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By Mindy on 2011-06-01 • ( 11 )

Today in moral panics.

Pedant’s Corner: Dear BBC Knowledge Channel,

By tigtog on 2011-05-31 • ( 8 )

Your earlier show “A Victorian Farm” could have been arguably marketed as “the dawn of the Industrial Age”, but it was well past noon by Edward’s time. Why does your marketing department have to embarrass all those poor historians like this?

@mfarnsworth on Blanchett

By tigtog on 2011-05-30 • ( 6 )

Malcolm Farnsworth on the Murdoch Media’s confected outrage du jour: actress Cate Blanchett has political opinions, and dares to share them in public.

Re-post: But why shouldn’t she take some responsibility too for the rape?

By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-28 • ( 9 )

Image credit here. In honour of the Slut Walk happening in parts of Australia at the moment I am re-posting this piece, which orginally appeared here on blue milk. TRIGGER WARNING – graphic description of rape. ——————————————– I am going… Read More ›

Re-post: Don’t get raped

By hatbluemilk on 2011-05-28 • ( 6 )

Image credit here. In honour of the Slut Walk happening in parts of Australia at the moment I am re-posting this piece, which orginally appeared here on blue milk. From Amelia Bentley’s article in the brisbane times (my use of… Read More ›

Captain Jack sings one of my favourite songs.

By Mindy on 2011-05-26 • ( 4 )

John Barrowman performing ‘You’re so vain’ from his album ‘Another Side’, on The midweek national Lottery Draw. (14/11/07)

Why the 9 months delay?

By tigtog on 2011-05-24

I’ve also been waiting for one single news story on the matter to point out that it’s not just the soldiers at risk, it’s also the sexual partners of every single one of those soldiers over the last 9 months, some of whom may end up infected when that could so easily have been avoided by timely notification. So far I’ve seen nothing even mentioning the possibility.