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• One minister leaves, another returns

  By tigtog on 2009-09-01 • ( 29 )

  Should a sexual infidelity, no matter how salacious, be something that makes a politician resign? Do we really care who John Della Bosca is bonking?
  In far happier news, Victoria’s Tim Holding found after spending two nights in sub-zero conditions.

• Dawn Fraser demonstrates crone power

  By tigtog on 2009-09-01 • ( 5 )

  Startled in the middle of the night by intruders, 72 year old former Olympian Dawn Fraser used her swimmer’s strength backed up by strategic deployment of her titanium knee to fight off one teenager who had grabbed her around the throat.

  Not a fan of violence, but definitely a fan of self-defence, I say yay for Dawn.

• If I’d had my camera with me I would have taken a picture rather like this

  By tigtog on 2009-08-31 • ( 4 )

  Except the dog was four times this size, the swans were black and the cygnets were still in their eggs in a nest. In our local big park.

• Quickhit: Pay transparency

  By tigtog on 2009-08-31 • ( 8 )

  The Federal Government is being pressured to force companies to reveal how their pay rates for men and women compare.

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 30, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-30 • ( 9 )

  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. Remembering Hurricane Katrina – My birthday – shared with MJ plus anniversary of Katrina. If I… Read More ›

• Playing with editing comments

  By tigtog on 2009-08-29 • ( 80 )

  Please, everyone – just post a short comment below and then see if you can edit it to add something and have it update properly. I just want to check that this is working for everyone, not just for admins.

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 29, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-29 • ( 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. Radical Readers: Feminisms for Dummies – from frau sally benz: “It is here! Our online feminist… Read More ›

• On avoiding pile-ons

  By tigtog on 2009-08-28 • ( 55 )

  There really should be a better way to balance a principle of explicit non-toleration of marginalising language/arguments on HaT and a practise which appears to be driving people away from discussion here entirely. So how about we explore that a bit?

• Anthropological fascination link of the day

  By tigtog on 2009-08-28 • ( 9 )

  There’s smart/sassy remarks, making political points, social justice calls, promoting the latest hotspot, and shaming of friends/lovers behaving badly. Some of it is funny, some of it is progressive, lots of it is very reactionary, and wow: it’s hard to look away.

• Question

  By tigtog on 2009-08-28 • ( 11 )

  Is it very, very wrong of me to have subscribed for years to the newsletter of the Aussie arm of the LaRouchites just for the laffs?