“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it ”
– George Santayana
gendered roles
Sunday Cinema Trailer: Pixar’s Brave
…the courageous Merida confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.
Quickhit – bring on the female tradies!
What proportion of tradies would you guess are women?
Gender baby
Image description: a photograph of some stenciled graffiti art on a rendered brick wall. It shows two identical baby faces side by side…
Links of the day: gendered slurs as social signals
On the subject of gendered insults (in this case, the use of specific terms to signal acceptable behavior):
Do you see what I see?
The SMH is at it again.
It must have ridden up with wear
Outraged opposition MPs debated the merits of At Home With Julia in a party room meeting today, with Nationals MP John Forrest urging the return of tasteful comedy shows such as the 1970s series Are You Being Served?.
Quicklink: Gaga disappoints the dudes
News With Nipples shows us extracts from a few music industry dudes who found her dressing up as a man for an awards ceremony disturbingly unsexy…
Redux: The 21st Century Motherhood Movement – book review
I’m not going to go into spoilers, but I can say if you like bluemilk’s blog you will enjoy her writing which is simultaneously distilled essence of bluemilk expanded tenfold into a really fantastic chapter.
Adventures from the frontline: running my first anti-sexism workshop with young children
I ran my first anti-sexism workshop for children last week. They were a Montessori class of 5-6 year olds and I concentrated on questioning gender stereotypes, identifying sexism and a little bit of acceptance stuff of gender queer identities. I… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 