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Quick Hit: I’m not sexist says Bob Ellis

By Mindy on 2012-08-20 • ( 12 )

Bob Ellis says he isn’t sexist. What do you think?

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2012-08-18 • ( 23 )

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Quick Hit: Silencing Tactics

By Mindy on 2012-08-17 • ( 20 )

Silencing tactics are not cool.

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

Media Circus: Island prisons

By tigtog on 2012-08-15 • ( 30 )

Disgusted. As usual for media circus threads, please share your bouquets and brickbats for particular items in the mass media, or highlight cogent analysis elsewhere, on any current sociopolitical issue.

Medieval line drawing of two flying devils pushing a monk off a bridge.

Wednesday Whimsy: So you’ve been accused of witchcraft…

By Anna on 2012-08-15 • ( 5 )

A handy guide to what you can expect: please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.

Photo of an individual portion of apple crumble

Weekend womanscraft: winter warmers

By Mary on 2012-08-11 • ( 7 )

Warming bellies with cream of mushroom soup, slow cooked meat, apple crumble and other noms. What are you cooking this winter?

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2012-08-11 • ( 11 )

Pepe Le Pew assaults a woman who has repeatedly said no.

Keeping Creepy Under Control

By tigtog on 2012-08-10 • ( 15 )

Some links that neatly bookend aspects of a problem that many people experience, either as targets of creepiness finding that their social group is not stepping up to back them up, or those worrying about their particular social habits being perceived as creepy when it’s the last thing they want to be. Also? Enough with the Aspie bit already!