by Mindy, For Battler, and feminist. The ABC news website has details of a new survey up showing that there is still a lot of work to be done to educate boys about girls. A new report has found that… Read More ›
social change
Quote of the Day: Dame Vivienne Westwood, anti-feminist
From an interview in The Guardian, where Westwood is asked about her elder son’s career in pornography: What does she make of his career choice? “It’s such a cliche, that pin-up styling,” she says. “I think it’s boring because of… Read More ›
Zuska sees through it
A molecular biologist at the University of California is gambling with his employment by refusing to attend a state-mandated (not just a university requirement) two hour training course on sexual harassment, wanting the university “to sign a disclaimer that says… Read More ›
Reclaim The Night, 30 October (and thereabouts)
I was just reading the comments on this Shakesville thread, “Feminism 101“, when a press release for Reclaim the Night, from the Cross Campus Womyns Network in Melbourne, dropped into my inbox. The Shakes thread opens: The Right To Go… Read More ›
The most potent weapon in the PC arsenal
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Disgust Disgust, originally uploaded by Spencer Batchelder. Yep, that’s the nastiest munition we have here at… Read More ›
Angst in the papers
This morning’s editorial in The Age is muted with respect to the two laws passed regarding reproductive choice in Victoria last week, opining that the abortion decriminalisation legislation goes too far with its explicit negation of a conscience clause, and… Read More ›
Women on the front line
Guest Hoyden Mindy also blogs for ecelectic group blog For Battle! This issue is back in the news again, with the announcement that the DSTO is looking at the combat roles available in the army, previously denied to women on… Read More ›
Quicklinks: Maternity and Parental Leave
The Rudd Government is mooting some changes. Others have blogged: Bite the bullet from blue milk by blue milk Quoting Eva Cox: Of course, there are gaps: too many workers still miss out, six months would have been better and… Read More ›
Book Giveaway: The Great Feminist Denial
I can’t deny, the timing on this has been a little awkward. We had a monster thread nearly two weeks ago about an op-ed written by one of the co-authors of this book, Monica Dux, where the general sense was… Read More ›
TARP Watch
TARP = Troubled Asset Relief Program i.e. the Bush administration’s proposed bailout legislation for corporations that have overextended and overexposed themselves to dodgy derivative financial instruments. Some perspectives exercising opinionators in particular are the no-strings attached nature (the corporations being… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 