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• G’day, Bingo Viewers!

  By tigtog on 2011-11-28 • ( 4 )

  

  There’s been an uptick over the last few weeks in site visitors clicking on links to Anti-Feminist Bingo and Anti-Feminist Bingo #2 – since comments on those posts have been long closed, I invite you to comment here instead, should you feel so inclined.

• Intermittent Emma: morale building messages

  By tigtog on 2011-11-28 • ( 1 )

  

  The Keep Calm trope has regularly upped my chuff levels, and I had a sudden bout of WWED, realising that Mrs Peel would definitely do her bit, so here you go:

• The Barbie Distortion

  By tigtog on 2011-11-28 • ( 9 )

  

  [t]he media images and fashion icons that we aspire to emulate are constructions. Like billboard signs and magazine editorials, the pictures are manipulations that distort our sense of normal bodies.

• It speaks! Podcast: Sexism, Skepticism And Civility Online

  By tigtog on 2011-11-25 • ( 5 )

  Have you sometimes wondered what I sound like? You can hear me conversing with Kylie Sturgess on the Token Skeptic podcast: Episode Eighty-Eight – On Codes Of Conduct Part II – Sexism, Skepticism And Civility Online

• Don’t stuff it up

  By tigtog on 2011-11-25 • ( 7 )

  Just echoing John Quiggin – gaining Jenkins’ vote back on the floor doesn’t mean the ALP can now ignore Wilkie, no matter what the party machine goons might be urging.

• Meme of the week: Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop

  By tigtog on 2011-11-24 • ( 14 )

  

  UC Davis Police officer Lieutenant John Pike is sure getting around the internet this week – photoshop justice is harsh.

• Vale Anne McCaffrey

  By tigtog on 2011-11-23 • ( 8 )

  Her books were very important to me as a teen, and I loved the adventures that she allowed girls and women to have.

• Quote of the Day: Racism, Diversity & Meritocracy

  By tigtog on 2011-11-23 • ( 5 )

  

  This is why I personally care about diversity: it’s the canary in the coal mine for meritocracy. When we see extremely skewed demographics, we have very good reason to suspect that something is wrong with our selection process, that it’s not actually as meritocratic as it could be.

• Stay classy, Kyle (rhymes with vile)

  By tigtog on 2011-11-23 • ( 18 )

  

  Mumbrella: Sandilands threatens to hunt down ‘piece of shit’ News Limited journalist for reporting negative viewer reaction to show

• Downfall parody: #QantasLuxury

  By tigtog on 2011-11-23 • ( 4 )

  

  An example of when STFU might be a wonderfully good idea: attempting to get a pissed-off customer base to give you warm PR fuzzies might just not be the best idea within weeks of stranding 80K of them a long way away from where they actually wanted to be