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• False media narratives: why don’t we talk about “white on white” crime?

  By tigtog on 2012-04-12 • ( 14 )

  

  White Americans are just as likely to be killed by other whites as Black Americans are likely to be killed by other blacks. In fact, all races in the USA share similar ratios. As the largest racial group, whites commit the majority of crimes in America. In particular, whites are responsible for the vast majority of violent crimes.

• A future for investigative journalism?

  By tigtog on 2012-04-12 • ( 2 )

  

  Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund

• Weekly Whimsy

  By tigtog on 2012-04-11 • ( 5 )

  

  This week’s whimsy is brought to you by the Map of the Dead – Zombie Survival Map. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.

• BFTP: This is what we use it for

  By tigtog on 2012-04-11 • ( 2 )

  

  The SF authors of the past might well have been surprised by the essential triviality of the way most of us use this amazing worldwide communication system we enjoy, but should they have been?

• The 47th Down Under Feminists Carnival is here

  By tigtog on 2012-04-10 • ( 2 )

  

  The March edition has been curated by Ariane aka shonias at Ariane’s Little World.

  Read! Enjoy! Leave comments on all the different blogs!

• Farewell to Larvatus Prodeo

  By tigtog on 2012-04-10 • ( 15 )

  

  Australia’s big purple poliblog will no longer be publishing new posts. The archives will remain, and that goodbye post is filling up with nostalgic comments.

• Quicklink: Ashley Judd’s call to action on The Conversation about women’s looks

  By tigtog on 2012-04-10 • ( 6 )

  

  Great analysis from actor Ashley Judd in the Daily Beast regarding media speculation about her “puffy face” last month.

• Back from MICF tomorrow

  By tigtog on 2012-04-03 • ( 8 )

  Here are just some of the shows I’ve seen in the last week at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I got a good day’s rest yesterday (most performers don’t do Monday shows, so it’s a chance for everybody to catch… Read More ›

• Duelling Fairytales

  By tigtog on 2012-03-20 • ( 8 )

  

  Which way is a studio to go when reaching for a Grimm retelling? Bubbly comedy with family dysfunction, or dark fantasy with evil mayhem?

• Femmostroppo Reader, March 17 2012

  By tigtog on 2012-03-17 • ( 4 )

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