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Month: July 2009
15th Down Under Feminists Carnival – submit your posts now!
The Fifteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival is upon us, and I’m hosting it at Hoyden About Town. The deadline for post submissions is the end of the 2nd of August, so you only have a couple of days. ** Submit… Read More ›
So, Sprog the Younger now has dental braces
and most of her diet will have to change – she’s been rather a fan of all those chewy foods that are now totally contraindicated. What have other parents of the be-braced found is good? She can’t live just on… Read More ›
Testing
Some weirdnesses are happening, just testing whether I can post. ETA: OK, I can post.
Femmostroppo Reader – July 29, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Disclaimer/SotBO: a link here is not necessarily an endorsement of all opinions of the post author(s) either in the particular… Read More ›
*Sings “I am by no-oo means a sexist…” *
If you’re an avid Antifeminist Bingo player, check out this mp3 by nixwilliams, “I Respect Women“, in which the words of a concern troll are set to music. [Note: they’re not nixwilliams’ words! Read the included link for more context.]… Read More ›
Kyle and Jackie O re-traumatise a child rape victim on air. (with audio and transcript)
Kyle Sandilands, you’re not just a prat, you’re an abusive douchebag. I have a feeling Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O are going to be getting accolades on the “sensitive” way in which they handled this segment. Kyle and Jackie run… Read More ›
Random Googling observation
whoa, there really are a lot of pics of Gerard Butler in his Spartan togs out on the web.
What? You try googling images for “alien butler” and see if you can avoid pics of men in leather speedos.
What now? Why do I need an alien butler, you ask? Ah. *taps nose*
I Have A Very Good Reason. OK? But I don’t want this alien butler:
Quickhit: “Plan to strip blankets from Alice homeless”
At the ABC: Proposed Alice Springs by-laws would allow rangers to take homeless people’s blankets away from them, an Alice Springs alderman says. The council last night voted unanimously to put a raft of controversial by-laws out for public consultation…. Read More ›
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