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Travelling Blamer
That’s some great blaming by my friend baroquestar and her trusty digital camera. Check it out here.
Why so offended? It’s not like I said any bad words!
When people on the right complain about political correctness, I’m reminded how happy I am about the trade we’ve made over the last few decades – it’s more acceptable to use naughty sexual expressions, and less acceptable to use bigoted terms for women and minorities. Which is great, because it’s more fun and better for society to talk about sex (and to cuss) than it is to say bigoted things about women and minorities.
Lights, Action – Cue SFX
I don’t know quite how my son managed this, taken a few hours ago (because he’s very keen on lolcats and wants to submit photos of our cat to I Can Has Cheezburger? for glory’s sake). Originally uploaded by the… Read More ›
I’m baaaaack!
And most remiss in not thanking the delicious Guest Hoyden’s for helping Lauredhel keep the blog ticking over in my absence until after I’d made two posts today. Thank you, thank you bluemilk, Helen on the Cast Iron Balcony, sajbrfem… Read More ›
Feminist read’ems: men harassing WOC online, iconic blondes, and party-pollie numbers games
Feminist read ’ems! ~~ “A Disincentive to the Female Voice Online” Jenn talks about men who cyberharass bloggers who are women of colour. Her experiences are harrowing and revolting, but she vows to survive: When I participated in a popular… Read More ›
Friday Fun: Which feminist icon are you?
Well, I try and kick arse, but I don’t really think I kick an Angela Davis level of arse. (Updated to Add: see, although Crikey! has just described Hoyden About Town as “dispens[ing] its femmobolsho views loudly, proudly and with… Read More ›
Solstice rose
Happy winter solstice, all!
Subscribing to discussion threads
I’ve just tweaked the subscription service a little. I was finding it wearing dealing with the few folks who decided that they’d rather reply to the comment notification emails than comment on the blog, so I’ve created a new address… Read More ›
Feminist ethics and digital communities
A discussion in another blog reminded me that I hadn’t yet got around to HTMLifying my exploration of feminist ethics in digital communities. I’ve put it up here. I’m particularly interested to hear responses to these questions: In a blog… Read More ›