Spot Big Tobacco’s Contradiction
“Plain packaging is not a proven policy,” she said. “There’s no credible evidence that this policy will stop people smoking, that it will stop kids, young people, taking up cigarette smoking.
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Sydney, Australia feminist blogger meet-up on 29 August!
Announcing a meet-up for feminist blog folk in the Sydney region. You don’t need to write a blog yourself or be a regular commenter or anything, it’s just an invitation to come and hang out with some like-minded folk for a couple of hours.
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Thursday Cheezburger: Odd One Out
One of these things is not like the other ones…
Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.
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Peeve: it’s RAISES/RAISING the question, dangnabbit
Unless one has made some detailed study of the field of rhetoric, and the use and misuse of logical fallacies therein, one is almost certainly not using the phrase “begs/begging the question” correctly. Yes, world – UR DOIN IT RONG.
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Is motherhood really that hard?
Jacinta Tynan is asking. Before I unpack this article, I just want to say that I’m very happy that Jacinta is enjoying being a Mum. That is fantastic. However, she is only one woman and her experiences do not reflect those of every woman. Sometimes motherhood really is that hard. I think there may be a [...]
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Femmostroppo Reader – August 4, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments
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Tony Abbott Makes Rape Joke, MSM frames it as “sexist gaffe”. Guest Post by Napalmnacey
On a day that the Coalition was devoting to winning the women’s vote, Mr Abbott questioned whether when Julia Gillard says no, she really means it.
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Transcript: Laurie Oakes interviews Tony Abbott, human weather vane
The interview took place on Channel 9 on Sunday morning (August 1st). Oakes showed Abbott up as the lightweight he is, and (surprise!)the interview has hardly made a blip in the MSM, so I’m signal-boosting.
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Marry, Shag or Cliff: Villains who can DANCE edition
Since it’s aaaages since we’ve done this, remember the rules: you have to choose one of each of the three below to match each fate. No skipping any.
And because their dancing is so integral to their villainous appeal, yes, there will be videos after the cut.
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Accessibility statement = waffle that should be kept out of the Senate, says Abbott
The parliamentary secretary for disability, Bill Shorten, said Mr Abbott’s comment was ”an insult to the millions of Australians living with impairment … who have campaigned for decades to improve access to cinemas”.
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Dear Australian News Media: enough with the soap opera
Our Prime Minister announces the protection of the Malabar headlands in Sydney as a National Park, World Heritage listing of Australian historical sites, and the introduction of MySuper from 2013 – and all you can ask about is Liberal talking points regarding Downer, Rudd and leaks? Shame on you.
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