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• From the so bad it’s awesome department

  By tigtog on 2011-03-24

  Worst celebrity choir evah? I think Rick Astley is not only the only one there who can really sing, he’s also the only one who knows all the words…

• Femmostroppo Reader March 23, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-03-23 • ( 4 )

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

• Whoydensday: Rock out with the WHOs

  By tigtog on 2011-03-23 • ( 3 )

  rtofirefly’s beautiful band featuring 4, 8, 10 and 11 totally deserves to be gazed and gazed upon to the accompaniment of the still amazing because of, rather than despite, its blatant parody of classic pop riffs – Doctorin’ the Tardis:

• Mythcommunication and Defending the Indefensible

  By tigtog on 2011-03-22 • ( 8 )

  Two posts from today that neatly bookend a whole series of shelves about the rape culture. We’re not supposed to ever hold a winning hand here.

• Admin note: RSS feeds

  By tigtog on 2011-03-22 • ( 6 )

  If you changed your subscription a couple of years ago, as requested, to our new Hoyden feed for the new domain, then you shouldn’t be seeing anything different in your feed-reader. If you are not a content-aggregator site, then you can now ignore this post. If you are seeing a change in your feed, and you are one of our personal subscribers via a feed-reader, here’s how to get your full feed back:

• Quote of the Week: victim blaming and rape culture

  By tigtog on 2011-03-21 • ( 3 )

  If the fact that there are people who will argue with a straight fucking face that an 11-year-old child “didn’t do enough” to stop eighteen young men from raping her doesn’t convince everyone with a capacity for reason and any trace of decency that we live in a culture that supports and condones rape, I can’t imagine what possibly could.

• Libya NFZ and selective support for Arab uprisings

  By tigtog on 2011-03-21 • ( 2 )

  Open thread on ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings and retaliations.

• Some good news from Japan

  By tigtog on 2011-03-21 • ( 2 )

  Two tsunami survivors found nine days later in Ishinomaki City; the ‘Fukushima 50’ volunteers are gradually stabilising the reactor crisis.

• Super Mega Monster Moon was a no-show

  By tigtog on 2011-03-20 • ( 10 )

  In two respects:

  • It was pissing down rain last night, and the moon could not be seen behind the cloud cover.
  • Nothing dramatic or remarkable or disastrous happened at all.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By tigtog on 2011-03-19 • ( 6 )

  Today’s otter comes from a 2008 story in the Orlando Sentinel about a wildlife rehabilitation service rescuing baby river otters. This little one could be raising its own babies in the wild by now.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.