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• Quickhit: That Jennifer Hawkins magazine cover

  By tigtog on 2010-01-04 • ( 12 )

  Body image foundation defends nude Jennifer Hawkins cover

• Sunday Silliness: Doctor Who doesn’t mind the Buzzcocks

  By tigtog on 2010-01-03 • ( 4 )

  In the week before Christmas, the BBC broadcast a special Doctor Who version of their music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks (from whose format our Oz ABC show Spicks and Specks is derived). Sadly, not even UKTV on cable shows Buzzcocks, so we just don’t get it here.

• Femmostroppo Reader – January 2, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-01-02 • ( 1 )

  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. The year in feminist infighting – Nice collection of blogosphere flare-ups from Broadsheet The definitive linkspam… Read More ›

• Obligatory Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Finale Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-01-02 • ( 27 )

  First, an entirely spoiler-free bit of tie-in fun from Auntie Beeb adding Doctor Who graphics to the soundtrack of David Tennant driving a Reasonably Priced Car around the Top Gear testing track:

• Friday Hoydens: Snowfighting Nuns

  By tigtog on 2010-01-01 • ( 4 )

  While one cannot deny that becoming a nun resigns control of large chunks of one’s life to a very rigid hierarchy, nuns do have a history of hoydening with glee at the least opportunity.

• Retrospecticon 2009: Faves and Fails

  By tigtog on 2009-12-31 • ( 5 )

  Seeing as the media is so predictable on the retrospectives, let’s have at it ourselves.

• Femmostroppo Reader – December 28, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-28 • ( 1 )

  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. Doctor Who: The End of Time – Part 2 – Exclusive Scene (video) – dunh dunh… Read More ›

• Doctor Who End of Time Pt1 Dissection Thread

  By tigtog on 2009-12-26 • ( 17 )

  Short promotional clip showcasing the hoydenalicious June Whitfield: BEWARE: There will be SPOILERS in the comments.

• Femmostroppo Reader – December 23, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-23 • ( 3 )

  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. How to black out your website – The Great Australian Internet Blackout – Yeah, I think… Read More ›

• The holiday hiatus seems to have snuck up on us

  By tigtog on 2009-12-22 • ( 15 )

  There will probably still be the occasional post over the next few weeks, but I think we’re mostly either horrendously busy or already enjoying a holiday. There will definitely be, at the appropriate times, an open Dr Who (Ten’s Finale) Open Thread for those of you who catch up with it as soon as it’s broadcast in the UK, and an occasional Femmostroppo Reader.