perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2008
I originally had a long post here responding to Rodney Croome’s attacks on me and his attempts at justifying his evangelism of relationship registries where they’re not wanted.
In light of some things that have come to light since, I’m not going to prolong this argument.
I’ll merely say this. Rodney Croome, you are a jerk, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2008
Okay, considering what I say about myself on this blog, I’m sure it’s pretty easy for people who know me in real life and stumble across this blog to put two and two together. I know that the address of this blog has been floating around local queer lists on a couple of occasions, so […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2008
I know there’s a few folk on LiveJournal who read this blog, so I thought I’d point out that this blog is now apparently syndicated on LiveJournal, courtesy of commenter Alyx.
Thanks to Alyx for setting this up.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2008
People who read this blog might have noticed that I’d become a bit worried over the last couple of months about where exactly the Stanhope government was going with the Civil Partnerships Bill - specifically, whether it was ever going to be taken to the floor of the Legislative Assembly. I was relieved last week […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2008
I find myself having a strange dilemma these days.
I’ve never really passed for straight, or at least not until recently. From the time I was old enough for people to make assumptions about my sexuality, people have thought I was queer. In my early teens, that meant most people assumed I was gay. In my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
This morning’s headline story in the Canberra Times concerned the announcement by ACT Attorney-General Corbell of reforms aimed at encouraging the use of jury trials over a judge sitting alone in the Supreme Court and discouraging venue shopping. It’s not a bad idea, and would help to fix some of the ways in which the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
We have now lost two of the most brilliant fucking voices of women of colour in the blogosphere in the space of two weeks. First, it was Brownfemipower. Now, it’s Blackamazon.
I can’t say I blame her. She’s had to put up with far more shit than anyone should have to for getting up and expressing […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
Sometimes, you have experiences which virtually hit you over your head with your own privilege.
I misgendered another trans woman at work yesterday, and I came within a couple of seconds of putting her in a very embarrassing position because of my own assumptions.
To explain what happened without actually explaining what my job is, a large […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
I’m no fan of Amanda Marcotte’s, and after her behaviour in response to concerns about her appropriation of brown voices, I would have said very little could surprise me in respect to digging herself deeper.
But this is unbelievable.
Each chapter in Marcotte’s new book, “It’s a Jungle Out There”, begins with a blatantly and obviously racist […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2008
I just got a call with some interesting news.
Chief Minister Stanhope has just come out swinging in support of the Civil Partnerships Bill, launching a vocal attack on Kevin Rudd during a speech to a lawyers group. It’s been a bit drowned out by the publicity surrounding the torch relay (I imagine on purpose), but […]