The back-slapping homosocial bonding continues. This time, it’s over a Palaeolithic sculpture. You heard right. This Aurignacian mammoth-ivory carving has been found in Germany by Nicholas Conard, and published in a letter to Nature. It’s thought to be the oldest… Read More ›
Day: 2009-05-14
Thursday Cheezburger: Arthur C Clarke edition
“Any sufficiently advanced technology…” Runner up:
SMH reporter Asher Moses calls woman “slutty groupy”: twitter explodes
Last night, SMH reporter Asher Moses was twittering about the Johns/rugby ‘gang bang’ business. Moses twitters under his own name, with “Technology Reporter, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age” in his bio. He wrote to the world: “So Matthew… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 14, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. The Trouble with Linda Hirshman's Critique of Jezebel – more on Hirshman and her tin ear regarding rape Undersupplied U.S soldiers… Read More ›
Fat acceptance and Oppression Olympics fail on The Gruen Transfer
Via the Sarahs at Saucy Sisters, some massive adfail on ABC show The Gruen Transfer. TGT was going to look at a “fat pride” advertisement that combines the Oppression Olympics and -ist-humour tropes tonight. The show, which played the Adults… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 