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• ObBandwagon: #UTERUS #GOPFlorida

  By tigtog on 2011-04-01 • ( 1 )

  

  Because it’s “respectful” to treat women as if their reproductive organs are obscene, don’tcha know.

• Abbott’s “reform” of welfare system

  By tigtog on 2011-03-31 • ( 20 )

  Is he trying to get his picture into the illustrated dictionary next to the word ‘draconian’?

• This should go up on Auntie’s website

  By tigtog on 2011-03-31 • ( 2 )

  Chatting to a comedian (who shall remain nameless) last night…

• Femmostroppo Reader March 29, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-03-30

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• At least we’ll always have Blackadder

  By tigtog on 2011-03-29

  Somebody has managed to get an extraordinary cast together for a sequel to the highly uneven outing that was Johnny English (2003). Hm.

• Quotable: Krugman latest on GOP “employment” policy

  By tigtog on 2011-03-29 • ( 5 )

  that’s the kind of answer that, in Econ 101, has you suggesting that the student get special tutoring

• Quicklink: Disasters prove value of sign language interpreters

  By tigtog on 2011-03-28 • ( 5 )

  Natural disasters in Queensland and New Zealand have highlighted the value of sign language interpreters.

• Diana Wynne-Jones, 1934-2011

  By tigtog on 2011-03-28 • ( 4 )

  Chally has a memorial post up on Feministe. Wynne-Jones’ own bio is on her Chrestomanci Castle website …

• Femmostroppo Reader March 27, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-03-27 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Friday Hoyden: Vale, Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011

  By tigtog on 2011-03-26 • ( 2 )

  I’m sure you’ve all seen the many tributes over the last 24 hours. Elizabeth Taylor was one of those screen legends everybody knew about, but we didn’t really know much about what she was like in person.