UQWC’s Reply to ‘Fabulous Feminism’ in Semper Floreat. Over at my university’s student magazine, it seems that people think feminism is about swinging those Chanel totes and denigrating women who don’t dress to be attractive to men. In the Women’s Collective, we beg to differ. Check out the wonderful reply the Collective put together!
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The 58th Down Under Feminists Carnival!
Reblogged from wom*news: Welcome, welcome, to the 74th annual Hunger Games! *Ahem* …to the 58th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival, hosted by Johanna, Emma and Madeline from the UQ Women’s Collective in our zine Wom*news’ blog. Without futher ado: Geek Grrrls Can Be Bitter at Can Be Bitter looks at The Monkey Island in a review about feminism … Continue reading »
Women of Antiquity: How much can we really know?
Greetings to all my readers! I’m back from my study trip to Italy, and will be resuming regular posting shortly. To start off, I thought I’d post a slightly condensed version of a presentation I gave at the archaeological site of Ostia. The question I was answering had to do with what we can tell … Continue reading »
Feminism, Philanthropy and Gina Rinehart (and other high-profile women)
The question brewing into a small cyclone in the feminist sphere at the moment is the question of whether Gina Rinehart is a feminist – prompted by Alecia Simmonds’ piece over at Daily Life. How can Rinehart possibly be a feminist, I hear everyone ask? She’s ‘obscenely’ rich, she’s mean, she hasn’t got a philanthropic … Continue reading »
The Ambition Gap
Recently I attended my sister’s high school graduation. As each of my sister’s classmates were walking up to get their certificates, the presenter told the audience what each of them wanted to become after finishing school. One of the things that struck me was the difference in career choices between the girls and the boys. … Continue reading »
Boxes and Boxes: why bother with orientation at all?
One of the things that often comes up in conversations about sexuality is that people don’t see why sexual orientation and identity has to be that big a deal in people’s lives. It’s an idea that frustrates me a bit, because most of the time that sort of comment will come from someone who actually … Continue reading »
Feminism Is For Men, Too.
I’ve been having some really interesting discussions with men lately, about sexism and feminism, and about re-defining men’s roles. So I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on men and feminism, and how everything ties together. As usual, I cannot speak for all women or even for all feminists. These are all just my … Continue reading »
Gender Stereotypes: a thing of the past?
Every now and then someone argues with me that gender stereotypes don’t exist anymore – that there’s no such thing as girls’ clothes and boys’ clothes, and that everyone can wear what they like, regardless of their gender. Yeah, right. These are just two photos I took of the children’s clothing section at my … Continue reading »
