February 2012
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“Strangely, the information age seems to have made grasping the truth of things...”
– We need to talk about Kevin
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“Proponents seem to be of the view that once a woman has allowed a man to...”
– Quicklink: “an abrogation of medical ethics, if not common decency”
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“Well-known Melbourne chef Simon Humble has been forced to swap the kitchen for...”
– Risotto king Simon Humble jailed over child-sex offences
Or, as I would have written it, “Well-known Melbourne chef Simon Humble has been convicted of child sex offences, and only has himself to blame for his impending jail term of seven years.”
“Forced to”? Oh please.
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“Hint: It is better to be more inclusive through and through than to segregate...”
– Against TED – The New Inquiry
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“The simple lesson which PR managers must learn is this: out there in the real...”
– Hashtag hate for Westpac and Qantas | Technology Spectator
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Parenting thoughts
So my son is almost 7 months old, and I’m starting to feel that desperate compulsion of the absent parent to not let him out of my sight - my arms - my touch - for every waking moment we could spend together. Dreading the advent of Monday morning not just because of the corporate work it brings, but the beautiful boy it takes away from me.
Yet part of me still simultaneously longs for...
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More about Caitlin Flanagan & "Girl Land" →
A wonderful harpy, annajcook, at The Pursuit Of Harpyness, live-blogged an interview. It’s worth reading - those quotes are just mindblowing. Overall, Flanagan oozes the kind of paternalistic concern for girls which is nothing more than misogyny and fear - of the world, of boys’ sexualities, of girls’ sexualities, and of the terrifying concept that there could be anything in...
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“What goes unspoken is that straight childhood is actually a thing, just an...”
– Sexuality, queerness, and children’s knowledge about themselves « Zero at the Bone
One of those things where I say “now that I’m a parent …” but, really, this is something I’ve been conscious of since babysitting and having to explain to an 8 year why I said that...
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“But could you imagine working with two email systems today, one to communicate...”
– 8 Reasons Your Social Initiative Will Fail | Fast Company
I compare having a social media strategy to having an email strategy. It makes sense early in the technology’s life, but as social becomes more and more embedded, having a standalone strategy for it becomes more counter-productive....
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“Feminism is useless if it’s only interesting to the women who are on Newsnight,...”
– Three faces of feminism: Louise Mensch, Laurie Penny, and Jodie Marsh « Libertarian Lou’s Blog
(via @rachelhills)
“The media environment that Luther had shown himself so adept at managing had...”
– Social media in the 16th Century: How Luther went viral | The Economist
“For instance, while bread had been used since the 17th century to clean the...”
– How the Phrase ‘The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’ Originated - Art Molella - Health - The Atlantic
Give me James Beard’s oatmeal bread any day. In fact, I think I’ll go cook some now.
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Danah Boyd's talk at RMIT - Privacy in Networked...
My notes from danah boyd’s talk at RMIT University in Melbourne, 09/02/2012 - “Privacy in Networked Publics”
Now, these are my personal notes. Note-taking habits like FB meaning Facebook are pretty easy to decode, but there may be other things you have questions about - in which case, please ask me.
Three asterisks mean that point is particularly relevant to me and my studies....
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Apparently girls are too delicate for the Internet
I just read yesterday about this book “Girl Land” by Caitlin Flanagan, which apparently says that parents should turn off their daughters’ Internet access, for their own good. I haven’t read the book yet - and believe me, I will read it as soon as I can - but in the meantime, and with the caveat that these quotes may have been misquoted or decontextualised (though it sure...
19 Things That School Children Are Being Arrested... →
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lost-and-searching-in-america:
19 Things That School Children Are Being Arrested For In America
#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.
#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was recently arrested by police for burping in class.
#3 Another student down in...
Comic book artist finds breastfeeding offensive,... →
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Dave Dorman is an artist whose work has been featured in Heavy Metal, the European adult comics magazine which frequently features erotic art and comics.
Here are samples of some of his covers:
Here’s the image he’s objecting to:
His excuse seems to be that he was under the...
“One of the key messages in breast cancer campaigns is around the fight. The...”
– Cancer Sucks, Pink is Profitable, and Cures are Magically Blameless — PhD in Parenting
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“But rather, aside from those few free-floating months after college when...”
– Isn’t A Baby Supposed To Cramp Your Style?
What a brilliant article. I have discovered exactly what she’s talking about, and let me tell you, it’s immensely freeing, and the self-discovery has been wonderful. And yeah, I’m not in any great rush to Leave The Baby At Home So I...
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“Both men and women can have both a family and a high-powered work life, and...”
– Self-reflection and “The Feminine Mistake” « blue milk
More on this later …