perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2008
I was reading threads at Bilerico yesterday, and read to my surprise of the support of The Butchies - a band I’ve always really liked - for Michfest’s trans exclusion policy. It’s almost ancient history now, as it was seven years ago, and they’ve broken up in the intervening years, but their public statement at […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
I’ve been around a few activist campaigns since I moved here few years ago, but I’ve been a bit too mired in my own mess to be able to take a really active role most of the time. I did pour myself into the anti-voluntary student unionism campaign in 2005, before its heartbreaking eleventh-hour failure […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2008
The campaign to take abortion out of the Crimes Act in Victoria is reaching a crucial point, with the state Law Reform Commission’s report into decriminalisation being handed down tomorrow. This one is going to be the most important reproductive rights battle Australia’s had in years, so please help out if you can.
I just got […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008
We’re having another rally in support of the Civil Partnerships Bill on March 29 outside the Legislative Assembly at 1pm. This rally is our response to federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland’s threats to override the bill should it become law, which I’ve previously blogged about. It’s about getting up and saying to the ACT government that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008
I’d been wondering for a while why this post on two dodgy cops who outed a transwoman to her violent partner was so popular among people getting here from Google. It seems that I’ve found - in the spree of concern trolling and personal abuse that’s poured into that thread in the last couple of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
While browsing a few blogs to put off writing my essay, I stumbled across an old post from Amaranta, professing to be about finding a middle ground between cultural feminists and transwomen. The entire post, however, drips with cissexual privilege and ignorance about transpeople, our lives and our experiences. It proves that even dating a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
I generally take a pretty open stance towards comments on my blog - I welcome a diversity of opinion, and will generally allow most stuff to be posted.
However, I will draw the line at some things, as I’ve had to do with this post. I’ll even argue with the concern trolls, but I will not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2008
…I shall just point people in the direction of the genius that is Natalia Antonova:
On Germaine Greer:
As I go about my days, fiddling with fairy tales, hunting for a good pair of platform sandals, drinking bad instant coffee, and dealing with my homicidal rage at Ben from “Lost,” I often pause and wonder - “Would […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2008
I just got interviewed about the Civil Partnerships Bill for the next edition of Lesbians on the Loose. *dances*
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2008
I’m becoming increasingly convinced that our means of appointing judges -whereby the say-so of a state Attorney-General is enough to put someone on a Supreme Court - is just not good enough. In the last day, I’ve come across two cases of men being appointed to high judicial office who shouldn’t be getting anywhere near […]