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• Getting angry at women who don’t fulfil your expectations

  By tigtog on 2009-08-06 • ( 9 )

  BBC: A 48-year-old US man who opened fire in a Pennsylvania gym, killing three women and himself, appeared to have written about his plans for the attack. […] Sodini appeared to have planned the attack since at least November 2008,… Read More ›

• Gendered social interactions and rape-shaming

  By tigtog on 2009-08-05 • ( 5 )

  Just saw this post about rape linked to over at Shapely Prose, and I’m jumping on the bandwagon of making sure that everybody goes to read her perfect illustration of how everything women are trained to do in every-day interactions… Read More ›

• Virtual travelling: who can choose?

  By tigtog on 2009-08-04 • ( 3 )

  I just realised it was absolutely ages since I did a faves mosaic, of stuff that I’ve faved on Flickr lately. (I blame Anna’s sharing of the “cute otters” tag on Flickr entirely for the otter-heavy portion near the top)…. Read More ›

• Media Watch does K&J

  By tigtog on 2009-08-04 • ( 6 )

  Media Watch made a point of showing the way that K&J trade in humiliation to the point of cruelty as part of their exploitation of their audience’s voyeuristic side. You can watch the Media Watch segment, read the transcript or… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 3, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-03 • ( 7 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Disclaimer/SotBO: a link here is not necessarily an endorsement of all opinions of the post author(s) either in the particular… Read More ›

• The fruits of intolerance

  By tigtog on 2009-08-03 • ( 3 )

  As the dead from Saturday night’s shooting attack in Tel Aviv are buried and mourned: In the aftermath, representatives of the gay community have met with Social Affairs Ministry officials and presented them with daunting information: According to their data,… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 1, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-01 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Disclaimer/SotBO: a link here is not necessarily an endorsement of all opinions of the post author(s) either in the particular… Read More ›

• FridaySaturday Hoyden: Ragen Chastain

  By tigtog on 2009-08-01 • ( 1 )

  Ragen’s excellent blog is called Dances With Fat (tagline: Dancers Come In All Shapes and Sizes) and it’s a cracker. From her bio: Most people would say that I’ve accomplished a lot in my life. I’ve certainly been extremely lucky… Read More ›

• So, Sprog the Younger now has dental braces

  By tigtog on 2009-07-31 • ( 12 )

  and most of her diet will have to change – she’s been rather a fan of all those chewy foods that are now totally contraindicated. What have other parents of the be-braced found is good? She can’t live just on… Read More ›

• Testing

  By tigtog on 2009-07-30

  Some weirdnesses are happening, just testing whether I can post. ETA: OK, I can post.