It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.
Just so y’all know, I’m like, due to have a baby this week. So if I vanish for, let’s say, 5 days or more you can probably safely assume the imminent explosion has arrived.
Maybe even Asher could tell you all. Since he’s supposed to make some kind of blog announcement if I die, [...]
It’s Australia Day today. Otherwise know as Invasion Day. Otherwise (and more recently) known as Aboriginal Sovereignty Day.
So while all the white fullahs run around handing out medals and having barbies, a small minority of people in Australia get together to hold an alternative celebration.
Not a celebration of the day that Captain Cook [...]
Today’s Neo-Nazis Have No Respect For Tradition
Oh how I love the Onion!
My favourite line:
You can’t just call yourself the Master Race—you have to act like it, and hold yourself to a higher standard than those you despise and wish to exterminate. Have you seen the way these kids dress? Their idea of a “uniform” is [...]
Warning: this is a looooong post
An acquaintance of mine was once overheard bemoaning activist women having children because it took them out of the movement. His argument was that there are so few efficient organisers around that it’s a shame when one of them gets ‘taken away’ to have children.
This has to be [...]
While still playing around with StumbleUpon I came across Underground Film. There’s heaps of cool stuff there but in particular I just loved Kiwi! by Dony Permedi. Doni isn’t from Aotearoa but managed to capture the essence of ‘kiwi ingenuity’ just beautifully.
I recommend you watch this (not on a dial up though!). And [...]
This is an article originally published in Muse, a feminist zine/mag from Wellington. It’s got some interesting bits about the perception of crafts. Which is going to remind me to do a post about the origins of the word any day now… In the meantime, enjoy, and get stitching!
Getting Hooked: The Craft [...]
The Stitched Up Festival in Wangarratta (VIC, Australia) are making an attempt to break the world record for the longest knitted scarf. Looks pretty groovy so far. The plan at the end is to break it up into blankets for charity so that’s groovy.
So if you can knit and have lots of leftover [...]
Anyone else check out the gorgeous sky porn last night? My beloved and I were driving out of the supermarket carpark and we were like “holy shit! that is so wow!”.
Some clever people thought it was a plane crashing. Sigh.
Last night for viewing the McNaught Comet tonight so hope for clear skies.
And it [...]
Little known fact: I originally set up this blog because I wanted to get into the habit of writing so I might just maybe start writing better.
Little did I know that I was about to fill a void in the NZ blogosphere by writing about political issues from a Green perspective. Which, at [...]
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
