Politics

Pink vs the paparazzi: photostalkers and children’s privacy

So when you see our middle fingers up in all of our pictures, now you know the motivation. It’s all we can do to stop images of a newborn baby from being printed without our consent. Can you imagine a world where they would blur out our middle finger to protect a “consumer” over blurring out an innocent child to protect their integrity and privacy?

Juneteenth

Juneteenth is celebrated every 19 June. Happy Juneteenth to all our bloggy friends celebrating today (ish allowing for time differences).

The Grauniad on Bachmann et al

Bachmann, 55, believes her country needs to be reclaimed from a socialist president, a gay mafia, and treasonous liberals, responsible for, among other things, robbing Americans of the freedom to choose their light bulbs.

An Open Challenge to mainstream media re SlutWalk Sydney

Does a single one of you have the guts to forego predictable titillation and let the public know the truth about Slutwalk and the hundreds and hundreds of other women and male and queer allies who will be marching in non-skimpy wear, and why they are there? Or will it just be more sad head-shaking misrepresentation from your pundits?