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• Taxi driver will pay $3250 for refusing Commissioner’s guide dog

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-17 • ( 10 )

  Taxi driver James Young should probably not be buying any Lotto tickets. A Sydney cabbie is in the doghouse after refusing to allow a guide dog and its high-profile owner – Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes – into his vehicle…. Read More ›

• Arsevertising: Calvin Klein Rape Culture

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-15 • ( 13 )

  Via Becky at Happy Bodies comes this ad from Calvin Klein, which Becky ran into at Hulu while watching “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. Trigger warnings on this: threatening – like the kind of street harassment that feels like it’s… Read More ›

• “Honey, Don’t Bother Daddy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand.”

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-13 • ( 17 )

  I played a little bit with this New York Times article. Do the changes work for you? How does the article come off in general? Honey, Don’t Bother Daddy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand. On a brisk Saturday morning… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-13 • ( 11 )

  Today’s sea otter mother-baby pair comes via the Mail Online. The otters were snapped in Prince William Sound, off the south coast of Alaska. Thanks to all the people who pointed me to it! Please feel free to use this… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger – Surprise!

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-11 • ( 9 )

  Today’s Cheezburger theme is… Surprise! Post your own favourite surprise-themed Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image only –… Read More ›

• Oscars!

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-08 • ( 10 )

  Oscar spoilers below, for those waiting for the delayed telecast!

• Snippets of awesome

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-07 • ( 2 )

  Despite February being a short month, Fuckpoliteness has a huge and FABULOUS Down Under Feminists Carnival up! This is our 22nd carnival and still going strong. Go and check out what local feminists have had to say about Tony Abbott,… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-06 • ( 23 )

  Today’s otter was captured by rospix in Wales (check out the rest of the pictures!), and comes via the BBC Wales Nature blog. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything… Read More ›

• WA Government to apologise for abusive, illegal adoption system

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-05 • ( 1 )

  The West Australian today reports that the WA government may become the first State government to publicly acknowledge and fully apologise to all mothers and children forced into adoptions, and harmed by illegal adoption practices. For decades in the mid… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Fairytale Kittehs!

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-04 • ( 4 )

  And today’s LOLcat theme is: Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes! Post your own favourite Fairytale Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link… Read More ›