We were concentrating on more contemporary historical matters here in Oz, but yesterday was also Darwin Day. Women in “Free” Iraq Women Behind Bars (via Feministe) How cheap is your love? What would you tell your 14-year-old self? Quote Of… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Acknowledgement and Apology
This post is being continually updated with links to commentary on the Apology Today, for the first time, indigenous people performed a Welcome to Country ceremony at the Opening of the Parliament of Australia. Kevin Rudd’s hope is that this… Read More ›
Ghost rants: Archbishop edition
Image Credit: Peter Brookes from The Times Online The Ghost of Violet Socks sums up everything I’ve been trying to compose about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s latest efforts. I used to rather like the man. And the Brits are no… Read More ›
Skeptic LOLcat
moar funny pictures The 84th Carnival of the Godless is up (has been up for over a week, actually) at Mind on Fire.
Two flawed histories
I just this week caught up with two shows on cable: The Tudors (2007) and Macbeth (2007). Both productions have casting and/or directorial problems, which is hard to forgive when one is dealing with such well-known stories.
You know you’re middle-aged when
…you catch up with old friends who’ve come down to the big smoke not because they are going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park, but because their offspring is going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park. Photograph by… Read More ›
File in the lowered journalistic standards folder
One Harry Mount, of the UK Telegraph, simply doesn’t know how to do basic research. This is his claim: The death of feminism at British universities. Quietly, without much fanfare, women’s studies has disappeared from British universities. In the 70s,… Read More ›
Caption this
(Stealing some schtick from Liss) I’ll start with: These are the only pink bits you‘ll see, mate! Image credit: photo by ninjapoodles I love this shot.
Torture couture from Galliano
Speechless. Via the SMH, the new men’s collection from John Galliano, inspired by Abu Ghraib, and complete with bleeding neck and chest wounds, black hoods, and nooses. Photos below the cut.
Margaret Mead and long bows: is the sexual revolution all her fault or not?
There’s an excellent post by Mercurius at Larvatus Prodeo regarding the drawing of long bows from scanty (nay, unrelated) data. It’s based on a notably incoherent op-ed column which asserts many things, but particularly makes the now common charge that… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 