Spotted at The West. I believe the ad content rotates, so here’s a screenshot. [description is below the cut] There are many examples of serendipitously humorous or offensive ad placements. Many are probably difficult (though not impossible) to avoid in… Read More ›
Month: March 2009
Femmostroppo Reader – March 31, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Rounding up on Sunday March 31, 2009 – excellent set of links Weekly Feminist Reader March 31, 2009 – Feministing’s reader is especially good this week Gates: postpone DADT repeal, continue… Read More ›
Brisbane Times FAIL: Forced child prostitution != lesbian sex romp.
The Brisbane Times ran this story today, bylined Amelia Bentley. Trigger warnings for sexual violence. I’ve taken the liberty of correcting some of the victim-blaming language. Pimp paid child prostitute in chicken nuggets
It’s Carnival Time! Downunderans, submit your posts – or what you’re reading.
The Eleventh Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of April, so get your posts in before midnight Thursday. This Eleventh edition will be hosted at WhyI’mbitter’s Weblog. The next… Read More ›
Ask Auntie Webwrangler
One topic that came up at yesterday’s Hoyden grogblogmeet was that for lots of people the Internet has become so confusing that they get flummoxed trying to find sites that they’re most interested in, and also that there’s so much around that they find it hard to keep track of things they’ve found before, or to organise their online life generally.
Femmostroppo Reader – March 30, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Not To Blame March 30, 2009 – Contractor KBR’s work in Iraq is so shoddy that it threatens soldiers’ lives, yet they argue that they are not to blame Texas wrapup:… Read More ›
Fluff TV Sunday – Fat politics on Desperate Housewives
[Spoilers for season 5 Desperate Housewives, through episode 18] There has been some absolutely abysmal fat politics on Desperate Housewives this season, mostly centring around Juanita Solis (Gabby’s daughter) – see Random Babble for more – and on Gabby’s crash… Read More ›
Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 29, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed BREACHING THE POLITICAL BINARY March 28, 2009 – brain food Friday Blogaround March 28, 2009 – more linky-links Bilerico goes dark: What happened? March 28, 2009 – another progressive political website… Read More ›
Last Minute Reminder for Sydney Hoydenizens: Autumn Drinkies this Sunday!
Don’t forget lunch and drinks this Sunday (March 29th) for Sydney Hoydenizens — we’ll be at The Warren View Hotel (2 Stanmore Rd, Enmore — the link contains a Whereis map) from 12noon onwards, in the beer garden. I’ll have… Read More ›
Otterday! And open thread.
Just spotted on Zooborns: these Asian small-clawed river otter twins, born at Seaworld San Diego. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want… Read More ›
