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A wide poster of the characters we will see battling in the final Harry Potter movie - Harry and Voldemort are casting spells at each other which meet in the middle to form a brilliant ball of light

ObFanSquee: New Harry Potter trailer

By tigtog on 2011-06-17 • ( 4 )

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” Trailer 2 – No description/transcript yet. Apologies. The best I can do is the Warner Bros blurb, because I have to get back to work.

Women marching behind a "Still not Asking for 'It'" sign at Slutwalk Manchester

We Will Not Go Quietly: call for submissions

By Mary on 2011-06-17 • ( 3 )

Survivors Mel Hughes and Kate Ravenscroft are creating a zine by survivors of sexual assault for survivors of sexual assault: We Will Not Go Quietly.

They’re looking for a huge range of submissions, preferably by 31 July 2011. For more information, see their website We Will Not Go Quietly.

The Grauniad on Bachmann et al

By tigtog on 2011-06-15 • ( 2 )

Bachmann, 55, believes her country needs to be reclaimed from a socialist president, a gay mafia, and treasonous liberals, responsible for, among other things, robbing Americans of the freedom to choose their light bulbs.

Anybody who says crap like this? Avoid them and warn others about them

By tigtog on 2011-06-14 • ( 11 )

*** TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR RAPE APOLOGISM, VICTIM BLAMING, SLUT SHAMING AND VIOLENT IMAGERY ***

Quickhit: Gay Girl in Damascus Amina Arraf is a pseudonym for American Tom MacMaster

By tigtog on 2011-06-13 • ( 14 )

Now the regime is going to be able to cast everything MacMaster wrote about what was happening in Syria as pure fiction, and real people who trusted Arraf have been endangered.

An Open Challenge to mainstream media re SlutWalk Sydney

By tigtog on 2011-06-12 • ( 15 )

Does a single one of you have the guts to forego predictable titillation and let the public know the truth about Slutwalk and the hundreds and hundreds of other women and male and queer allies who will be marching in non-skimpy wear, and why they are there? Or will it just be more sad head-shaking misrepresentation from your pundits?