BTW: “invasion”
I put up a post on LP about it yesterday. The discussion is mostly better than I feared.
QOTD: Louis CK on his HBO nudity
When I hired Pam, I didn’t tell her she was going to be doing anything like that. It wasn’t supposed to be that kind of show. So I said, “You know what, I’ll do it.”
Inexplicably Awesome: MacArthur Park
Love affair, schmove affair Jimmy Webb: wtf is going on with these lyrics?
Today in petty irritations
I choose my radio station in the car for its mix of mostly music and very few ads. Which is why it was most irritating, in the short space of listening time involved in the train station run, to hear today’s host…
Pink vs the paparazzi: photostalkers and children’s privacy
So when you see our middle fingers up in all of our pictures, now you know the motivation. It’s all we can do to stop images of a newborn baby from being printed without our consent. Can you imagine a world where they would blur out our middle finger to protect a “consumer” over blurring out an innocent child to protect their integrity and privacy?
WTF OTD: stillbirths in USA lead to murder charges against the pregnant women
Lately in (some of) the USA: Stillbirth while a drug addict? Stillbirth following a suicide attempt? Well, you’re a murdering bitch.
Thinking about children
Why is some people choosing not to have children so confronting for other people?
Signal boost: hosts needed for Down Under Feminists’ Carnival
Down Under Feminists’ Carnival hosts are needed from November this year onwards. Give back to the Down Under feminist blogging community by hosting DUFC.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s Perth Zoo otter comes via grahameb on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
To the woman unconvinced
OK sure, believe that some women need to take responsibility for preventing their own rapes if you want to but keep four things in mind.
Stick with this one, there’s a surprise
More information here. Related posts: Surprise, surprise – Lindsay Foyle reports threats from Tony Abbott too Thursday Cheezburger – Surprise! A conflict of interest in Campaign McCain, you say? Quelle surprise! Feminist analysis relegated to the Entertainment section (surprise!) By the time you get to the byline, one detail will not surprise you
Pottermore!
J K Rowling has announced on YouTube more details about her plans for the Pottermore website – “a unique online reading experience”
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