Remember when something as outrageously racist as a minstrel show was considered funny? Mainstream funny, not white supremacist funny? No, me neither. That kind of cruelty was a long, long time ago. Or so we thought. Then this week a… Read More ›
Month: October 2009
Thursday Cheezburger: The 6th Virtue, Hope
We’re on to the penultimate of the Seven Virtues: Hope. Winner: Runners-up, again with school holiday bonus LOLs!
Femmostroppo Reader – October 8, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. But Plumber Chicks Are HAWT! – “How long till someone shows up to accuse me of… Read More ›
Open letter to Feministing – co-signed
An Open Letter to Feministing on ableism and disability issues. (And a general rec for Meloukhia’s blog, which is a powerhouse of feministy delight.) The Open Letter has been co-signed by many, including over at the Feministing Community [Headdesk warning… Read More ›
Nestle Aus manager calls critics irrational, biased
Complete with the infantilising headline we’ve come to expect from Fairfax media, Asher Moses has written up the ongoing #nestlefamily incident: “Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle’s spoilt milk” First, Nestlé hung its bloggers out to dry, leaving them… Read More ›
Why the stalling on abortion law reform?
The only thing more ridiculous than a law never upheld is a law suddenly applied to an individual case. It is estimated that at least one in three women in Australia will have an abortion in their lifetime. And yet… Read More ›
Quickhit: freebies, kickbacks and Disclosure by Bloggers
Interesting: FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments
That’s an $11,000 fine per non-disclosing post for those bloggers coming under the US FTC’s ambit.
School holiday blogging: Bees on lavender
Taken yesterday.
Imaginary what now? Terra nullius and the Scouting movement
After seeing the camping strips in Calvin & Hobbes, the Lad wanted me to look into local Cub Scouts. Y’all know I’m not too keen on the theist and heterosexist (and etc) aspects of Scouts, but I went to have… Read More ›
Long weekend + school holidays = light posting
It’s Labour Day Holiday Monday here in NSW. So what’s everybody else up to?
Hoyden About Town 