Does Prof Baskerville give us any stats for how many men in the prisons are there for rape, DV or skipping child support compared to other crimes? No, indeed he does not.
Culture
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QOTD: Andrew Bartlett #nocleanfeed
The government’s compulsory internet filter will not make the internet any safer for children to use unsupervised, nor will it make police detection of users of illegal content any easier.
Heidi Fleiss: “Thank God for abortions!”
Who knew Celebrity Big Brother UK would get so interesting so quickly? Day two, and they’re still making awkward small talk (everything relaxes on day three, when they start having farting competitions). They’ve done the usual thing of stacking the… Read More ›
Quickhit: That Jennifer Hawkins magazine cover
Body image foundation defends nude Jennifer Hawkins cover
Sunday Silliness: Doctor Who doesn’t mind the Buzzcocks
In the week before Christmas, the BBC broadcast a special Doctor Who version of their music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks (from whose format our Oz ABC show Spicks and Specks is derived). Sadly, not even UKTV on cable shows Buzzcocks, so we just don’t get it here.
Question of the Day: Metaphors for Authoritarianism
What are all the connotations that spring to mind when you hear “Big Brother”? How about when you hear “Nanny State”? How do you think a newspaper cartoonist might represent these two different ideas as people? No need to edit… Read More ›
Obligatory Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Finale Thread
First, an entirely spoiler-free bit of tie-in fun from Auntie Beeb adding Doctor Who graphics to the soundtrack of David Tennant driving a Reasonably Priced Car around the Top Gear testing track:
Fairfax Feature Fail
Fairfax never fail to disappoint. Right now WAToday is running a front-page-promoted slideshow thus: The photos of the decade A selection of amazing, spellbinding images from the past ten years. Right next to a photo of a burning World Trade… Read More ›
‘Avatar’ Indignation Thread
By popular request (and my need for a place to vent, still), this is the thread in which to point out plot holes, the rampant racism, (hetero)sexism and ableism, and general all-round problems with James Cameron’s new ‘epic’, Avatar. Also… Read More ›
Holidays Are For Wibble: Battlestar Rhapsody (spoilericious)
Why did I not know about this at the time? It’s a songvid of several seasons of Battlestar Galactica, set to filk of Bohemian Rhapsody. The random, apparently-obligatory (WTF is with that, things-that-are-otherwise-funny?) bit of misogyny in the middle is… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 