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• Sometimes, sarcasm is the only possible response

  By tigtog on 2007-06-22 • ( 2 )

  This news headline – Iraq now ranked second among world’s failed states – seems to have left many in the blogosphere lost for words. But as Amanda Marcotte points out, if we don’t talk it up, it can be spun… Read More ›

• Howard’s Wedge

  By tigtog on 2007-06-21 • ( 44 )

  Or, as Kim has named it, Tampa 2007. Prime Minister John Howard has announced a sweeping authoritarian plan of managing indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, with the stated purpose of combatting the horrifying rates of child sexual abuse amongst… Read More ›

• Solstice rose

  By tigtog on 2007-06-21 • ( 2 )

  Happy winter solstice, all!

• Subscribing to discussion threads

  By tigtog on 2007-06-21

  I’ve just tweaked the subscription service a little. I was finding it wearing dealing with the few folks who decided that they’d rather reply to the comment notification emails than comment on the blog, so I’ve created a new address… Read More ›

• “Well, fancy that!” Of The Day

  By tigtog on 2007-06-20 • ( 3 )

  Australia’s own Annette Kellerman, swimming champion and inventor of the women’s one-piece bathing suit, starred in the first ever million-dollar Hollywood film (which of course means that the title of the Esther William’s biopic “Million Dollar Mermaid” now makes so… Read More ›

• New Yorkers always tell us not to bother with Long Island anyway

  By tigtog on 2007-06-19 • ( 4 )

  If I never go to Long Island then I never have to worry about some unfortunate accident bringing me or someone I love under the knife of neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, who is a professor of neurosurgery and paediatrics at State… Read More ›

• What about the sex workers?

  By tigtog on 2007-06-19 • ( 6 )

  I want to examine two points I’ve noted are repeatedly raised by anti-feminists, and both ignore certain realities of sex work. The first argument is against the idea that the gender gap in pay either exists, or, if it does… Read More ›

• Ads that make you go Grrr

  By tigtog on 2007-06-18 • ( 126 )

  From Brazil. For low fat yoghurt. Iconic film images of Mena Suvari, Sharon Stone, Marilyn Monroe photomanipulated. Tagline: Forget about it. Men’s preference will never change. Fit Light Yogurt. Via Jess McCabe, at The F-Word blog.

• The neverending Nancy Drew mysteries

  By tigtog on 2007-06-17 • ( 2 )

  I read every single one I could get my hands on when I was in my early teens. She was so independent, and she always knew the right thing to do and say while solving mysteries – the only time… Read More ›

• “I will…NOT”

  By tigtog on 2007-06-16 • ( 24 )

  Marriage, or the lack thereof, is in the air at blogdom. At least at Feministe and I Blame the Patriarchy. The two threads have different moods. At Feministe there’s a lot of young unmarried women telling why they see little… Read More ›