What make you of this tract’s cover image? It intrigued me enough to lay out 50c at the religious bookshop, anyway. Note how the subject is dressed in a very urban metrosexual style, with his earrings and his goatee. What… Read More ›
language
use, misuse and cynical manipulation of language in common and specialist speech and writing
Chez Tog in transit: pedantry in motion
The quick run on a rainy morning to get T2 to the station. (as we exit the house) T1: I’m really very annoyed with that farmer in West Australia. T2: Why? T1: I will never again be able with a… Read More ›
Word of the day:
triskaidekaphobia Who’s got a scary story? Image Credit: skalasinc
Why the inverted commas?
From the Independent Online’s Crime and Courts section: Man held for ‘rape’ June 09 2008 at 12:10PM A 25-year-old man was arrested for “rape” on Monday in Katlehong, East Rand police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Mega Ndobe said the man allegedly… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Whoopi Goldberg
This Friday Hoyden is in video, thanks to the wonders of Youtube! Everything you wanted to know about the wonderful, forthright Whoopi Goldberg. Scroll down for descriptions.
The Inaugural Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hoyden About Town is proud to present the first edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I hope you enjoy this spectacular buffet of feminist writing. The Down Under Feminists Carnival is open to feminist submissions from any blog based… Read More ›
Procrastination meme: Scattergories
I’m busy with work and can’t do any deep thoughtful posts today, but I do have time for a quick procrastination over lunch. This came to me in email from my friend C. SCATTERGORIES… It’s harder than it looks! When… Read More ›
Beijing Olympics “Volunteers’ Guide” lays into people with disabilities
The Beijing Olympics organisers have released a Volunteers’ Guide for the upcoming Olympics. And the guide has a chapter on volunteering skills, including a guide on how to interact with people with disabilities. This is good, right? Education, sensitivity training,… Read More ›
Strewth, that’s what this country needs, the word “gormless” as a political slur
Turnbull puts his credibility on the line MALCOLM Turnbull has offered his experience in merchant banking and business as underlining his economic credibility and attacked Wayne Swan as gormless, gutless and opposed to individual enterprise. It’s doesn’t quite have the… Read More ›
Another for the ‘rape is not about sexual attraction’ file
Man, aged 18, charged with raping an 82 year old woman twice, allegedly attacking her as she was taking an early morning walk in a park. On Mother’s Day. He is most unlikely to have found her irresistably physically desirable:… Read More ›
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