Politics

a red/white/blue poster done in the style of the Barack Obama "Audacity of Hope" posters. The image is of Tony Abbott, and in block letters underneath, it says "NOPE"

Abbott-Watch #libspill, get your popcorn

By tigtog on 2015-09-14 • ( 37 )

A thread to share anything especially entertaining or infuriating regarding tonight’s Liberal party leadership ballot.

Photograph of Westminster Palace, home of the UK Parliament, taken at dusk from across the river Thames.

Media Circus: Politicians Of Conviction edition

By tigtog on 2015-09-13 • ( 7 )

Veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn, a strong anti-austerity activist, has been elected leader of the Labour Party by a landslide.

Meanwhile, the Australian Labor Party is still led by Bill Shorten.

What’s piqued your media interests lately?

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

Media Circus: The Mysteries of Brewing edition

By tigtog on 2015-08-11 • ( 4 )

So this week most of the mass media is purporting to believe that it is possible to produce alchohol from brewers yeast extract.

What’s piqued your media interests lately?

The 87th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

By Chally on 2015-08-05

See all the details on the latest carnival and how to submit to the next one.

Media Circus: #ISupportAdamGoodes edition

By tigtog on 2015-07-31

Feeling so much rage right now against the troglodytes showing their arses all over the internet and mass media this week.

What’s piqued your media interests lately?

Broadly smiling black woman with long braids.

Friday Hoyden: Bree Newsome

By Anna on 2015-07-03 • ( 1 )

After the murder of nine people at a Bible study group in a church in South Carolina, USA, in a white supremacist terrorist massacre specifically targeting black Americans, many people’s patience has run out with the display of racist symbols… Read More ›