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• QOTD: @DigbyParton on who Americans trust less than politicians

  By tigtog on 2016-09-15 • ( 0 )

  

  Maybe [the press] should take a little deeper look into the underlying lack of trust in all institutions instead of attributing the numbers to alleged character flaws of individuals.

• Podcast: “Decommodifying Feminism” Panel at #FWF16

  By tigtog on 2016-08-30 • ( 0 )

  

  I spent last Friday meeting many wonderful women before and after this Feminist Writers Festival panel discussion. Our chair @bluemilk had prepared some great starting points, the audience was engaging and asked some really interesting questions, so the hour just flew by.

• Media Circus: Parliament Resumes Edition

  By tigtog on 2016-08-30 • ( 8 )

  

  The 45th Federal Parliament of Australia should be interesting. As in ancient curse/benison “interesting”.

  But as the Canberra politicians put on their solemnest faces today, the world keeps turning: what news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• So that’s why I haven’t been writing much lately

  By tigtog on 2016-08-18 • ( 7 )

  

  I haven’t been letting myself feel bad-tempered enough about all the world’s bullshit.

• FFS @thedailybeast: How About Thinking Things Through? #grindrstunt

  By tigtog on 2016-08-12

  

  [Content Note: homophobia, homophobic oppression, trivialisation of homophobia]
  “The Daily Beast Just Violated Queer Athletes, Gay Space, and Journalistic Standards in One Fell Swoop”

• Quote OTD: Humour is a social act that forms a social function

  By tigtog on 2016-08-11 • ( 1 )

  

  “Jokes about socially unacceptable things aren’t just “jokes.” They [normalise] that unacceptable thing, [telling] the people who agree with you that, yes, this is an okay thing to talk about.”

• So today I learnt a new acronym

  By tigtog on 2016-08-01 • ( 4 )

  

  PRATT: Point Refuted A Thousand Times.

  PRATT sums up nearly everything about certain people and ideologies, on and off the internet, that most annoys me.

• Media Circus: USA Convention Season Edition

  By tigtog on 2016-07-27 • ( 4 )

  

  What might Hillary really be thinking? How about Michelle?

  Here in Oz, buckle up for more Brandis Equivocation-Watch.

• Media Circus: Australia votes 2016

  By tigtog on 2016-07-02 • ( 16 )

  

  Need a last minute guide and cheat sheet generator to take into the polling booth (and know which polling place near you has the oughta-be-obligatory Democracy Sausage sizzle happening)? Here’s the links you need.

• WTF OTD: Me-me-me-ternity leave

  By tigtog on 2016-05-08 • ( 2 )

  

  A schmaltz-free post on mothering for Mother’s Day! Denise Huza’s response on xojane to an author interview that made a lot of women (not all of them mothers) pretty damn cranky: – “After years of mothers getting little recognition for what they do, we are finally making headway. It’s no longer a secret that mothering is hard, thankless work. Foye’s argument for “me-ternity” (a term I hope I never have to type or read again) craps on that fight.”