Greens MLC Dr Mehreen Faruqi, is campaigning for the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW. Learn more about the campaign at the Decriminalise Abortion page on Faruqi’s website.
Sociology
The 89th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one.
Brickbat: GetUp!’s “Can’t See?” alt text
Today’s brickbat has been thoroughly earned by clicktivist campaign group GetUp! with their latest email campaign. The information about the campaign was conveyed as a series of images of text. The alt tags to the images were as follows: “The Plan” “Can’t see?” “Try turning on images”
Talk like a pirate day Friday Hoyden: Sayyida al Hurra
It be that time o’ the year once more when we don our arrghs and polish up our mateys for tomorrow’s Talk Like a Pirate Day (19th September). It’s a great time to remind ourselves that women could be just… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: The Matildas
The Matildas, the Australian women’s football team are currently on strike for a better pay deal. The wage gap between male and female players is staggering.
How To Deny Men’s Sexism
Inspired by a conversation elsewhere… Image description: A rectangle roughly the shape of a book cover, with a sepia background. It is covered with red and black text in the style of the text of the cover of Joanna Russ’s… Read More ›
Abbott-Watch #libspill, get your popcorn
A thread to share anything especially entertaining or infuriating regarding tonight’s Liberal party leadership ballot.
The 88th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
At The Conversationalist, Ju presents DUFC #88! Go have a read. The next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 October, 2015, and will be hosted by Rebecca at Opinions @ bluebec.com. Submissions to rebecca [dot] dominguez [at] gmail… Read More ›
Letters to Tiptree: what does it mean to “write like a man”?
In Letters to Tiptree, forty writers, editors, critics, and fans address questions of gender, of sexuality, of the impossibility and joy of knowing someone only through their fiction and biography. They reminisce about the impact of Tiptree’s work, about teaching her stories, and about what it means that a woman can write “like a man”.
Media Circus: The Mysteries of Brewing edition
So this week most of the mass media is purporting to believe that it is possible to produce alchohol from brewers yeast extract.
What’s piqued your media interests lately?
Hoyden About Town 