Yes, we’ve heard it before. Why is there a Minister for Women and not a Minister for Men? Why is there an International Women’s Day but not an International Men’s Day? Why do we need the Orange Prize and the… Read More ›
social change
Parking Permit scheme collecting sensitive medical information – for no reason
It is a violation of Australian privacy law to collect private medical information, which is specifically designated “sensitive information”, without a damn good reason. Is anyone making a noise about this?
Feminists are not your enemy
As an economist and a feminist I can’t tell you irritating I find articles like this one from Lucy Kippist in The Punch, “Screw equal pay; what do women really want?” Academics and feminists who continue to prioritise the closing… Read More ›
Is the Genie out of the bottle?
Have we reached a tipping point in Australian politics? Will the protests end with a change of government?
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.
Quick Hit – on Ethics classes.
An 11 year old put FN in his place.
Mothers working, not the end of the world
Conducted by researchers at University College London, it surveyed 19,000 British households to determine how parental employment affects a child’s behaviour throughout the first five years of life.
The results will startle those who think that children benefit from having a stay-at-home mum. In fact, the paper indicates that maternal employment can often improve the chances of having well-adjusted kids.
Quick Hit – fear and loathing in Australian politics
One woman’s experience of entering the political arena.
Australia’s Honour killings – In the end, they’re just as dead
James Ramage was released from prison last Friday, after only eight years following his conviction for strangling and bashing his wife, Julie, to death in their house and burying her in a shallow grave. The details of the case reveal… Read More ›
BTW: “invasion”
I put up a post on LP about it yesterday. The discussion is mostly better than I feared.
Hoyden About Town 