[This week’s runner-up.]
Year: 2008
Highlights from the Hierarchy for WYD
Shorter Cardinal Pell: If you agree to a candlelight dinner then you’re just asking for it, aren’t you? How could sex later be rape? [link] Shorter Cardinal Pell: It’s totally OK to tell a clerical abuse complainant that they’re the… Read More ›
“I looked into the blacks of his eyes”? Big Brother 10
I’m not planning to blog as much Big Brother 10 from the USA as much as I do the Australian and UK versions, I swear. For a start, the USAn version is populated much more by fifth-rate Hollywood wannabes. In… Read More ›
Child rape victims are just cranky, says Bishop
My jaw just hit the floor. Around the Catholic “World Youth Day” week in Sydney roils much discussion of Church-sanctioned child rape and sexual abuse. Bishop Anthony Fisher is rather pissed off that some people aren’t concentrating on the things… Read More ›
Women’s bodies – pwned public space
So this post by cowardly asshat voyeur Nicu Buculei[1], a 35 year old man from Romania, was on Planet Fedora the other day, and was up for a while before being pulled down. I’m not going to reproduce the image… Read More ›
Spoiler thread: DWS4 finale
Just to contain any spillover from today’s Whoydensday post, which will remain spoiler-free. *Begin Spoiler Space* *Don’t click if you are avoiding spoilers for Season 4 and especially the finale* *Torchwood S2 too*
Whoydensday: Aware of all Internet Traditions
Simply because it’s been a whole month of all-encompassing internet traditions now (here’s a short explanation), and I’m angling to be featured on the blog. Although I carefully made it very non-revelatory – (obviously something is happening to Donna, but… Read More ›
Whedon’s “Dr Horrible” fizzles for international audience
I was a little excited when Tama Leaver mentioned the other day that Joss Whedon’s new project, a musical miniseries called “Dr Horrible’s Singalong Blog“, was going to be a free internet-only premiere. “An experiment in models of distribution and… Read More ›
Ben had a Bad Day: Schadenfreude and the Big Brother Australia “Big Sting” farce
So who caught Big Brother: The Big Sting last night? The show that went to air could have been edited to half the size, but it was still comedy gold for anyone keen on a bit of Ben-and-Rory schadenfreude. For… Read More ›
The difference between satire and “satire” in political humour
I’d like to compare and contrast two political images, both of which inspired comment wank. The first is from the Western Suburbs Weekly [1]. The second is a Bush macro from Pundit Kitchen [2]. The Bush macro is is classic… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 