In her discussion on the NYT article I blogged earlier, Jill of Feministe says: An interesting thing about growing up and living in the United States for your entire life, as I have, is that you really do believe all… Read More ›
Year: 2006
ALP going forward with decriminalisation platform
As I blogged about last week: if the ALP wins the Victorian election, Victoria will join Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT in decriminalising abortion entirely by removing abortion from the Crimes Act, placing all regulation of this particular surgical… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
USA: of course Viagra’s a medical necessity
… but we won’t cover that frivolous mammogram you neurotic women you. Words fail me.
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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:… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 