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• Very, very tired

  By tigtog on 2012-02-15 • ( 5 )

  

  So tired. Even more tired than Chris Brown is of being reminded of things he’d rather we all forgot about.

• I missed Darwin Day!

  By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 3 )

  

  It was the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth yesterday. Here, have a few of my favourite Darwin pics/posters/macros.

• Occupy Valentine’s Day: down with couple-talism!

  By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 6 )

  

  I’m rather liking the rethink-V-day activism around this year, which has ended up being a bit more substantive than some of the Anti-Valentine hating that I’ve seen around in other years. How about doing something positive/useful/affirming instead? Create rather than consume, or raise awareness about the limited ways we think about romance.

• Femmostroppo Reader, Feb 13 2012

  By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 9 )

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

• Sunday Singalong: Vale Whitney

  By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 6 )

  

  Saving All My Love For You was the first Whitney song I ever heard, but How Will I Know was the first one I sang along to with a hairbrush.

• Friday Hoyden: Madonna

  By tigtog on 2012-02-10 • ( 8 )

  

  Just like the political press gallery, the showbiz beat reporters love to have a predictable narrative for artists, especially female performers, and she just doesn’t play that game.

• Thought of the day: when does bigotry occur?

  By tigtog on 2012-02-08 • ( 5 )

  

  If we use the intentions and feelings of privileged people to determine when bigotry occurs, you will find that no one is bigoted by that definition.

• Quicklink: What would it take to trust Komen again?

  By tigtog on 2012-02-08

  

  Crunchy analysis from Mother Jones. Komen’s anti-choice VP may have resigned, but the board itself is still stacked with problems.

• Clarke and Dawe on cynical bread and circuses churnalism

  By tigtog on 2012-02-07 • ( 1 )

  

  Apropos my rant yesterday about journalism standards, Mr Clarke and Mr Dawe spoke about this sort of thing last week. Play along on Twitter with #IfThePressGalleryReportedCricket

• Femmostroppo Reader, Feb 7 2012

  By tigtog on 2012-02-07 • ( 3 )

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