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• Media Circus: Thatcher Dies edition

  By tigtog on 2013-04-09 • ( 3 )

  

  I despised everything Margaret Thatcher stood for and used her power to achieve, but I’m finding some of the gleefully vindictive misogynistic epithets being chucked around by purported progressives is acting exactly as such micro-agressions are meant to act –… Read More ›

• Easter Long Weekend Thread

  By tigtog on 2013-03-28 • ( 16 )

  So Hoyden Major is down again, but the fix required for the hack is not terrifically urgent (no malware etc inserted) so I’m not going to burn my candles even more down to stubs at both ends to fix it,… Read More ›

• If you don’t want to be shamed in public, don’t create a hostile work environment in public. #ISupportAdria

  By tigtog on 2013-03-27 • ( 3 )

  

  A nugget of awesome from SKM on the Shakesville post Adria Richards Does Belong at Tech Conferences.

• Media Circus #spill edition

  By tigtog on 2013-03-21

  

  Parliamentary Labor Caucus will meet at 4:30PM to vote on all leadership positions.

• Thread: #forcedadoption #babysnatching

  By tigtog on 2013-03-21 • ( 4 )

  So the formal Government apology from PM Gillard is about to happen. I just wanted to note an important social justice moment.

  P.S. the Welcome to Country and opening speech reminding everybody of the particular example of the Stolen Generations is an important note on which to start.

• Eyeroll du jour: Dawkins Dawkins Dawkins

  By tigtog on 2013-03-19 • ( 9 )

  

  Don’t have time to delve deep on uber-atheist Richard Dawkins tweeting on the ethics of abortion with no reference at all to the person in whose womb the pregnancy would be happening, thought I’d let you at it.

  Links:

• How To Be A Master Of Evil While Being Perfectly Civil In Every Way

  By tigtog on 2013-03-19

  

  Here are a few examples of someone angry or expressing disagreement without being all rude about it:

• This is so the worst thing that you will read all day

  By tigtog on 2013-03-18 • ( 25 )

  

  [Content note: rape culture, victim-blaming, slut-shaming, #steubenville]

• Today in things I never knew ever happened: Freddie and Darth

  By tigtog on 2013-03-17 • ( 6 )

  

  It happened in 1980: Freddie Mercury in concert with Queen, singing his heart out while perched on the shoulders of Darth Vader. *HazAHappy* I wonder – did he get permission from LucasFilm to use Vader in that show? #BadFreddie

• Happy Pi Day

  By tigtog on 2013-03-14 • ( 9 )

  

  Mmmm. Pie.