The weather is clearing here in Sydney, just in time for the marches against Conroy’s ham-fisted plan to cripple internet access for ordinary Australians. There are marches organised for all capital cities, the earliest will be Brisbane’s starting at 11am… Read More ›
social change
Telstra not playing with Conroy’s Web filter
I’m sick of everybody calling it an internet filter when it’s only a Web filter for a start, so my own little blow for public understanding that the Web is not all of the internet starts here. A filter that… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Katarina, aka The Shrew
Orlando has just returned to Sydney after a time living in the UK, and this article is the response promised to this earlier Friday Hoyden. What Can a Feminist do with a Shrew? Shrew: ‘a woman given to railing or… Read More ›
Whoydensday: DOC bingo
I know, late again. It’s still Wednesday some places on the planet – leave me alone! After the pleasant discussion we had here last week on the possibility (firming to probability) of Paterson Joseph being the eleventh actor to pilot… Read More ›
Things annoying me today.
Mindy, For Battler, parent and feminist 1. I’d like to think we’d gone beyond this, but obviously not. 2. Greg Bird’s lawyer, Gavin Orr, is claiming that he has done nothing wrong and that the Cronulla Sharks have no reason… Read More ›
Etymology 101
I’ll stop arguing with anti-feminists and other provocateurs who claim that the latest act labelled “misogynist” isn’t really that, because, you know, whoever did it doesn’t actually HATE women when they stop calling rich people “philanthropists” for giving money away,… Read More ›
Politicians still failing to grok technology
SMH: Laptops in schools will be antisocial The State Government will give 197,000 senior public high school students a mini laptop next year. It will have wireless but no access to Facebook and MySpace. The Minister for Education, Verity Firth,… Read More ›
Due process?
Film studios to become ‘police, judge, executioner’: Australia’s third largest ISP is being sued by several film studios and the Seven Network for enabling copyright infringement by failing to prevent its users from downloading pirated movies and TV shows. iiNet,… Read More ›
CFK Childcare collapsing: How many women will lose jobs?
Another for-profit childcare corporation, CFK Childcare Centres Limited, has joined Eddy Groves’ ABC Learning in collapse. CFK has (had?) 43 childcare centres across New South Wales. 4000 children and 500 staff join the 1200 staff and 120 000 children whose… Read More ›
Backpedalling and finger pointing while spinning like a top
It’s finally sunk in, apparently, that the long-claimed link between having an abortion and breast cancer simply doesn’t stand up to rigorous scrutiny. Forced-birthers are backing away from the claim that there is a direct link BUT don’t cheer too… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 