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• Congratulations to Norrie!

  By tigtog on 2013-05-31 • ( 5 )

  

  In a landmark decision with major implications for thousands of intersex, androgynous and neuter people across the country, the court on Friday upheld an appeal by Sydney activist ‘Norrie’ against a decision by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal that people must be officially registered as ‘M’ or ‘F’.

• Quote Of The Day: Consider A Birdcage

  By tigtog on 2013-05-31 • ( 6 )

  

  If you look very closely at just one wire in the cage, you cannot see the other wires. If your conception of what is before you is determined by this myopic focus, you could look at that one wire, up and down the length of it, and be unable to see why a bird would not just fly around the wire any time it wanted to go somewhere.

• When nerdiverses collide

  By tigtog on 2013-05-30 • ( 2 )

  

  Cue your fansquee, SF telly geeks.

• Sport, racial vilification, casually racist gaffes, calling out slurs and apologies

  By tigtog on 2013-05-30 • ( 6 )

  

  I haven’t been paying attention to all the details of who said what about Adam Goodes since the on-field incident last week, but I’m pleasantly surprised to see Eddie Maguire now offering proper acknowledgements of the effects of racial vilification and proper apologies for uttering a racial slur. It’s a start.

• More silencing tactics aimed at Anita Sarkeesian and Tropes vs Women in Video Games

  By tigtog on 2013-05-29 • ( 5 )

  

  A short while ago Anita Sarkeesian published another video to her Feminist Frequency YouTube channel. Within an hour it was taken down by YouTube because it had been flagged as containing objectionable content. Feminist Frequency appealed the takedown, and it was quickly restored. Good on YouTube for restoring the video so quickly, but why doesn’t YouTube have a better mechanism for immunising known target accounts against vexatious complaints?

• A poke with the clue stick

  By Mindy on 2013-05-27 • ( 2 )

  

  This video by Ken Tanaka has gone viral. With good reason.

• Our best sign yet that we are doing something right.

  By Anna on 2013-05-27 • ( 7 )

  

  Content note: child rape.
  Didion at Feminéma, who has just become my new favourite person, has written a response to comments made by Roman Polanski at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where he continues to be welcome.

• Quick Hit: Three reasons why a vagina is not like a laptop

  By Mindy on 2013-05-27 • ( 5 )

  

  If you have ever wanted to describe to someone the difference between vaginas and laptops this article is for you.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2013-05-25 • ( 14 )

  

  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?

• Friday Hoyden: Miranda Hart

  By tigtog on 2013-05-24 • ( 13 )

  

  As promised earlier this week, here’s a  Miranda appreciation thread. http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ACBwQz4xYTo?rel=0 MGEITF – Miranda: A Masterclass Miranda Hart, the award winning star of Miranda, is joined by co-star Sarah Hadland and BBC Head of In-House Comedy Mark Freeland to give… Read More ›

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