British stand-up comedian Russell Brand rings the Nottingham police from the stage of his show, and hoaxes them by saying he’s seen a man who might be the serial sexual assaulter whom they seek. He then issues an “apology” about… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Otterday!
This Otterday photo comes from splityarn at flickr. Cap away!
Friday Hoyden: Elphaba
A mile above Oz, the Witch balanced on the wind’s forward edge, as if she were a green fleck of the land itself, flung up and sent wheeling away by the turbulent air. That is the opening sentence of the… Read More ›
Friday News Links Dump
It’s all over the TV news here in Australia this morning, though I can’t find video online, but here’s a picture gallery of the Amazing Shark Rescue Mission, where the marine scientists from the Gold Coast’s Sea World park led… Read More ›
Shooting crickets in a barrel
Is there really any point criticising gender-related MSM science “journalism” anymore? It has devolved into farce. Alias-sqbr spotted this one on the ABC News site: Men need carbs, women need meat: study The wisdom of feeding the man meat has… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
[This week’s runner-up.]
Highlights from the Hierarchy for WYD
Shorter Cardinal Pell: If you agree to a candlelight dinner then you’re just asking for it, aren’t you? How could sex later be rape? [link] Shorter Cardinal Pell: It’s totally OK to tell a clerical abuse complainant that they’re the… Read More ›
“I looked into the blacks of his eyes”? Big Brother 10
I’m not planning to blog as much Big Brother 10 from the USA as much as I do the Australian and UK versions, I swear. For a start, the USAn version is populated much more by fifth-rate Hollywood wannabes. In… Read More ›
Child rape victims are just cranky, says Bishop
My jaw just hit the floor. Around the Catholic “World Youth Day” week in Sydney roils much discussion of Church-sanctioned child rape and sexual abuse. Bishop Anthony Fisher is rather pissed off that some people aren’t concentrating on the things… Read More ›
Women’s bodies – pwned public space
So this post by cowardly asshat voyeur Nicu Buculei[1], a 35 year old man from Romania, was on Planet Fedora the other day, and was up for a while before being pulled down. I’m not going to reproduce the image… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 