Love it? Hate it? Meh? It’s a bit hard to totally ignore this week, just sayin’. (obviously, Spoilers Alert)
Sociology
Ahoy ye hoydens! on the good ship Menopause with Pirate Queen Roseanne
This is the illustration from her article, and the article is Even Better.
Light a candle: Transgender Day of Remembrance
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it ”
– George Santayana
Sunday Cinema Trailer: Pixar’s Brave
…the courageous Merida confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.
Ingroups bullying Outgroups: changing targets, consumerism and personal boundaries
In an age in which the traditional forms of ingroup hatred of outgroups (based on tribalism, race, nationality, religion, and so on) are no longer socially acceptable on a wide scale, are people seeking new outlets (albeit on a lower level) for the same old hatreds?
Friday Hoyden: Camila Vallejo
Camila Vallejo, despite being twenty-three, an age at which I thought being organised and active meant getting friends to come with me to a gig instead of going on my own, is the most prominent activist in the Chilean movement to force the government to enact free public education for all, right up to tertiary level.
Rape Culture Datapoint
Joe Paterno knowingly looked the other way when he could have gone to the police to get justice for raped children. Thousands of people are defending him.
Small (Environmental) Economies
I think that most of us here probably waste far more than we need to (I certainly do), but at the same time, most of us probably have our own little small personal economies to reduce waste, and it strikes me that sharing these with each other could be useful.
The expulsion of #occupywallstreet
…acting on Mayor Bloomberg’s instructions the NYPD waited until the city was asleep to expel the #occupy protestors from Zucotti Park.
Word
Feministe’s Caperton points out that a helpful chap’s effort to introduce women to a term he thought they might not have ever heard before could perhaps have been a bit better directed elsewhere.
Hoyden About Town 