Unbelievable. Summary of video: Man playing videogames, phone rings. He eventually answers it. Cut to Woman calling Man, nervously, to tell him she’s pregnant. Man says “oh, no, what are YOU going to do?” Woman says “I’m not sure what… Read More ›
Month: April 2008
Parliamentary Pinkification Panic: the Spanish “Zapettes”
The Spanish ministry has suddenly shot to gender equality, and you know what that means, don’t you, Hoydenizens? It’s fashion week at the Telegraph! The female Spanish and French ministers, individuality-free and named as appendages of the men in charge… Read More ›
BFP’s words
Read this. Read it, listen to it, hear it, believe it, act on it.
Lighter side: Cat and theremin
This is zooming around the traps, so you may have already seen it. If not, enjoy.
Hollaback Douchehound of the Week: “A Pub is a Sexualised Space”
This pompous arse wins Hollaback Australia Douchehound Commenter[1] of the Week. The prize? Nothing more or less than our eternal mocking and disdain. Posted here in full for your, erm, edification. This story does not fit into your mandate of… Read More ›
Saint Magnus would not approve: Churchie gay formal
[image cribbed from Pinknews] The Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and president of the school council of “Churchie”, the all-boys Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, is in the news. Churchie, where manly men are made under… Read More ›
Stolen Generations experiments: Australia’s Tuskegee?
[image source: Turing Foundation] News.com.au: Aboriginal children ‘injected with leprosy’ Allegations have arisen that Aboriginal children from the Stolen Generation may have been infected with leprosy or injected with experimental medication while institutionalised. The issue was raised during a Senate… Read More ›
Belated Blog for Solidarity: Congo Rape Epidemic
With everything else I had happening last weekend, I missed this blogswarm. I have nothing to add to Melissa’s wonderful post anyway: Blog in Solidarity: Congo Rape Epidemic I know it’s horrible. I know it’s the last fucking thing in… Read More ›
Sexual harassment ‘jokes’: still not funny. Hayden Panettiere on Funny or Die
From “Funny or Die“, via Oh No They Didn’t, via whooz_queen: Hayden Panettiere (star of Heroes) drops the ball attempting to satirise sexual harassment in this faux-PSA: Transcript: [Panettiere is standing in a plain dark dress facing the camera, hands… Read More ›
New Governor-General: feminist Quentin Bryce
[image source] Our new Governor-General, Quentin Bryce; lawyer, academic, and activist for women and for human rights. How awesome is that? On blog quietness: tigtog’s dealing with her family stuff, I’ve got a nassssty bug. Do please feel free to… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 