By Kim on September 2, 2009
The Crikey inspired revival of that hardy perennial – pace Jonathan Green – “where are teh wimminz?” – was discussed by Anna Winter in a post here at LP. It also sparked wide discussion all over the tubes. Notable is [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Culture, Ethics, Feminism, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web, Women | Tagged Blogging, blogosphere, Crikey, Feminism, gender, gender inequality, Jonathan Green, Lisa Gunders, memes of production, Politics, possum, The Poll Bludger, Women |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 25, 2009
The persistence, and now the widening, of the gap between men’s and women’s pay is one of the continuing scandals of Australian public life. Despite the fact that unequal pay for work of equal value has been illegal since the [...]
Posted in Activism, Feminism, Industrial Relations, Politics, Sociology, Women | Tagged equal pay, Eva Cox, Feminism, gender equity, gender gap, Industrial Relations, pay, Politics, remuneration, sociology of work, Women, workplace relations |
By Mark Bahnisch on June 2, 2009
I might have mentioned in passing here, and I know I’ve said on Facebook, that I’ve become interested lately in exploring some themes which don’t really seem to fit into the LP space, and also in a more personal form [...]
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By Kim on May 5, 2009
I’d been meaning to blog on this for such a long time. I sort of put it off, because… well, for all sorts of reasons. But I’ve been reminded of Aimee Mullins’ talk by the recent (and well deserved … [...]
Posted in Activism, Disasters, Ethics, Feminism, Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Technology, The Web, Women | Tagged Activism, Aimee Mullins, amputation, amputee, body, capabilities, design, Disability, disableism, Feminism, ideas, posthumanism, prosthetics, Technology, TED, Video, web, Webby awards, Women |
By Kim on May 5, 2009
Game changing. Displays the irrelevance of the GOP. Tea bag parties inspired by Fox News and all that crew coincide with a drop in partisan identification to 25% of the electorate. Etc. Certainly, the party swap of Pennsylvania Senator Arlen [...]
Posted in Feminism, Media, Politics, Polls, USA, Women | Tagged American politics, Arlen Specter, barack obama, Clarence Thomas, Democrats, Feminism, GOP, left, Pennsylvania, progressivism, Republicans, tea bag parties, USA, Women |
By Kim on March 24, 2009
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lovelace.jpg" align=left It’s Ada Lovelace Day – a day dedicated to blogging about women in science and technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Culture, Feminism, History, Science, Technology | Tagged cultural studies, Feminism, fiction, Isaac Asimov, representation, Robot novels, Science, science fiction, Susan Calvin, Technology, Women |
By Kim on November 18, 2008
A study, Assault On Our Future, [pdf] commissioned by the White Ribbon Foundation made a big splash on the news last night. The headline numbers were widely highlighted: One in three Australian boys thinks that it’s okay to hit girls; [...]
Posted in Culture, Feminism, Media, Relationships, Sociology, Women | Tagged Assault on Our Future, Culture, domestic violence, Feminism, gender, masculinities, non-violence, Relationships, sexual violence, socialisation, Sociology, violence against girls, violence against women, white ribbon foundation, white ribbon study |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 4, 2008
There’s been a lot of discussion sparked by the Productivity Commission report into Parental Leave about “middle class welfare”. Because the PC also made recommendations about the baby bonus, and therefore there have been predictable calls to share the dosh [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Government, Health, Howardia, Immigration, Industrial Relations, Parenting, Policy, Poverty, Women | Tagged baby bonus, Catholic social justice statement, Economics, Feminism, George Megalogenis, howard government, Industrial Relations, John Howard, Labor, LP, neoliberalism, paid parental leave, parental leave, parental leave report, pension, political economy, Poverty, productivity commission, robert menzies, Rudd government, social justice, social policy, Sociology, welfare policy, welfare system, workplace equity |
By Kim on October 3, 2008
Those freethinkers and mavericks and contrarians at the Opposition Organ are at it again. In the wake of the serve Christopher Pearson gave Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Saturday, his colleage Frank Devine piles on today. But with even less sense! [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged Christopher Pearson, constitutional law, Culture Wars, Feminism, Frank Devine, governor general, News Limited columnists, Quentin Bryce |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
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All politics is local, but power is global
By Kim on October 30, 2008
The Guardian’s Comment is Free website and Soundings magazine are organising a series of debates on the theme of After New Labour: Who owns the progressive future?. Some of the contributions are making it online. After excoriating the “Third Way” [...]
Posted in Activism, Feminism, International, Politics, Sociology | Tagged civil society, Comment is Free, Feminism, globalisation, international politics, left, New Labour, ngos, political sociology, power, social democracy, social movements, socialism, Sociology, Soundings, Third Way, Who owns the progressive future, Zygmunt Bauman | 21 Responses