NYT: the anti-contraceptive movement
There’s a growing trend amongst religious conservatives, not just Catholics, to inveigh against all forms of family-planning, not just abortion. It’s worthwhile for Australians to examine the rhetoric of the anti-choice contra-contraception crowd in the USA, because it’s their religiously motivated social conservatism which is more and more informing the reproductive rights debate here, as [...]
Full Story »Miss Peggy Lee – girl/woman/dame
Having joined iPodistan a few weeks ago, I’ve been contentedly ripping CDs and uploading the songs and rediscovering some old favourites that have been moldering down the bottom of the CD pile for a while (not one of those Virgos with everything in alphabetical order, me). One of those old favourites is a Peggy Lee [...]
Full Story »Friday Random Ten – boys’ week edition
Gypsy Kings – Zorba The GreekMoonshadow – Cat stevensSupermoves – OverseerSweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd SkynyrdThe Masochism Tango – Tom LehrerI was only 19 – Red GumWe’ve Got Tonight – Bob SegerKinghts in White Satin – Moody BluesWalk Like an Egyptian – The BanglesBungle in the Jungle – Jethro Tull Aretha’s out of favour this [...]
Full Story »Never been a big fan of scrotal sacs
although I’ve been fond of bits attached to them every now and then, and a certain pair certainly came in useful in providing the necessary outsourced material I needed to produce two children. Generall though, scrotums lack a certain aesthetic appeal, although they’ve never particularly disturbed or frightened me. But these ones look like they [...]
Full Story »USA: of course Viagra’s a medical necessity
… but we won’t cover that frivolous mammogram you neurotic women you. Words fail me. Related posts: Quicklink: “an abrogation of medical ethics, if not common decency” Parking Permit scheme collecting sensitive medical information – for no reason If women are “frazzled” they’re neurotic, says Tele’s Kevin Hepworth Followup: medical rape in Australia Graeme Reeves: [...]
Full Story »Fanfic: cheapens the original or value-adding?
There’s allegedly an upcoming film loosely based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses incorporating elements of the Jeff Gannon scandal – sqeeeee! The working title is Bulldog in the White House, hmmmmm. I found that out while researching LLD adaptations for the fanfic list later in this post. Why? Because there’s a terrific thread over at Making [...]
Full Story »Tennessee parents send kids to church camp to make them ex-gay
I happened today to read an old story (nearly a year ago!) about a brief scandal in Tennessee about fundamentalist reorientation camps for teens with same-sex attraction, to one of which a 16 year-old boy was allegedly sent against his will by his parents. The camps are called Refuge, and are run by a group [...]
Full Story »Enjoying the plight in Tasmania
No, not the plight of the miners – like everyone else, I anticipate their imminent rescue with a warm feeling in my gut, and really hope they’re out to cheer on their teammates on the footy field this Saturday. UPDATE: 9 May – They’re out! 10 May – what the papers are saying. Rescue workers [...]
Full Story »Outgeeked by kiloparsecs
A few days ago I commented on a thread at Other Andrew’s about the planned upcoming Star Trek Movie. We speculated on how it will cope with the pre-Enterprise years of Spock and Kirk. We are amateurs. Related posts: Racebending on Star Trek Into Darkness Thursday Internet Tradition: I am aware of all Internet traditions [...]
Full Story »Too busy reading
to post much. The Road to Surfdom has a brand new look and lots of good gen on the government’s mishandling of the Pvt. Kovco fatality, the slow response of Aussie RWDB bloggers to the call of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists aka Chickenhawks, and the nation’s reaction to the trapped miners in Tasmania. More at [...]
Full Story »The invisible friends have been busy
…finding fabulous stuff. Via oddprofessor through non-blog channels (they do still exist), some basic US political facts with a sense of humour : Speaking as an educator, this is very well done. The discrepancies noted here have telling points with regard to Australian political priorities as well. * * * Via Chris Clarke: The Internet [...]
Full Story »Australian legal abortion – a clarification?
This article from yesterday’s Age deserves to be reproduced in full. Abortion crime vote bidBy Jason Dowling, State PoliticsApril 30, 2006 LATE-TERM abortion could be removed from the Crimes Act and placed under the Health Act if the Bracks Government is re-elected. The Government is believed to be considering a conscience vote on abortion law [...]
Full Story »Kovco questions
Just a quick acknowlegement that my previous post on Anzac Day which referred to Pvt. Kovco’s death from a firearm discharge in a secure area strongly implied that Pvt. Kovco committed suicide, and with fuller information I now realise that this was an unwarranted jumping to a conclusion. If anyone who knew Pvt. Kovco read [...]
Full Story »Belated Friday Random 10 – First Ever iPod edition
So Mr Tog is the best spouse ever, and got me a video iPod for my anniversary gift. So far only have 129 songs on it, but ripping some Nick Cave as I write. Now I can join all the other bloggers copying Lauren of Feministe’s pop culture meme, although I fear I fall far [...]
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