by Carl Howard | Nov 24, 2015 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
Last year, the Sydney siege prompted many to demonise people with mental illness and to claim that the perpetrator couldn’t have been a true Muslim (see my post about it for more). With the recent attacks in Europe (and it’s all about Europe), this is recurring on a...
by Carl Howard | Nov 16, 2015 | Ethics, History, Race
Instead of a direct answer, a parable. Conversation the first: Alice: Australia has a gender wage gap of 17.9%. This is caused by sexism! Bob: [Pats Alice on head] Au contraire my naive friend! Actually, there are some excellent reasons for the wage gap that are the...
by Carl Howard | Nov 3, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment
In a village north of the Longgang Zhen (the town) in Yangxin county. The hand-painted white text on the wall (below the pig-breeder’s ad) apparently threatens village women who’ve exceeded the two-child limit with tubal ligation. [CN: Reproductive coercion, crimes...
by Carl Howard | Oct 27, 2015 | Feminism and LGBT, Sex
An article from The Age was crying out for a look: How online porn is warping the behaviour of boys with girls. Porn is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, there is conservative moral panic about things that aren’t really a problem (see an old post about the “Center...
by Carl Howard | Oct 13, 2015 | Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
The Abbott government introduced a new page in Australian tax assessments that provides a breakdown of where your taxes go. I’m not sure whose idea it was but I really like the concept. It might be one of the only positive achievements of Abbott’s 726 days in office....
by Carl Howard | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog Topics
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