TRIGGER WARNING (violence against children).
This is not madness – it’s a sense of entitlement.
Sociology
Happy IWD!
I don’t have anything special planned except for paying a little more attention specifically to what other women are writing right now. Feel free to share links to anything you find especially relevant today.
DUFC time!
The latest Down Under Feminists Carnival is up – 34th edition at Spilt Milk.
Happy Sydney Mardi Gras!
I love how the exactly the same objections from some sectors come out every single year.
Seminaring
I am spending most of this week in a room like this, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is spend *more* time on the ‘puter. Which makes posting tricksie.
So, in no particular order:
US High Schools refusing to allow student atheist groups
The level of bigotry against atheists in the USA frequently appals me; this article by Greta Christina lays out one of the less obvious ways it is expressed.
What if boys cared about gender equality?
(Thanks to Emily Maguire for the link to this video from Sydney Boys High School on their Gender Equality Project). Cross-posted at blue milk.
Slam Poetry for Feminism
Via Clementine Ford on FB, two great slam poetry performances from a few years ago.
What’s currently on high rotation in Madison, Wisconsin
In case you hadn’t heard, as well as the current uprisings around the Middle East against corrupt governments, right now there are thousands of people out demonstrating (in February, in Wisconsin!) against the Governor’s attack on unions – this is what they keep on playing:
Sexist joke bingo
In collaboration with Hoydenizens and others, a bingo card for arguments in defence of sexist jokes, specifically, the variants on “but it was FUNNY”.
Hoyden About Town 