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• Quicklink: PETA does it again

  By tigtog on 2010-11-29 • ( 14 )

  Unbefuckinglievable.

• DUFC Reminder

  By tigtog on 2010-11-29 • ( 1 )

  It’s nearly the end of November, which means that submissions close for this month’s Down Under Feminist Carnival in just a few days, and it will be published here at HaT next weekend. Have you submitted your favourite Antipodean Blogger’s post from this month yet?

• I had forgotten

  By tigtog on 2010-11-28 • ( 8 )

  …how tedious it is to remove all the old bits of icky ancient bluetack before one can even wash the bedroom wall, let alone paint it.

• Femmostroppo Reader November 27, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-11-28 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Dear young person who was possibly looking after somebody else’s dogs

  By tigtog on 2010-11-26 • ( 6 )

  Dogs and small children should enter cars from the pavement/kerb side, not the busy road side.

• The UN General Assembly this week voted to allow LGBT people to be executed without cause

  By tigtog on 2010-11-25 • ( 2 )

  Seriously.

  I have no words.

• Signal Boost: Do Your Own Homework, Please

  By tigtog on 2010-11-25

  After the umpteenth email over the last few months that uses almost exactly the same words, I have written An Open Letter to US College Students over at FF101.

• Femmostroppo Reader November 24, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-11-24 • ( 5 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• 2010 Andrew Olle Media Lecture – Alan Rusbridger

  By tigtog on 2010-11-23 • ( 1 )

  Rusbridger examines the common comparison made between the digital publishing revolution and the Gutenberg press publishing revolution in terms of rewriting the landscape for the dissemination of information, analysis and opinion, and concludes that the digital publishing revolution is a far more profound change to our intellectual landscape because…

• Video: Learning Gender from Ads for Toys

  By tigtog on 2010-11-23 • ( 8 )

  These ads not only market toys to children but it also promotes and encourages gender specific values that are very limiting to boys and girls in different ways. The values and skills promoted in these commercials can play a critical role in the socalization of youth and their development of emotional expression, conflict resolution, the confidence to pursue various careers and the ability to maintain healthy relationships as adults.