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Quick Hit – 15 Interesting things about vaginas

By Mindy on 2011-12-16 • ( 9 )

15 interesting things.

a beam of light like the Bat Signal but the symbol shown is the RSS symbol

Quicklink: Harmful Communication Series

By tigtog on 2011-12-15 • ( 3 )

Much of this ties in with discussions here over the years; this time I recommend that you do read the comments. It’s some very useful reading to do just before those festive family gatherings.

The Australian Women Writers Challenge

By lauredhel on 2011-12-13 • ( 9 )

After hearing about it on Galactic Suburbia, I’m joining the Australian Women Writers Challenge next year! In 2012 I pledge to read… oh, what the heck, I’ll go for the biggie, the Franklin-fantastic: Ten books by Australian women writers, and I’ll review four…

Durban: a modest agreement

By tigtog on 2011-12-12

Delegates agreed to start work next year on a new legally binding treaty to cut greenhouse gases to be decided by 2015 and to come into force by 2020.

Quicklink: maybe you have to squint to see it clearly

By tigtog on 2011-12-11

“Each star marks a US military base, but just so we’re all clear: Iran is threatening us; we’re not threatening them.”

Quicklink: Court orders woman to pay alimony to convicted spousal rapist

By tigtog on 2011-12-08 • ( 2 )

Unfuckingbelievable.

The Humbling of a Pretty Girl

By Chally on 2011-12-07 • ( 3 )

To say that the outlets reporting on this think of it as a shock or a misfortune, feel really bad for Ms Scruggs, and are inappropriately sexing it up, misses the main point. There are loads of bigger stories to care about, on economies, wars, and disease. The point is that they are latching on to the most popular plot in the world: the humbling of the pretty girl.