race & racism

Grrrr.

A fine rant from Amanda: Subsidized day care is murder – inspired by yet more US “pro-life” legislation against contraception that will result in increased abortion rates, the exact opposite of the fewer abortions they say they want. the notion… Read More ›

Linkalectable #1: Radfem Carnival, prison in Uganda, the medico-rehabilitatio-industrial complex, the Australian Budget, and women go to bat against foreign multinationals in the Philippines

Linkalectable. 1. The First Carnival of Radical Feminists at Women’s Space. Heart grounds current-day radical feminism in the history of the movement, recalls the many achievements of radical feminism, and smacks down the dismissive dysperception that radfems are immersed in… Read More ›

Thursday soapblogging

I’ve been making some soap. It’s like magic, cold process soapmaking. Take one jug of super-concentrated lye solution, about the most corrosive, dangerous chemical ordinary people can buy, though in some areas it’s becoming scarce as part of the War… Read More ›

The Card’nal Pell eau d’ordure

From an opinion piece that I missed back in February, by Sydney’s Cardinal George Pell titled Scaremongers: “Global warming doomsdayers” are all wrong because, amongst other things, “January also was unusually cool.” Meanwhile, from people who took actual measurements (emphasis… Read More ›

A parenting wake-up call

It’s always been my philosophy to provide both my kids with a comprehensive sexual health and safety education to supplement the already good school program in NSW. My parents did that for me, and it made me confident about demanding… Read More ›