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• Thursday Cheezburger: Kittehs just wanna help.

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-02 • ( 8 )

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• Daily reader

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-01 • ( 15 )

  ITWire: “Australia introduces licences for internet users” Internet users in Australia will have to take out licences from the next financial year else they will not be allowed to use the web, official sources told iTWire today. According to these… Read More ›

• Sexy ads on articles about sexual violence

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-31 • ( 5 )

  Spotted at The West. I believe the ad content rotates, so here’s a screenshot. [description is below the cut] There are many examples of serendipitously humorous or offensive ad placements. Many are probably difficult (though not impossible) to avoid in… Read More ›

• Brisbane Times FAIL: Forced child prostitution != lesbian sex romp.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-30 • ( 38 )

  The Brisbane Times ran this story today, bylined Amelia Bentley. Trigger warnings for sexual violence. I’ve taken the liberty of correcting some of the victim-blaming language. Pimp paid child prostitute in chicken nuggets

• It’s Carnival Time! Downunderans, submit your posts – or what you’re reading.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-30 • ( 1 )

  The Eleventh Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of April, so get your posts in before midnight Thursday. This Eleventh edition will be hosted at WhyI’mbitter’s Weblog. The next… Read More ›

• Fluff TV Sunday – Fat politics on Desperate Housewives

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-29 • ( 3 )

  [Spoilers for season 5 Desperate Housewives, through episode 18] There has been some absolutely abysmal fat politics on Desperate Housewives this season, mostly centring around Juanita Solis (Gabby’s daughter) – see Random Babble for more – and on Gabby’s crash… Read More ›

• Otterday! And open thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-28 • ( 17 )

  Just spotted on Zooborns: these Asian small-clawed river otter twins, born at Seaworld San Diego. 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… Read More ›

• “Hon, it was just an AK-47!”

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-26 • ( 1 )

  Just a quickhit as I’m spoon-missing today: The Anchorage Daily News reports on a multiple-rape, assault, and murder trial underway in court this week. * Sexual violence trigger warnings.*

• Censor board hacked

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-26 • ( 5 )

  The Australian Government’s Classification board website has been hacked. The text:

  More at
  Somebody Think of the Children.

  A bit juvenile? Nos. Not particularly helpful? Sure. Illegal? Yup.

  But I can’t help but have a leetle soft spot lurking in my heart for humorous, non-destructive civil disobedience in the face of bulldozing authoritarianism.

• Thursday Cheezburger: Felis catus’ Worst Criminals

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-26 • ( 17 )

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