Last night, SMH reporter Asher Moses was twittering about the Johns/rugby ‘gang bang’ business. Moses twitters under his own name, with “Technology Reporter, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age” in his bio. He wrote to the world: “So Matthew… Read More ›
Politics
Fat acceptance and Oppression Olympics fail on The Gruen Transfer
Via the Sarahs at Saucy Sisters, some massive adfail on ABC show The Gruen Transfer. TGT was going to look at a “fat pride” advertisement that combines the Oppression Olympics and -ist-humour tropes tonight. The show, which played the Adults… Read More ›
Police strip searching children
These two articles have dropped into my RSS reader in the past little while, and it’s a really disturbing combination. 1. Adults absent during child strip searches: Ombudsman [NSW Ombudsman] Bruce Barbour’s investigation found that between December 1, 2005, and… Read More ›
Elite male athletes and homosocial bonding through sexual coercion of women
As raised on the Otterday open thread, this has been all over the TV, radio and papers today – the 4 Corners episode on ARL footy players and their attitudes of sexual entitlement. Especially the attitude that says if a girl agrees to sexual contact with one footballer, or maybe two, that it’s no big deal if suddenly several other players appear in the room to “take a turn”, with a larger crowd of the team’s entourage happily watching this suddenly changed situation. The news stories very carefully avoid any terms suggesting that any player committed a criminal sexual offence, as no charges have been laid, and certainly no convictions have ensued.
Samantha Orobator may get out of Laos, at a price
I’ve linked to a few posts about Samantha Orobator in the last week, breaking news as follows:
A PREGNANT British woman arrested for heroin smuggling in Laos has been told she must testify she was not raped in prison in order to escape the firing squad.
P to the W to the N-E-D – Wanda Sykes Appreciation Thread
Wanda Sykes destroys Rush Limbaugh @ White House Correspondents’ Dinner
If you’ve got nothing better to do today, lurk on some wingnut blogs and watch their heads explode.
Call Kimondo a wahhhmbulance, he’s suing for blue balls
Kenyan man James Kimondo is suing G10 women’s rights activists who urged women to engage in a week-long sex strike as a political protest, the BBC reports. And the illustration on the Beeb’s article has to be seen to be… Read More ›
United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment
Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.
Tai Chi and Christianity – are they really incompatible?
Now, I’m no expert on either Tai Chi or Christianity but that’s never stopped me having an opinion before.;) So when I read this story about a group of mainly senior citizens being thrown out of a church hall for practicing… Read More ›
12 Livejournal ads you might prefer not to have seen
So. LJ ads. Spurred on by snugglebitch’s spotting of this anti-gay marriage ad on livejournal (via trouble), 1. I logged out of LJ, opened up Safari (no AdBlock), and poked around. I have a play with surfing, then interest searches…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 