Which Swan is your kind of swan? The traditional(ish)? image from danceviewtimes.com The Funny Girl schvann? (wot, not one shot on the intarwebs of her suspended in midair?)
Year: 2007
Denounce the ancestors
In the States, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is being smeared because of the religious beliefs of his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, both polygamous Mormons in the fashion of their time, well before the Mormon Church and the State of Utah… Read More ›
You’d flinch too
if Christopher Walken did all his scenes with you after eating three cloves of garlic every morning. This is how Walken manages to make his fellow actors so tense around him that on screen he appears to exude palpable menace,… Read More ›
Linky-link
Sex, Sexuality, Sexual/Gender Stereotypes: Cristy’s post at LP on the American Psychological Association’s report on the emotional harm caused by immersion in a culture of sexualised representations of girls. (also at her own blog) Anna’s post at LP on another… Read More ›
Blogging, blaming and outing or alerting
Hello, visiting Blamers! (and thanks for the emails) So, it appears I am the only person who’s worked out Switchbutt Dorktor‘s identity, or at least the only person who’s owned up to it. Short summary for non-Blamers: Anonymous doctor posts… Read More ›
Gazumped, dangnabbit
Helen got around to mocking Conservapedia first.
Consensual sex contracts vs. consexual creed
There’s a lot of discussion in the feminist blogs about this T-shirt: This is timely, as currently most of the search engine hits bringing visitors to this blog are people googling on “consensual sex contracts“. But they’re not leaving comments…. Read More ›
Sexism always sucks, even when dissing the Coultergeist
There’s always some low-level antagonism towards Ann Coulter going on amongst the socially progressive bloggers, and fair enough too. The woman is a hateful bigot who deliberately stirs up anger and fear towards anyone not fitting into her conservative WASPangelical… Read More ›
Just more politics, not a “clash of civilisations”
The Guardian: a global survey released on Monday showed that most people believe the current clash between Islamists and the West is primarily political rather than genuinely based on religious and cultural differences. (NB: update appended – debunking the talking-point… Read More ›
Election issues: transport edges out water shortages in wake of QM2
To the surprise of no-one who commutes into the Sydney CBD these days, Sydney’s transport system got tired and emotional and went to take a Bex and a lie down last night just as all the fireworks-trippers were trying to… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 