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 ›
Month: May 2009
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 ›
Police strip searching children
These two articles have dropped into my RSS reader in the past little while, and it’s a really disturbing combination. 1. Adults absent during child strip searches: Ombudsman [NSW Ombudsman] Bruce Barbour’s investigation found that between December 1, 2005, and… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 13, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. My Raging Narcissism: Now Including 51% of the Earth's Population! – Sady beats down another meme discounting women’s opinions and experiences…. Read More ›
Elite male athletes and homosocial bonding through sexual coercion of women
As raised on the Otterday open thread, this has been all over the TV, radio and papers today – the 4 Corners episode on ARL footy players and their attitudes of sexual entitlement. Especially the attitude that says if a girl agrees to sexual contact with one footballer, or maybe two, that it’s no big deal if suddenly several other players appear in the room to “take a turn”, with a larger crowd of the team’s entourage happily watching this suddenly changed situation. The news stories very carefully avoid any terms suggesting that any player committed a criminal sexual offence, as no charges have been laid, and certainly no convictions have ensued.
Shitlist: Rip Curl
So I had to cover a scrapbook for the Lad’s schoolwork. “No problem”, sez I. “I have to go to the Post Office anyway”, sez I. “I’ll just grab some while I’m there,” sez I. So I went to the… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 12, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. TAX SLUG!!!1! – different ways of viewing slugs Community Blog Round-up: Male feminists – some discussions from Feministing Monday Blogaround –… Read More ›