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  • Just a word?

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    Brooklynite offers some thoughts on what civil unions laws in the US will mean for the common language usage of “married”. Two years after the decision: “My friend Kyle got married last weekend.” “What? I thought he was gay?” “Oh,… Read More ›

  • 39 years of reproductive freedom in the UK

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    But for how much longer? That’s the question asked in this Guardian special, Time to Speak Up: It’s 39 years since abortion was legalised in this country, yet these days it’s rarely discussed without mention of ‘shame’, ‘mental trauma’ or… Read More ›

  • Tweakin’

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    Bear with me if the title banner or other stuff looks different today, or if the sidebar disappears or something. I’m playing around with the template again, ‘cos I wants me some rotating banners, and that means changing to K2.

  • Link garden

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    Because my real garden got just a bit crisped last week and nothing is at its best for photographing. But my purple prose can always bloom in service to the garden of blogular delights:

  • Australian Misogyny Week

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    It’s very depressing to read/listen/watch Australian media this week. I posted yesterday on the gang of youths that assaulted a developmentally delayed 17-year-old girl, forcing her to give them oral sex, urinating on her and setting her hair on fire…. Read More ›

  • First Santa Sighting

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    I couldn’t Adam and Eve it. Sure, it was outside one of those all-year round Xmas decoration megabarns, but there he was: out on the main drag, waving at the cars going by. My humbuggery failed me. I actually smiled… Read More ›

  • Thugs on DVD

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    After yesterday’s initial outrage, prepare for more from today’s story: Students who knew members of the gang involved in the DVD said some were unapologetic and had laughed at the public outrage. Year 9 students at Werribee Secondary College said… Read More ›

  • 8 photos

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    This is a meme going around some blogs in the States, and I haven’t been tagged for it, but I like it so much I’m going to do it anyway. It’s simple: 8 Things I Find Amazing in Picture Form…. Read More ›

  • More thoughts on reactionary masculinity

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    I posted the following as a comment in the thread over at LP from the crosspost yesterday on reactionary role models in an attempt to wrench the discussion back onto redefining gender roles instead of perpetuating the digressions it had… Read More ›

  • Foetuses behind a plane

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    I learnt over at Another Blog today that in some places in the States kind people will fly over your place of work, study or recreation and attempt to horrify you. Apparently, all over the USA this last summer, if… Read More ›