I’ve already finished it. Joan Slonczewski I discovered through Charles Stross, when she guest-blogged there, and her The Highest Frontier was my …
October 6, 2011 – 5:31 pm
Occupy the World
Published on Sunday, October 2, 2011 by NYC General Assembly Declaration of the Occupation of New York City by NYC …
September 24, 2011 – 11:49 am
Reading: Liao Yiwu – God is Red
It was only in July this year, Liao Yiwu paid himself into the hands of smugglers on the border of …
February 12, 2011 – 3:44 am
the sound of the people gives me hope
There has not been enough of this in my lifetime. It’s almost 4am, I should be going to sleep but …
September 12, 2010 – 1:23 am
(Some) Stuff I Read This Week
For some reason I decided to start using Twitter again — I suspect iPhone — and without any clear purpose …
May 11, 2010 – 12:54 pm
bechdel’s law
A couple of days ago I was reading Thus Spake Zuska, one of the many science blogs I consume most …
May 1, 2010 – 3:37 am
I am a Muslim
Coming to Berlin caused my attention to drift to a small part of my life I know little about, and …
June 1, 2009 – 6:02 pm
Reading: Zhao Ziyang – Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
zhao ziyang – prisoner of the state
July 7, 2008 – 11:41 pm
Juedisches Museum Berlin
I went to the Juedische Museum Berlin today. juedisches museum berlin – 1 juedisches museum berlin – 2 juedisches museum …
June 27, 2008 – 8:07 pm
Global Voices Summit – Budapest
Some of my favourite and also most inspiring bloggers, writers, wonderful computer and internet people are all in Budapest for …
June 6, 2008 – 10:46 am
Reading: Harriet Evans – The Subject of Gender: Daughters and Mothers in Urban China
harriet evans – the subject of gender
June 5, 2008 – 10:02 pm
Reading: Julian Burnside – Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice
julian burnside – watching brief
May 14, 2008 – 12:24 pm
Reading: Liao Yiwu – The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
Normally I say nothing about the books I’m reading, I have a superstition that to do so would cause me …
February 12, 2008 – 6:51 pm
sorry
“Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their …
January 23, 2008 – 7:00 am
Blog for Choice day
Today marks thirty-five years since Roe vs. Wade. A number of my favourite blogs including Feministing and (en)gender posted on …
November 18, 2007 – 12:10 pm
november 20
This Tuesday is International Day of Transgender Remembrance. I should be dwelling on Happy Things today but it’s been a …
December 10, 2006 – 1:32 pm
stuff i read and even bookmarked in the last week
Bookmarked, that is, so I could blah on loudly here about it, in lieu of dragging myself through the warm …
October 26, 2006 – 10:43 pm
i shit on ya – sheik taj aldin
Someone recently said about a United States school kid who got hauled up by the FBI for sedition over a …
October 13, 2006 – 9:32 am
shooting them like rats, dogs
A truly disgusting start to yesterday was reading about climbers in Tibet on Cho Oyu watching the Chinese Army massacre …
October 3, 2006 – 10:41 pm
we are no longer human
I really, really urge you all to read this article that appeared in Rolling Stone, The Unending Torture of Omar …
September 29, 2006 – 6:50 pm
torture is evil unless we’re doing it
It was a unique moment today, killing time between rehearsals and reading the latest issue of Dance Australia while dozing …
August 21, 2006 – 9:14 pm
I know that I AM
Today was emotionally really shitty, the kind of day I want to finish by getting wasted, all teen-punk angst. Lucky …
June 26, 2006 – 12:02 pm
korean law ruling allows change of sex
During the weeks I ventured west into the mountains, Korea’s Supreme Court was debating whether to permit male-to-female transsexuals to …
June 18, 2006 – 3:24 pm
the turmoil ended with his death
During 岭南启示录 Apocalypse PRD, China didn’t celebrate forty years since the start of the Cultural Revolution, and for various reasons …
May 30, 2006 – 2:23 pm
transsexual law in korea and japan
A couple of articles on the current legal and cultural positions of transsexuals in Japan and Korea broadly illustrates a …
December 11, 2005 – 7:57 pm
a quarter of a billion – an addendum
I had some doubts this morning about posting the previous entry. And more doubts since reading R.J. Rummell’s blog more …
December 10, 2005 – 12:17 pm
a quarter of a billion
I’m taking a bit of a break from blogging, the return to Australia has left me with a disembodied sense …