This time around: Suzi Q. On A Mailing List I frequent of which most members are USAns, we were having a long discussion of names and nicknames. Susan and its derivatives came up, which led to the discussion of Susie… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Midweek musings
Which Swan is your kind of swan? The traditional(ish)? image from danceviewtimes.com The Funny Girl schvann? (wot, not one shot on the intarwebs of her suspended in midair?)
You’d flinch too
if Christopher Walken did all his scenes with you after eating three cloves of garlic every morning. This is how Walken manages to make his fellow actors so tense around him that on screen he appears to exude palpable menace,… Read More ›
Linky-link
Sex, Sexuality, Sexual/Gender Stereotypes: Cristy’s post at LP on the American Psychological Association’s report on the emotional harm caused by immersion in a culture of sexualised representations of girls. (also at her own blog) Anna’s post at LP on another… Read More ›
Blogging, blaming and outing or alerting
Hello, visiting Blamers! (and thanks for the emails) So, it appears I am the only person who’s worked out Switchbutt Dorktor‘s identity, or at least the only person who’s owned up to it. Short summary for non-Blamers: Anonymous doctor posts… Read More ›
Consensual sex contracts vs. consexual creed
There’s a lot of discussion in the feminist blogs about this T-shirt: This is timely, as currently most of the search engine hits bringing visitors to this blog are people googling on “consensual sex contracts“. But they’re not leaving comments…. Read More ›
FFS
Spare me. Michelle Malkin patting some hack on the back for doing a search and replace on a few paragraphs from the of a George Orwell essay, doing the usual strip-the-context bait and switch, as if he has made some… Read More ›
How not to do humour, according to the pros
Rogers transcribes (from memory) some professional comedy writers discussing the Fox Network’s attempt at a conservative version of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show (at Kung Fu Monkey, who has a couple of YouTube clips up from the show). The 1/2 Hour… Read More ›
Two tales of netball
Netball participation numbers are dropping, which is a problem for women’s fitness in Australia and New Zealand as traditionally netball has been the sport with the highest participation rates for women. A friendly lurker (thanks, R.) sent me a link… Read More ›
Friday Furry: kewt widdle puppy edition
originally uploaded by queenmichelle OK, there’s an awful lot of search engine hits on “Fluffy Destroyer of Worlds” and a lot of versions of this image, and lots of other pictures of animals alleged to be this apocalyptic furball. I… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 