Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Superemosogynisticexpialadocious. If You Make a Film of It, It's Really Quite Atrocious! April 27, 2009 – Quote: “This woman is a plot device who exists specifically and entirely… Read More ›
Year: 2009
Double Carnival Reminder: Blogging Against Disablism Day, and DUFC First Birthday
Blogging Against Disablism Day is May 1st – everyone is welcome and all topics are go! To participate, you need to go to the Blogging Against Disablism Day page at Diary of a Goldfish and register your interest. Then write… Read More ›
Sunday Hoyden: Vale Bea Arthur
I only just caught her fabulous turn as Vera Charles a couple of days ago in the movie Mame! and thought to myself “what a great hoyden”, and today I heard the news that she has died, aged 86.
Femmostroppo Reader – April 26, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Why Use a Teaspoon When You've Got a Tablespoon? April 26, 2009 – an anonymous donor is donating millions of dollars to US colleges headed by women Truth Crusaders? Really? April… Read More ›
Soap!
I trimmed and labelled some soap today. Strawberry Kiwi. Lovely fresh fragrance, lovely fresh colours. Lavender Vanilla – do you like the flying-seagull shape the swirl in the top soap formed? I used the Brambleberry Black Amber Lavender fragrance oil… Read More ›
Remembering Anzac Day: stark lessons squandered and myths reinforced
I have little to add to these quoted comments below from Paul Norton’s Anzac Day post at LP, which focuses on the militaristic myth side of Anzac Day. As usual, there are some illiterates objecting to the use of the word “myth” as if the word means “untrue in its entirety”. The usage of “myth” when discussing recent history always, of course, nearly always refers to the meanings 2b and 2c below:
Femmostroppo Reader – April 25, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed twit April 24, 2009 – examining weird prejudices against Twitter (I don’t use it much myself, but I don’t hate it and I see how effectively others can use it) It's… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Clam doughnuts! This sea otter at Vancouver Aquarium is bashing a circular iceblock to get to the clams frozen inside. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in… Read More ›
White Panic: Made In England
Ah, the Daily Mail. You never fail to amuse, disgust, and generally cause a bad smell. The latest manufactured outrage is over the lyrics of a Sam Dunkley children’s song written for St George’s Day. This clunky, banal piece of… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 