Last week a casual anecdote in a conference speech by Jen McCreight started a whole lot of balls rolling.
sexism
LNP staffer quits after anti-feminist rant in email
He sent an email to a Queensland feminist about the superiority of men, telling her to “get a life” and calling her a “sourpuss” for writing an opinion piece about the need for more women in parliament. Some media advisor, eh?
Girls speak: on Harry Potter, Radio National, and how to fix a sexist screwup
This rather highlighted in my mind exactly how rarely this happens in the media. Teenage girls as experts in their own experience?
2012 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review: Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
An extra review for the 2012 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge – Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
Thought of the day: when does bigotry occur?
If we use the intentions and feelings of privileged people to determine when bigotry occurs, you will find that no one is bigoted by that definition.
2012 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review: Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung
Jo Tamar’s fourth review for the 2012 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge – Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung.
2012 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review: We of the Never Never by Mrs Aeneas Gunn
Jo Tamar’s third review for the 2012 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge – We of the Never Never by Mrs Aeneas Gunn.
Yes, you are awful too
Kate Harding: if your solution to sexist abuse on the internet is, “Just don’t let anyone know your gender, or see a picture of you, or ever mention where you live”, you are so fucking awful, I can’t even.
Quickhit: “Womanspace”
After years of apparently expecting his professor wife to work second shift, and suddenly finding that domestic work is not as easy as he thought: Cretaceous manchild virologist cracks “men hunt, women gather” shopping joke as if it’s novel and hilarious…
Quick Hit – fear and loathing in Australian politics
One woman’s experience of entering the political arena.
Hoyden About Town 