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• Podcast: “Decommodifying Feminism” Panel at #FWF16

  By tigtog on 2016-08-30 • ( 0 )

  

  I spent last Friday meeting many wonderful women before and after this Feminist Writers Festival panel discussion. Our chair @bluemilk had prepared some great starting points, the audience was engaging and asked some really interesting questions, so the hour just flew by.

• Media Circus: Parliament Resumes Edition

  By tigtog on 2016-08-30 • ( 8 )

  

  The 45th Federal Parliament of Australia should be interesting. As in ancient curse/benison “interesting”.

  But as the Canberra politicians put on their solemnest faces today, the world keeps turning: what news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• BFTP: Funding Humanities Research

  By Anna on 2016-08-25 • ( 2 )

  

  Once again our government, which should be in the business of supporting and promoting the work of our universities and high-end intellectual workers, has chosen to launch an attack on the very concept of employing people to do research in… Read More ›

• So that’s why I haven’t been writing much lately

  By tigtog on 2016-08-18 • ( 7 )

  

  I haven’t been letting myself feel bad-tempered enough about all the world’s bullshit.

• The Wrong Conversation? No, Doctors Don’t Need to Mention Weight Loss More

  By Anna on 2016-08-17 • ( 10 )

  

  An article has appeared in today’s Conversation suggesting that doctors need training to feel confident in bringing up their patients’ “excess weight”, so they can broach the topic more, including with patients who have come to see them for something… Read More ›

• FFS @thedailybeast: How About Thinking Things Through? #grindrstunt

  By tigtog on 2016-08-12 • ( 0 )

  

  [Content Note: homophobia, homophobic oppression, trivialisation of homophobia]
  “The Daily Beast Just Violated Queer Athletes, Gay Space, and Journalistic Standards in One Fell Swoop”

• Quote OTD: Humour is a social act that forms a social function

  By tigtog on 2016-08-11 • ( 1 )

  

  “Jokes about socially unacceptable things aren’t just “jokes.” They [normalise] that unacceptable thing, [telling] the people who agree with you that, yes, this is an okay thing to talk about.”

• The 99th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2016-08-10 • ( 0 )

  

  All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one.

• So today I learnt a new acronym

  By tigtog on 2016-08-01 • ( 4 )

  

  PRATT: Point Refuted A Thousand Times.

  PRATT sums up nearly everything about certain people and ideologies, on and off the internet, that most annoys me.

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