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• Femmostroppo Reader, May 4th 2012

  By tigtog on 2012-05-04 • ( 2 )

  

  Items of interest I’ve recently tweeted. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

• Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!

  By tigtog on 2012-05-03 • ( 1 )

  

  The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America.

• Mary Elizabeth Williams on the recent NYT motherhood click ‘n’ stoush bait

  By tigtog on 2012-05-02 • ( 7 )

  

  There isn’t much in the entire package that doesn’t feel shamelessly manipulated to incite an old-fashioned chick fight here.

• Quote of the Day: Bleeeeeeeep edition

  By tigtog on 2012-05-01 • ( 1 )

  

  Apparently BBC America bleeped The Thick Of It. Must have sounded like a lorry reversing into a heart monitor.

• Parliamentary circus continues

  By tigtog on 2012-04-30 • ( 18 )

  

  Does anybody seriously think that the Labor caucus won’t wait until the results of next week’s Budget sessions before anyone decides to make a move? What next for the national soap opera?

• Today in Essentialist Claptrap

  By tigtog on 2012-04-27 • ( 2 )

  

  The footage showed the Duchess making happy faces at a baby and stroking ou’s head while ou was being held by the father, while the Duke was shown holding a baby and chatting with onlookers, yet the commentary was about how “Kate” was showing her natural motherly side. Which one of them was actually shown as being relaxed and comfortable holding a baby again?

• Who’st the jackanapes who failed to sweetly convey the imminent dawning of Talk Like Shakespeare Day, that I might more timely partake of such delights that roll most trippingly off the tongue?

  By tigtog on 2012-04-23 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s splitting from the nave to the chops time!

  Actually, I’d rather watch this collection of fine videos from the Talk Like Shakespeare Day website.

• Numbers in the House

  By tigtog on 2012-04-23 • ( 2 )

  

  Speculation abounds as to whether the Gillard minority government will have the numbers on the House floor to pass the Budget on May 8 without Peter Slipper’s vote, especially since Andrew Wilkie remains rather miffed.

• How turning voters off politics helps US pollies get elected – will it work in Australia too?

  By tigtog on 2012-04-23 • ( 2 )

  

  Intriguing analysis in this post from Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post, although Jay Rosen notes that he doesn’t cover the complementary role played in this game by the news media playing up the confected outrage.

• Femmostroppo Reader, April 23 2012

  By tigtog on 2012-04-23 • ( 4 )

  

  Items of interest I’ve recently tweeted. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!