by phoenix | Aug 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Last week, at least a few of my students essentially argued that they didn’t believe there was any such thing as a universal human right. “Human rights are culturally contingent,” said one.The question I think I want to ask today is about who, in...
by phoenix | Aug 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ross Gittins is a great writer who I relied on extensively in high school to explain complex economics. His latest article in the SMH is on a fascinating book by Gregory Clark, a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. The book, A Farewell To...
by phoenix | Aug 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Via various people: Crazy US right-wing moral majority try to redefine abortion to include any contraception that prevents a fertilised ovum from implanting in the uterine wall. Agh, please don’t let this go through. Come on Obama, get yourself elected and save...
by phoenix | Aug 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
How and to what extent can women’s interests be advanced through human rights theory and activism? This is a question near and dear to me. I have been involved with Amnesty International for many, many years, writing letters from a young age, volunteering during my...
by phoenix | Aug 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
I start tutoring for Sheila Jeffreys today in International Gender Politics at Melbourne University. I thought it might be an interesting exercise to blog my thoughts on the lectures and some notes towards my ideas that I’ll explore in the tutes. If nothing...
