Rachel Funari
tattoo/piercing?
Can anyone recommend a good tattoo/piercing parlor in Canberra? Rachel
Makeover Nation
I went to a great lecture today by a visiting American academic named Brenda R. Weber. The title of the lecture was ‘Makeover Nation: Constructing the Neo-Liberal ‘American’ Citizen’ and was about how makeover shows help foster neoliberal ideology of homogenised, privileged citizenship. Such that if you are willing to change to adapt the look [...]
YWCa conference
Hey all, Just a plug for an event run by the YWCA, one of our favourite orgs: 2 Days to Change Your World Changin’ It, Lovin’ It Young Women living LIFE, CAREER, COMMUNITY Changin’ It, Lovin’ It is a two day national forum for young women hosted by YWCAs around Australia – www.ywca.org.au/young_womens_conference.php The conference [...]
response from andrew o’keefe
Back in August I complained about a photo in the Herald Sun of Andrew O’Keefe peering between a lady’s legs, particularly upset because he is the Chairman of White Ribbon Day. He has responded to the letter I wrote to him and I thought I’d post it. It’s always good to be fair!Here’s the letter: [...]
the things we say
It amuses me the things that people get upset about. I’m obviously queen of getting upset about the stupid things people say that are reported in the newspaper, but it amuses me when I find myself on the “wrong” side. For example, here I thought Pru Goward had for the first time in a couple [...]
Monster House
If anyone was considering taking their cousins/friend’s kiddies/children to see Monster House, I’d like to suggest that you don’t. This movie upset me so much that it made me cry and I had to lecture the two lovely little girls that I took to the movie with when it was over, trying to hammer it [...]
TINA
Hey all, Well, back from TINA and Newcastle. Being back at work is sooo depressing. TINA was great as usual. My panel for the Student and Emerging Media Festival went well, though was more a heated discussion on feminism than on grrl media. I think that was alright, though, as there were several different perspectives [...]
Jailing Pregnant Women Raises Health Risks
I’m subscribed to women’s e-news and a very disturbing commentary was sent to my inbox today. It’s appalling and irrational and misogynistic and… Anyway, read the article here:http://www.womensenews.org/archive_results.cfm/dyn/cat/2 “Jailing Pregnant Women Raises Health Risks” and let me know what you think! Rachel
parallel universes
This relates to my comment to Rachel L’s post below, about growing up with a specific crowd. I just finished reading Brigid Delaney’s Griffith Review article all about young women and hooking up and intimacy-less sex. I know intellectually that there is a part of youth culture that parties hard and abuses lots of substances [...]
Recent Comments