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Friday Hoyden: Farewell Farrah Fawcett
I always felt that those early pin-up days overshadowed her life terribly: recognised more for personal woes appealing to the tabloid press than any work she did. Yet I still remember The Burning Bed vividly, and the discussion that it raised way back in 1984.
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Vale Michael Jackson
Wow, I look away from Twitbin for an hour and it explodes: Michael Jackson taken to hospital after being found not breathing, then announced as in a coma and then pronounced dead.
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Femmostroppo Reader – June 26, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. A skeptical reading list – Procrastination aid supreme Cooking: A Primitive Protection Racket – Fascinating Rape In Prison Should Not… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – June 25, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Not-stalgia – thoughtful and provoking post from Caitiecat FP goes all Margaret and David like (with possibly slightly more colourful… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – June 24, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Original ABWs: Harriet Tubman – “I needed this role model, as a young black girl. Despite all my exposure to… Read More ›
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Gratuitous Pirate Boots blogging
Inspired by this vid linked to by Fyodor over at LP, I went searching for vids featuring Kevin Kline in the 1982 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. So here he is striking Pirate King poses while listening… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – June 23, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Newsweek bemoans "slutty" brides – “Shoulder-baring brides with jaunty hats are clearly strumpets.” Is the burqa a prison? – “It’s… Read More ›
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Open UteGate EmailFAIL thread
I can’t tear myself away. The latest from The Punch: Fake email may go to the heart of Turnbull’s office Twitter is great fun. @crazybrave: we’re all sitting at home with nasty colds watching Parliament on the telly. It’s like… Read More ›
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Well, so much for the fun of wearing this shirt
View at EasyCaptures.com According to an episode of Top Gear just broadcast in the UK, the true identity of The Stig is . . . . Michael Schumacher. Or is it?
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Femmostroppo Reader – June 22, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. In praise of the winter solstice – seasonal poetry
Hoyden About Town 