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• Femmostroppo Reader – February 8, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-09 • ( 5 )

  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. Misogyny in Music: Art vs Science – “Generally what happens is this: I’m driving along, listening… Read More ›

• Mixed messages

  By tigtog on 2010-02-08

  That’s still a solid lead for Labor and for Rudd as preferred PM.

• All rain and slow internets makes tigtog something something…

  By tigtog on 2010-02-08 • ( 10 )

  Morbidly concerned with appropriate discipline for a teen who downloaded several gigs of Youtubes the other weekend for a start. I’m on 64kbps until next Monday unless I dive into my netbook’s mobile broadband allowance. How was your weekend?

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 6, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-06

  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. Shaking hands with Death – “Terry Pratchett recently had the honour of giving the Richard Dimbleby… Read More ›

• Hey, let’s send people who don’t speak the local language – what could go wrong?

  By tigtog on 2010-02-05 • ( 2 )

  Unable to speak Spanish except for a few phrases, the CIA team had difficulty calling off the operation.

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 3, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-03 • ( 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. SPUDWORKS – The Abridged Atlas Shrugged – Hahahahahahahaha. Tim Tebow and the anti-choice Superbowl ad –… Read More ›

• This is why the “it’s just sci-fi, it shouldn’t have to be PC” argument is crap

  By tigtog on 2010-02-03 • ( 7 )

  I mean how am I supposed to feel if I see a movie set in the future and there aren’t any black or brown people in it? How is a child supposed to feel? It’s like someone’s saying, “I don’t like you and I don’t want you to be here, so I’m creating a world where you don’t exist.”

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 2, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-02 • ( 6 )

  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. Sunny, with a chance of racism – “I feel sad and appalled and kind of defeated… Read More ›

• Obligatory Tony Abbott Said What Now? Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-02-01 • ( 42 )

  Make no mistake. Having the nation start up a debate on premarital sexuality when it’s an issue that has hardly been on the political radar is no mean feat, and Abbott is aiming to shift the Overton Window on this and other social matters.

• Endangered Sunday: Andean Condor

  By tigtog on 2010-01-31 • ( 2 )

  I took these photos earlier this month at Taronga Zoo. This juvenile condor is part of the captive breeding program there, and these shots were taken while she performed in the famous Free Flight Bird Show.