“Hip Parade” collectible women’s pelvises. Really. A whole series of sexified plastic dolls, severed at the waist and thighs. Buh? [via Sociological Images and Tomopop]
Month: June 2008
Playground accessibility for parents with disabilities
I’m lucky. I live in a place where there are playgrounds everywhere. There are two within a very short walk from our place, and probably half a dozen or more within five minutes’ drive, including a very large and pleasant… Read More ›
Managing expectations
I’m finding the desperate spin of the Opposition Organ Op-Ed Orchestra rather amusing at the moment. Spot the difference: If Kevin07 fails to bring peace to Zimbabwe, cut world petrol prices and give all working families a pony, then he… Read More ›
The Last Box
We moved in November. I unpacked The Last Box yesterday. And it contained exactly what The Last Box always contains: clothes that don’t fit, an irretrievably stained jumper, that outfit I had been looking for everywhere, useless hair ties (I… Read More ›
You feminists just want to tell women to do what you want, instead of letting them CHOOSE (and we all know girls just naturally prefer the girly stuff)
Crossposted from Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog – please comment there (link now fixed!) * * * Bumped from the Open Suggestion thread: the various issues surrounding how choices can be constrained by socialised expectations and myths regarding gender essentialism:… Read More ›
As so often occurs, I find out about something neat when it’s nearly over
NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Arrgh, only a little over a week left! National Comment Leaving Month: an initiative of Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, a blog I normally wouldn’t have found because of… Read More ›
Chez Tog in transit: pedantry in motion
The quick run on a rainy morning to get T2 to the station. (as we exit the house) T1: I’m really very annoyed with that farmer in West Australia. T2: Why? T1: I will never again be able with a… Read More ›
Janeite’s delight: Northanger Abbey (bonus Whoverse content)
Tonight’s Jane Austen on ABC stars Carey Mulligan, AKA Sally Sparrow, in the role of Isabella Thorpe. There is no TARDIS interaction to be expected though, simply those dimples being roguish. Lucy Tartan will be having her weekly discussion of… Read More ›
Sorry about that, Chief
but I’m really not that sure about casting Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 in the new Get Smart movie. Steve Carell is a genius choice for Maxwell Smart, but can she match him as 99? I quite liked her in… Read More ›
Otterday!
As always, LOLcaps are welcome. This sea otter was photographed on Vancouver Island. Source.
Hoyden About Town 