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tigtog (aka Viv) is the founder of this blog. She lives in Sydney, Australia: husband, 2 kids, cat, house, garden, just enough wine-racks and (sigh) far too few bookshelves.

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On ya bike Notpology, Metapology has taken over Gutless Rhetoric Town

On ya bike Notpology, Metapology has taken over Gutless Rhetoric Town

By tigtog on June 18, 2013

wishes to express its unhappiness with the controversy

Posted in ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, social justice | Tagged anti-harassment policies, atheism, Deep Rifts™, freethought, really not helping, skepticism | 8 Responses

Not Even Trying To Figure Out If Someone Wants Your Attention Is What Makes You Creepy

Not Even Trying To Figure Out If Someone Wants Your Attention Is What Makes You Creepy

By tigtog on June 17, 2013

most people can tell by looking at a cat that it doesn’t want their attention; the only thing that makes it hard to figure out whether a woman want[s] to be talking to a man is literally not even trying to.

Posted in arts & entertainment, gender & feminism, language, Life | Tagged creepy, fiction | 9 Responses

Farewell to Pam's House Blend

Farewell to Pam’s House Blend

By tigtog on June 17, 2013

Pam Spaulding is ending Pam’s House Blend after 9 years of blogging.

Posted in Life, social justice | Tagged blogging | Leave a response

So how many times have you watched this video today?

So how many times have you watched this video today?

By tigtog on June 14, 2013

I could listen to people repeating these sentiments across all institutions day after day after day after day.

Message from the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison, AO, to the Australian Army following the announcement on Thursday, 13 June 2013 of civilian police and Defence investigations into allegations of unacceptable behaviour by Army members.

Posted in culture wars, ethics & philosophy, social justice | Tagged anti-harassment policies, leadership, military, sexual harassment | 6 Responses

Friday Hoyden: Fictional Female Protagonists

Friday Hoyden: Fictional Female Protagonists

By tigtog on June 14, 2013

In the wake of a bunch of recent posts, I’ve been thinking about women’s characterisation in fiction a lot. My next fiction purchase will be Grimspace by Ann Aguirre, and I’m sending an Open Call for guest Friday Hoyden post pitches featuring female protagonists, because I need recommendations for the gifts I’m going to give everybody this year.

Posted in arts & entertainment, gender & feminism | Tagged books & writing, hoydens, telly | 15 Responses

Quicklink: The Feminist Hivemind

Quicklink: The Feminist Hivemind

By tigtog on June 12, 2013

It’s a new blog! Full of secular women!

Posted in ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, social justice | Tagged Deep Rifts™, freedom of/from religion, freethought | 4 Responses

Media Circus: WTF Labor? edition

Media Circus: WTF Labor? edition

By tigtog on June 10, 2013

The heavy panting from the press gallery over the possibility of another Labor leadership spill has been quite repellent, but maybe it isn’t just a blip in the news-cycle. Maybe the gallery really is onto something.

Posted in parties and factions | Tagged elections, media circus | 31 Responses

Methinks 'tis time to update a 'net classic

Methinks ’tis time to update a ‘net classic

By tigtog on June 8, 2013

The world needs a social justice version of John Baez’ classic simple method for rating potentially revolutionary contributions to physics AKA The Crackpot Index, to rate our never-ending “feedback” from troglodytes of assorted stripes who are convinced that not only are we Doin It Rong but that we deserve to be threatened into silence for daring to have an opinion in the first place.

Posted in culture wars, fun & hobbies, language, Meta, social justice | Tagged crowdsourcing, cyberbullying, Deep Rifts™, silencing tactics, threats, ur doin it rong | 15 Responses

ObNewDoctor post: Place Your Bets

ObNewDoctor post: Place Your Bets

By tigtog on June 3, 2013

Because thehorrorthehorror of what some other people are speculating!

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged doctor-who, telly | 16 Responses

When men disagree with others it's a robust addition to free speech, when women disagree with men it's to silence them

When men disagree with others it’s a robust addition to free speech, when women disagree with men it’s to silence them

By tigtog on June 1, 2013

This time it’s women objecting to sexist content in the professional magazine for the Science Fiction Writers Of America who are causing Deep Rifts™.

Posted in arts & entertainment, ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, language, social justice | Tagged books & writing, Deep Rifts™, double standards, freedom of speech, sexism | 12 Responses

Congratulations to Norrie!

Congratulations to Norrie!

By tigtog on May 31, 2013

In a landmark decision with major implications for thousands of intersex, androgynous and neuter people across the country, the court on Friday upheld an appeal by Sydney activist ‘Norrie’ against a decision by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal that people must be officially registered as ‘M’ or ‘F’.

Posted in gender & feminism, social justice | Tagged gender binary, non-binary, ungendered | 5 Responses

Quote Of The Day: Consider A Birdcage

Quote Of The Day: Consider A Birdcage

By tigtog on May 31, 2013

If you look very closely at just one wire in the cage, you cannot see the other wires. If your conception of what is before you is determined by this myopic focus, you could look at that one wire, up and down the length of it, and be unable to see why a bird would not just fly around the wire any time it wanted to go somewhere.

Posted in culture wars, ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, social justice | Tagged anti-feminist, anti-harassment policies, Deep Rifts™, marginalisation, nuggets of awesome, oppression | 6 Responses

When nerdiverses collide

When nerdiverses collide

By tigtog on May 30, 2013

Cue your fansquee, SF telly geeks.

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies | Tagged doctor-who, fansquee, geekery, nerdery, SF, star trek, telly | 2 Responses

Sport, racial vilification, casually racist gaffes, calling out slurs and apologies

Sport, racial vilification, casually racist gaffes, calling out slurs and apologies

By tigtog on May 30, 2013

I haven’t been paying attention to all the details of who said what about Adam Goodes since the on-field incident last week, but I’m pleasantly surprised to see Eddie Maguire now offering proper acknowledgements of the effects of racial vilification and proper apologies for uttering a racial slur. It’s a start.

Posted in arts & entertainment, ethics & philosophy, indigenous, social justice | Tagged apology, race & racism, sport | 6 Responses

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