Kelly Vincent has now taken her place in the South Australian parliament. The House scrambled to provide accessibility, with a newly constructed desk and ramps. The House itself now has a different geography due to the presence of one person…. Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Friday Hoyden: Annie Lennox
I can’t remember when I wasn’t a fan of Annie Lennox. That glorious voice and the amazing style of her costumes and performances, that sense of gracious absurdity, fierce compassion and joyous gravitas. She has always stood out.
Massaging circulation figures?
I was surprised to see a friend toting a Murdoch tabloid around in her car, and learned that it had come free with her earlier emergency drive-through caffeine+muffin hit from a McDonald’s. It seems that everybody gets one now when… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 13, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Roman Polanski can remain silent no more. Anybody got a gag? – “What makes me sick… Read More ›
Carer hits PWD on the head in public; World points and laughs
No, it is not fucking ok for carers to hit people with disabilities on the head when they don’t do as they’re told. NOT. OK. Why does this need saying? At a football game at Saltergate, groups of Chesterfield fans… Read More ›
This morning I am preemptively addressing SAD
It’s one of those gorgeous brisk sunny winter mornings in Sydney, so I am working at the beach. My iPhone tells me that the temperature is 14 degrees Celsius, and it feels like it in the wind, but I am up in one of the picnic shelters facing the sun and out of the wind, so I might soon haveto take my fleecy off. Apologies for dodgy webcam shot.
Thursday Cheezburger: Battle Tactics
And today’s LOLcat theme is… Battle Tactics!
Crush-worthy political pundits
Reading Twitter during last night’s delivery of the Australian federal budget I couldn’t help but notice how many of us crush on political journalists. For my money you can’t go past the über delicious George Megalogenis but I saw much… Read More ›
D’oh
I tried out a new admin plugin yesterday, hoping that it would allow me to reopen comments on some older posts. It didn’t, but it did manage to close comments on several new posts. Those new posts have now had… Read More ›
#ausbudget 2010
My favourite tweet of the night goes to @annabelcrabb: Government Keeps Promise! Delivers Boring Budget, Exactly As Threatened
Hoyden About Town 