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• Friday Hoyden: Rosie Hackett

  By Anna on 2013-09-13 • ( 3 )

  

  This month, Dublin City Council voted to name the new bridge over the river Liffey ‘Rosie Hackett Bridge’. This was in response to a huge campaign from Dubliners, mostly women, who felt Rosie was due a decent and long-lasting public memorial. All of the 16 previously existing bridges in the city are named after men. Rosie Hackett was a pioneering trade unionist who co-founded the Irish Women Workers’ Union (IWWU) in 1911.

• Media Circus: Oops 1003 Mislaid Votes in Indi Edition

  By tigtog on 2013-09-11 • ( 26 )

  

  Well, whodathunkit?

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• On using online petitions to harangue Hollywood

  By tigtog on 2013-09-09 • ( 7 )

  

  I had a lot more sympathy for the petition against the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in the upcoming Batty vs Supes movie than I do for the new petition against the casting announcement for the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie. Perhaps only because the petition against Affleck’s casting was better written, which makes me a snob, I know.

• The 64th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2013-09-07

  

  All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!

• Election Day 2013! #ausvotes #votebelowtheline

  By tigtog on 2013-09-07 • ( 26 )

  

  A dedicated thread for election day commentary.

• Otterday! And Open Thread. [Election-Free]

  By lauredhel on 2013-09-07 • ( 20 )

  

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Federal election minus 1 day: last minute Coalition announcements special!

  By Mary on 2013-09-06 • ( 7 )

  

  Info on certain last minute Coalition announcements: the now-rescinded opt-out Internet filter and the very much not-rescinded proposal to investigate “increasingly ridiculous research grants” by the Australian Research Council

• Federal Election minus 3 days: state surveillance and anti-terror policies

  By Mary on 2013-09-04 • ( 6 )

  

  Round 2 of officially caring about party policy: today we go a bit more niche: state surveillance, anti-terror provisions and similar, specifically whether anti-terror is used as an excuse to infringe on civil liberties and political organising.

• Something Not-Election For Pity’s Sake

  By tigtog on 2013-09-04 • ( 9 )

  

  Oh please I really need some escapist distractions. Here’s something for you, what have you got for me?

• Don’t mistake losing *an argument* with losing your *right to argue*

  By tigtog on 2013-09-03 • ( 20 )

  

  We see it too often online, and more than we’d like to offline too: this idea that “I’m entitled to my opinion” means something more than merely being entitled to express an opinion one holds – that somehow all opinions are equally entitled to respect from other people, or that all opinions are equally entitled to be treated seriously.

  Patrick’s post lays out why this frequently whimpered whine is nonsense.

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