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Oz-Election Reader – August 7, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
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New Hoyden bylines: napalmnacey and Jennifer
I am pleased to announce that napalmnacey and Jennifer have agreed to join the roster of Hoyden authors, to post as and when they feel so inclined. Welcome! Here, have a cake! Held by David Tennant!
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Friday Hoyden: Best Feminist Young Adult Books
What was the first book you read and thought “wow, I never knew girls/women could do that“? Or alternatively, the first book you read and thought “why on earth would those people think girls/women shouldn’t do that?”.
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Election Week 3: Zombie Apocalypse
Seriously, the campaign becomes more bizarre every day. Any predictions?
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Spot Big Tobacco’s Contradiction
“Plain packaging is not a proven policy,” she said. “There’s no credible evidence that this policy will stop people smoking, that it will stop kids, young people, taking up cigarette smoking.
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Peeve: it’s RAISES/RAISING the question, dangnabbit
Unless one has made some detailed study of the field of rhetoric, and the use and misuse of logical fallacies therein, one is almost certainly not using the phrase “begs/begging the question” correctly. Yes, world – UR DOIN IT RONG.
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Femmostroppo Reader – August 4, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments
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WTF, Alannah Hill?
What the hell was she thinking?
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Hi! Bye…
What a morning!
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Transcript: Laurie Oakes interviews Tony Abbott, human weather vane
The interview took place on Channel 9 on Sunday morning (August 1st). Oakes showed Abbott up as the lightweight he is, and (surprise!)the interview has hardly made a blip in the MSM, so I’m signal-boosting.
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