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• Jessica Valenti on cyberbullying

  By tigtog on 2007-04-07 • ( 2 )

  Jessica Valenti, the executive editor at Feministing, writes in The Guardian on cyberbullying in light of the threats made against Kathy Sierra. Valenti had her own problems with online harassment last year after attending a bloggers’ lunch with former President… Read More ›

• Getting a headstart on the end of Lent

  By tigtog on 2007-04-06 • ( 4 )

  So, what exactly is the difference between Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio anyway? There doesn’t seem to be a distinguishable difference in taste.

• Feminism Friday: it starts so young

  By tigtog on 2007-04-06 • ( 35 )

  Today I went to a morning tea gathering. A pleasant surprise was that N. was there, who used to babysit my kids and who now has a delightful 11-month-old baby of her own. As I was making kissy-faces at the… Read More ›

• Brain fizzing

  By tigtog on 2007-04-05 • ( 9 )

  I went to the bookstore last night, and I’m not quite sure what’s going to happen to my brane over the next week. My downstairs book is Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon. My upstairs book is Terry Pratchett’s Wintersmith. My car book… Read More ›

• So many benefits rolled into one comments challenge thread

  By tigtog on 2007-04-05

  If you join in the comments thread challenge over at Larvatus Prodeo, you can add a lustre to your day as you: 1. Mock Paris Hilton 2. Mock Senator John McCain (R, Ariz) 3. Make your doubts about the war… Read More ›

• Chuck Norris on The Chaser

  By tigtog on 2007-04-05

  Because he occasionally does talking-head stuff for Faux News. Nooooooo! Ican’thearyouIcan’thearyouIcan’thearyou. I much prefer the Chuck Norris that Google won’t search for. And the Chuck Norris who chuckles over silly lists. (Wikipedia sucks most of the fun out of the… Read More ›

• The fundamental incoherence of pop-evopsych arguments in a nutshell

  By tigtog on 2007-04-04

  This is totally going to be the keynote quote for the inevitable eventual FAQ on evopsych for Feminism 101: On the subject of evo-psych: But the behaviours of men who oppress women are natural! Evolution makes men spread their seed/rape/etc!… Read More ›

• Quip of the week: journalist division

  By tigtog on 2007-04-04 • ( 2 )

  crossposted from Larvatus Prodeo “[With that level of military protection] even Paris Hilton could ride a bicycle in a bikini through Anbar province.” That was NBC Iraq correspondent Tom Aspell’s summary of the PR stunt from Republican presidential candidate John… Read More ›

• Discoballmouseatarians, I know where you should get your hair cut

  By tigtog on 2007-04-03 • ( 5 )

  In Sydney, anyway. I’m so taking Amanda from Pandagon there if she ever comes visiting Sydney. A salon in an old shop/townhouse on Enmore Road. It has one side-wall purple, the other silver, miniature disco balls and purple-glitter boa-type streamers… Read More ›

• Seen at Shakesville

  By tigtog on 2007-04-03 • ( 3 )

  Which is the shiny new hangout for the folks from Shakespeare’s Sister, which will remain as their archive site. Shakers, update your blogrolls! Update: The new site has been made unusable through DOS attacks, so the Shakers are back at… Read More ›