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  • Belated Friday Fluffy

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    This photo is here purely to provide a soothing contrast with the picture in the previous post.

  • I nearly forgotted to WTF

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    But ohmykozy reminded me when we went on a photography expedition the other day. I meant to blog these “why, no gender stereotypes here at all, no way, nuh-uh” WC signs that we came across on an earlier cinema expedition:… Read More ›

  • Sydney Storms

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    It’s been quite a wild day or so for Sydney and the Central Coast, with gale force winds and various breakdowns, minor and not so minor, in the city’s infrastructure, particularly road and rail transport. All it would take to… Read More ›

  • So that’s where at least some of those crazy ideas came from

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    Feminists and Breakfast Cereal, from Zenobia. A summary can’t do it justice, just read it.

  • Harradine’s poverty legacy continues

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    Sue Dunlevy writes an excellent column today on the legacy of Senator Brian Harradine, who held the balance of power in the Australian Senate for long enough to drag our foreign aid policy into a position whereby, Dunlevy argues, we… Read More ›

  • Othering and hate crime legislation

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    Wherever so-called hate-crime legislation is passed, the strawmen get built and waved around at an alarming rate. The biggest strawman in the current debate about hate crime legislation in the USA is that it gives gays, blacks, non-Christians special rights… Read More ›

  • What goes around comes around: sins of the fathers division

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    Via Ann at Feministing, we find that a young woman athlete who has unwillingly become an Internet poster object has a father whose career in law has consisted of several high profile defences of men who objectify, harass and sexually… Read More ›

  • Engage obstreperal lobes

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    Lauredhel has updated her post from last month about the lack of transparency surrounding ProLacta’s International Breastmilk Project with the latest news. As thought, they couldn’t lie straight in bed. Feed the wo-orld”¦ one baby, anyhow. UPDATE (8 June 2007)… Read More ›

  • Sunrise this morning

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    Winter sunrises in Sydney often have interesting light patterns against the morning clouds. This morning we got classic crepuscular rays. The depth of shadow cast across the sky was extraordinary. There’s a few more shots in my Flickr photostream, and… Read More ›

  • Ha!

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    Sometimes, YouTube is comedy gold: It’s Raining 300 Men Updated to Add: belated tip of the topper to evil fizz, over at Feministe. Read the whole post and thread to get most benefit of context for the clip above 🙂