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• Sunday Hoyden: Vale Bea Arthur

  By tigtog on 2009-04-26 • ( 7 )

  I only just caught her fabulous turn as Vera Charles a couple of days ago in the movie Mame! and thought to myself “what a great hoyden”, and today I heard the news that she has died, aged 86.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 26, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-26 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Why Use a Teaspoon When You've Got a Tablespoon? April 26, 2009 – an anonymous donor is donating millions of dollars to US colleges headed by women Truth Crusaders? Really? April… Read More ›

• Remembering Anzac Day: stark lessons squandered and myths reinforced

  By tigtog on 2009-04-25 • ( 9 )

  I have little to add to these quoted comments below from Paul Norton’s Anzac Day post at LP, which focuses on the militaristic myth side of Anzac Day. As usual, there are some illiterates objecting to the use of the word “myth” as if the word means “untrue in its entirety”. The usage of “myth” when discussing recent history always, of course, nearly always refers to the meanings 2b and 2c below:

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 25, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-25

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed twit April 24, 2009 – examining weird prejudices against Twitter (I don’t use it much myself, but I don’t hate it and I see how effectively others can use it) It's… Read More ›

• Been way too long since the last astronomy nerd post

  By tigtog on 2009-04-24 • ( 1 )

  This one is just so elegantly composed. North America got a very pretty show this week from the Moon and Venus.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 24, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-24 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The science is missing from Ian Plimer's "Heaven and Earth" April 24, 2009 – Tim Lambert reviews Plimer’s book on global warming Is the DHS watching returning veterans? Only when they… Read More ›

• Sydney Hoydenizens: who’s up for some group outings during the Comedy Festival?

  By tigtog on 2009-04-23 • ( 11 )

  The Sydney Comedy Festival starts soon and runs for 3 weeks (27th April – 17th May). I’m thinking that I’d like to have a weekly group outing to catch 2 shows in a night and have some food/drink/chat before/between/afterwards. My… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 23, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-23 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The Hand Mirror: Because being abducted by a pervert is every woman's dream… April 22, 2009 – Quote: “”What I am suggesting to you is the way you used the word… Read More ›

• Quickhit: a test case for decriminalisation of abortion in QLD

  By tigtog on 2009-04-22 • ( 7 )

  Tegan Simone Leach, 19, is believed to be the first woman charged in Queensland in nearly 50 years for organising her own miscarriage and is facing up to 14 years in jail.

  Medical practitioners in Queensland who apply for a special license can legally prescribe the exact same drug that Ms Leach used to abort her pregnancy, but the old laws against abortion have not been reformed to take note of the reality that people can obtain the same drug for themselves.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 22, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-22

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Drop It Like It’s Hot April 21, 2009 – Linkfest from Renee