50, Steve will have earned twice as much as Sam over his life. – http://www.equalpayfacts.com Sorry, haven’t located a transcript and don’t have the spoons right… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 