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• “One-time bad decisions” that rapists keep on repeating

  By tigtog on 2010-03-06 • ( 8 )

  So what do you do if you decide that this person in your social circle is, on the balance of probabilities, a likely undetected serial sexual predator?

• RIP Jon Swift, blogger merveilleux

  By tigtog on 2010-03-04

  Condolences to his family and to everyone else who knew and loved him. He was a delight to read and must have been even more of a delight to know.

• Between two senior politicians and three journalists, none of us knows how to make it work

  By tigtog on 2010-03-04 • ( 11 )

  The media narrative over the last few days has been remarkably replete with Abbott the Adventurer articles and astonishingly bare of Lost In The Political Wilderness articles. Why is that, I wonder?

• Louis Nowra? He has no idea what makes sexists tick

  By tigtog on 2010-03-04 • ( 32 )

  The irony within his own essay, which instead of simply engaging with Greer’s ideas includes gratuitous slams at her personal appearance, slams based on Greer eschewing these allegedly essential feminine fripperies, eludes him. Why, how could people like him mocking women who fail to delight his eye with fripperies possibly have anything to do with women’s “inherent” desire for fripperies?

• Parenting tips: watch classic movies with your child

  By tigtog on 2010-03-02 • ( 4 )

  So that you won’t ever have to find out one day that they have written something like this to a movie studio.

• Femmostroppo Reader – March 2, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-03-02 • ( 2 )

  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. Carnival Against Sexual Violence 89 – as always, Marcella puts together some excellent reading Johnny Weir… Read More ›

• Sing it: Hooray for Canada!

  By tigtog on 2010-03-01 • ( 3 )

  I have enjoyed the Canadian sense of whimsy evident for the big events. Who else would finish a show with giant inflatable beavers?

• My weekend was quiet

  By tigtog on 2010-03-01 • ( 10 )

  Indulged myself with some books bought with the Xmas gift voucher I finally dug up to use: Disrespected the cat: Ate and slept a fair bit too.

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 27, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-28 • ( 4 )

  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. Finding Fault In The Binary Of Guilt – “If Paul’s thinking is valid then it must… Read More ›

• The Bland Perfection of Token Women

  By tigtog on 2010-02-26 • ( 13 )

  Why the glamorous hair and make-up? Why not a more realistic neat/tidy small town look? All I will be thinking is “why is she working in that laundromat instead of trying to be a Hollywood actress?” when of course the answer is that the real woman is indeed trying to be a Hollywood actress, and the director/producers have, for some reason, chosen to highlight this Tinseltown glamour instead of costuming their female characters as typical inhabitants of a small town.