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• Femmostroppo Reader – December 15, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-15 • ( 13 )

  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. Why James Chartrand Wears Women's Underpants | Copyblogger – Just read it. Australia accused of cooking… Read More ›

• Failing vulnerable children in care

  By tigtog on 2009-12-14 • ( 21 )

  Why are we as social animals so easily able to shrug off the needs of these children for a more secure and supportive environment? What the hell is wrong with us?

• Femmostroppo Reader – December 13, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-13

  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. [oh, it’s a really long one today! links after the cut, folks]

• 10 minutes of Bechdel-Wallace fail

  By tigtog on 2009-12-12 • ( 17 )

  My pointing out that every film in this 10-minute film montage fails the BWT is however meant to call Hollywood’s institutional taste and judgement into question – why are very nearly all these films written around an all-male or mostly-male cast, and why are nearly all these memorable moments in these films written for the male actors, especially those involving “buddy flick” moments?

• Femmostroppo Reader – December 11, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-11 • ( 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. Facebook's New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Electronic Frontier Foundation –… Read More ›

• No, one of these things is not like the other

  By tigtog on 2009-12-11 • ( 6 )

  Bolt engages in a disingenuous display of Deliberately Not Getting It in the guise of outrage at sexism and double standards:

• Femmostroppo Reader – December 9, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-12-09 • ( 10 )

  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. question of the day: Is Christopher Eccleston too old to play John Lennon? – Why haven’t… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Last decade set to be warmest on record

  By tigtog on 2009-12-09 • ( 4 )

  I guess though that to the Glenn Becks and Sarah Palins of the world if it’s not happening right in front of them in the USA then it isn’t really happening. The rest of the world not only doesn’t matter it doesn’t even really exist.

• Homo Minchinosaurus herd returns to the Opposition front bench

  By tigtog on 2009-12-09 • ( 1 )

  ”John Howard and Peter Costello would have struggled to be promoted in Tony Abbott’s Liberal Party,” a senior minister, Anthony Albanese, said.

• Dilbert still has it

  By tigtog on 2009-12-08 • ( 1 )

  Dilbert and the PHB on global warming