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In memoriam: Diana Rigg

By tigtog on 2020-09-11 • ( 1 )

Sad news to wake up to this morning.

#AWW2017 – non-fiction – six reviews

By Jo Tamar on 2017-12-26 • ( 1 )

In which the author finally gets around to blogging about, and reviewing for, #AWW2017.

Hello! I had a sudden urge to revisit our rusty weekend Open Thread tradition. This one is hosted by an otter eating a carrot. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

Wonder Woman movie marketing machine tied up in knots

By tigtog on 2017-04-30 • ( 8 )

…and not in a knowing nod to the cognoscenti way. Shana O’Neill on SyfyWire wonders Where is the Wonder Woman movie advertising?

Photograph of three pairs of gumboots beside a front door, with a sunflower

Vale John Clarke #PutOutYourGumboots

By tigtog on 2017-04-11 • ( 3 )

Two nations have lost a great satirist, a terrific writer, and by all accounts a delightful human being generally.

QOTD for IWD: Aung San Suu Kyi

By tigtog on 2017-03-08 • ( 7 )

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. From Freedom from Fear I heard this quoted on… Read More ›

Let’s have a shameless self-promotion session

By Anna on 2017-02-21 • ( 6 )

For a short time, Palgrave Macmillan is offering a discount on e-books, which includes mine. So if you’ve ever been curious, but put off by the giddying price, now is the time to grab it. Here’s where you can buy… Read More ›

This Week in Even More Unnerving: Darth Bannon’s dodgy history obsession

By tigtog on 2017-02-08 • ( 3 )

Bannon is portrayed as believing that a “global existential war” with radical jihadis (and maybe China as well) is inevitable, and that authoritarian politics in the USA is the only way to prepare the nation for victory.

A close-up portrait of two middle-aged pale-skinned women, their faces close and touching

So I only just discovered the Tomlin Rule

By tigtog on 2017-02-06

The quote is about trying to stay informed by reading the newspapers, and seems to embody my own attempts at self-preservation in a world where duplicitous absurdities constantly gain more traction than rigorously scrutinised realities.

Two leashed dogs excited to see each other in a shady park area

Beyond Marching: I Will Not Be Passive #Resist

By tigtog on 2017-01-29

Later this week I will be part of my first anti-fascist #resist planning meeting*. I’m on a steep learning curve here, but I refuse to be just an observer any more. I will not be passive.

Anyone else organising with anti-fascist #resistance movements, I’d like to know anything you’re authorised to share with others. We need to be visible.