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Month: November 2013
Friday Hoyden: Sally Potter
Director Sally Potter is one of the great original voices in film.
Signal Boost – Climate Day of Action
A large network of events is planned for this coming Sunday 17 November to send a message that Australians want action to combat climate change.
Obligatory Joss Whedon Feminist Speech Post
Whedon, then, delivers a speech on the term “feminist” without any reference to feminist history, without any apparent awareness of feminist theory, and without even any demonstrated knowledge of the most important objections or conflicts around the term “feminist,” the use of which he is purportedly discussing.
The ducks know we’re in here
… they also know there’s more muesli in the box. The other animals we’ve seen around our country retreat have been a lot less pushy.
Otterday! And Open Thread
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The 66th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
Privacy, Transparency, Surveillance and Sousveillance
David Brin’s latest essay in his longoing series about our Transparent Society: I want the watchers to be watched.
Today in tigtog is pedanticer than most: gargoyle vs grotesque
Architecture: all gargoyles are grotesques, but not all grotesques are gargoyles.
Otterday! And Open Thread
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?