Shorter Cardinal Pell: If you agree to a candlelight dinner then you’re just asking for it, aren’t you? How could sex later be rape? [link] Shorter Cardinal Pell: It’s totally OK to tell a clerical abuse complainant that they’re the… Read More ›
ethics & philosophy
ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations
Child rape victims are just cranky, says Bishop
My jaw just hit the floor. Around the Catholic “World Youth Day” week in Sydney roils much discussion of Church-sanctioned child rape and sexual abuse. Bishop Anthony Fisher is rather pissed off that some people aren’t concentrating on the things… Read More ›
The difference between satire and “satire” in political humour
I’d like to compare and contrast two political images, both of which inspired comment wank. The first is from the Western Suburbs Weekly [1]. The second is a Bush macro from Pundit Kitchen [2]. The Bush macro is is classic… Read More ›
Free Feminist Papal Protest Art
As the artist says, just in time for WYD! Probably guaranteed to annoy someone, so beware (alternatively, bonus!). From eggbenedict.com eggbenedict.org – free to download etc.
Order of the Douche Savant: MJA forced-birther Edward D Watt
In other news from the latest Medical Journal of Australia, the Journal published forced-birther pontifications[1] from Claremont-based retired UWA Politics academic Edward D. Watt (Ted Watt). You know the drill: The article is entirely adult-centred: its authors never hint that… Read More ›
A paean to “radical feminist” organisation the Girl Scouts of America
The threat: bone-chillingly radical feminist Girl Scouts. Mississippi-based Christian “news” service One News Now claims to offer up “news without the liberal bias”. It also offers up news without that dastardly word “gay”, as Jeff Fecke and Melissa have noted… Read More ›
Kate Harding is such a bitch
And proud of it. With good reason. It’s a while since I talked about how the principles of moderating comments work on this blog. We don’t have as high a volume of comments to deal with as Shapely Prose does,… Read More ›
Waterboarding Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens actually had himself waterboarded by the US Military to see whether it felt like torture to him. It did. via Pharyngula, who has links to video.
Draconian, repugnant and unnecessary
The title is quoted from this ABC Online article with respect to the special regulations in force from yesterday until the end of this month that relate to the behaviour of onlookers and protesters to the Roman Catholic World Youth… Read More ›
Senate report on the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media
The full report can be found here (long). Just the recommendations are here (brief). I can’t think of anything in particular to add to Senator Bartlett’s summary, and totally agree that the best recommendation of the report is the one… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 