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Sociology
Media Circus: #ISupportAdamGoodes edition
Feeling so much rage right now against the troglodytes showing their arses all over the internet and mass media this week.
What’s piqued your media interests lately?
Having some Dorothy Parker moments
Yes, I am ploughing my way through the Hugo 2014 nominated works, why do you ask?
The 86th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
At A Bee of a Certain Age, Deborah presents DUFC #86! Go have a read. The next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 August, 2015, and will be hosted by yours truly at Zero at the Bone. Submissions… Read More ›
Media Circus: Tracking Abbott’s Wreckage edition
Link of the day: as of 29 June 2015, 457 seperate referenced items of Abbott’s Wreckage –
What media story has caught your attention lately?
Rainbows everywhere
As I compose this post, the WordPress admin toolbar at the top of the page has a rainbow background. On social media, corporations have reworked their logos in rainbow hues. Over in the USA, rainbow flags are waving all over the place as same-sex couples rock up to courthouses and get married following SCOTUS ruling that state government bans on same-sex marriage violated constitutional guarantees granted by the 14th Amendment for all citizens to equal rights and protections under the law.
Media Circus: the “to no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay justice” edition
So this week marks a big round number anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. I’m expecting our Prime Minister will say something especially cringeworthy to mark the occasion.
What news items have caught your interest lately?
The 85th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
At her eponymous website, Ana Stevenson presents DUFC #85! Go have a read. The next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is planned for 5 July, 2015, and will be hosted by Deborah at A Bee of a Certain Age. Submissions… Read More ›
Vale Joan Kirner 1938-2015
Australia’s first female premier, 1990-92 in Victoria, has died aged 76.
The 84th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
At OnDusk, Siv presents DUFC #84! She writes: The following submissions cover writing on feminist issues from Australian and New Zealand bloggers, for the 84th edition of the Down Under Feminists’ Carnival. Thanks so much to Rebecca, Stephanie, Scarlett, Deborah and Mary… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 