How do you make a movie about a girl popular?

You make it all about a man, of course!
I heard a day or two ago that The Lovely Bones had been turned into a movie.
Last night, I saw a trailer for the movie.
Now, my memory of the book is something like the one in this review – that is, that while Susie’s father’s obsession with [...]

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19th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival!

The Nineteenth Down Under Feminists’ Carnival is now up over at The Professional Lap Cat.
Some good reading. Thanks, mynxii!

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2009 Weblog Awards – Nominations now open

Nominations are open for the 2009 Weblog Awards. They close 20 November 2009. A direct link to the nominations page is here.
I haven’t thought too much about the categories in the Weblog Awards before – I’ve always become aware of them after nominations have closed, so I’ve really only thought about the voting stage.
But something [...]

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Why caring is a feminist issue

It’s Carers Week this week – it started yesterday – and as I’ve mentioned a few times, I’m hosting the Carers’ Week-themed DUFC early next month.
I’m not going to have the time to do a blog post on caring every day this week, but I thought it was important to write a post about why [...]

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Reminder: 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival (with Caring theme)

Just a reminder that I’m hosting the 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival here in early November. (It’s meant to be up by 5 November, but due to work commitments, it may be a few days late. My apologies in advance.)
Importantly: there is a theme! (Thus the early reminder.)
It’s Carers’ Week in Australia from October 18 [...]

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Carers’ Week and the Down Under Feminists’ Carnival

The 17th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival is up at Ideologically Impure, with a wonderful structure.
I’m due to host the next Down Under Feminists’ Carnival in November. (It’s meant to be up by 5 November, but due to work commitments, it may be a few days late. My apologies in advance.)
Submissions here by 2 November – [...]

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If women can do it, women should be permitted to do it

Wow! Another person in authority espousing another radical* notion! That’s two this week!
As per the following extract from an article in The Australian:
Mr Combet, a former ACTU national secretary, told parliament yesterday the Defence Science and Technology Organisation would develop a new set of physical employment standards for the army that would accurately measure a [...]

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“Why are maternal death rates remaining stubbornly high?”

Carolyn Hardy, chief executive of UNICEF Australia, in the SMH today:
Some half a million women die in childbirth each year around the world. The deaths are almost entirely contained to poor nations. It is estimated up to 80 per cent of these death are preventable.
Why are we failing? Why are maternal death rates remaining stubbornly [...]

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