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29th Down Under Feminists Carnival, curated by bluebec

By Mary on 2010-10-05 • ( 1 )

The 29th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at bluebec’s place!

If you can’t defend yourself, you shouldn’t be allowed to speak

By Mary on 2010-09-27 • ( 7 )

James Massola’s outing of Grog’s Gamut‘s legal name and position in The Australian is an example of silencing of the less powerful: anyone who will not or cannot expose all of their words present and past, their name, their face, their body, their clothes, their family to mass scrutiny is being denied the ability to have political influence.

Firefox Bookmarklet to help with Down Under Feminists Carnival submissions

By Mary on 2010-09-26 • ( 10 )

I’ve developed a Firefox bookmarklet that pre-fills most of the submission fields for the Down Under Feminists Carnival. Submit today!

Quote of the Day: institutions vs amateur critics

By tigtog on 2010-09-14

What the internet means for the old-fashioned print critic is the end of institutional authority. That so many of these critics mistake institutional authority for critical authority says everything you need to know.

Blogiversary! and Gratuitous Benedict Cumberbatch blogging

By tigtog on 2010-09-10 • ( 16 )

This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for the last fortnight hoping for a stroke of brilliance to strike so that I could post something suitably amusing and symbolic of the last 5 years of blogging. Thanks so… Read More ›