Location, location, location
So, as we know, I’ve been reading a tonne of books lately. (Not literally, I haven’t tried to weigh them …
Tag Archives: Australia
Winners & Losers winning and losing
There’s a new show on Channel 7, an Australian production, called Winners & Losers. It’s about high school friends were …
DUFC stops for no woman
And so I emerge from my stack of library books to announce… the thirty-third edition of the Down Under Feminists …
Linksplosion: End of year epic linkage edition
The blockquotes in this theme are a bit too close to the background colour, but alterations mean that the colour …
On the Christmas Island tragedy
Today, I am deeply embarrassed to be an Australian citizen. This is what this country’s immigration policies have done. I …
Congratulations, Larissa Behrendt
It is no secret on this blog that I am a huge fan of Professor Larissa Behrendt. (I almost passed …
Racial Identity Cannot be Determined by Casual Bystanders
[Sort of cross-posted at Feministe] There’s a story in today’s Sydney Morning Herald called Indigenous applicant not black enough for …
Exciting news!!!!!
I wanted to draw your attention to Don’t DIS My ABILITY. For those who don’t know, the Don’t DIS My …
Taking a sickie
It’s time for another examination of disability and the dominant Australian culture! Previously we’ve had Ableism and the Aussie Battler, …
Following up on the Sydney feminist blogger meet-up
Some folks who couldn’t make it requested that the picnic be blogged, so here we are! We had loads of …
Linksplosion!: And some for the road edition
Relevant to my interests, from Justine Larbalestier we have Curly Versus Straight: Most of the curly-haired women I know were taught …
Linksplosion: Cleaning out the reader edition
First up, if you’re not reading The Curvature, why on earth not? Cara writes The Importance of Consent in Everyday …
Book Review: Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne
A pretty non-spoilery review! Deadly, Unna? was Phillip Gwynne’s first novel, published in 1998. It’s the story of a small …
I’m the new coordinator for the Down Under Feminists Carnival!
I’m very pleased to announce that I am taking over administration of the Down Under Feminists Carnival from founder Lauredhel. …
Incremental progress sometimes frustrates me more than no progress
The NSW state government is opening up a relationship register for unmarried couples, including same sex couples (same sex marriage …
