Only the bloke on the left was allowed into the cinema to see Expelled in Minneapolis. The other bloke got expelled. Obviously, the horns were just too much. Read all about it. Original image source: University of Minnesota (Morris). Modified… Read More ›
Sociology
Newsflash: Toys Now Indistinguishable From Satire
Because I couldn’t make this up. Not if I tried. Struts Runway Magic. It’s a plastic equine! It’s an unfeasibly insubstantial fashion model! It comes in clearly delineated racial types! It’s – Struts Runway Magic! Now selling at a polymer-soaked… Read More ›
Another lap of the circuit
At 0548 GMT (or UT if you prefer) on March 20, the Sun (from a geocentric perspective) passed the celestial equator heading north, making it the autumnal equinox for us Southrons and the vernal equinox for them Northrons. APOD has… Read More ›
Documentary, or Fragranced Toiletry Product?
I was inspired by Lush’s “Guantanamo Garden” Bath Ballistic. The fizzy, orange-and-jasmine-scented luxury bath product is orange to represent prisoner jumpsuits, and when it has finished dissolving in the bath, you will find a waterproof photo of a prisoner is… Read More ›
Dam that beaver
Y’know, I don’t find this offensive. It’s clever, not least in its rather pointed metacommentary on the way that advertisements for menstrual products have relied on euphemisms since forever.
Women in science
Two posts from PZ at Pharyngula. Firstly, a repost of a strip from the brilliant comic Non Sequiturwith a single short paragraph of commentary: You know, when you stop to think about it, this strip really isn’t that funny —… Read More ›
New Hollaback Flyer!
We have a new flyer for Hollaback Australia! Click on the screengrab to download in PDF format, and distribute far and wide. Blog buttons and printable business cards to come.
Today’s fabricated panic: “Delayed” birth interventions causing childhood obesity?
Srsly. The ABC News is quoting economist Andrew Leigh as saying that the “delayed” interventions around baby bonus time is causing fatter children. A Canberra economist says an increase in the baby bonus could lead to unhealthier children. Research by… Read More ›
Holy traditional family values, Batman!
This frame is from the 1959 Batman comic “The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman”: Via Eatliver.com. Description is in footnote 1. Lonely Gods expands on the rest of the story: Batwoman’s status as an inferior woman was most clearly stated… Read More ›
Chunderama
Kathryn Jean Lopez at Townhall wishes the USA could have John Howard for their next President. In the final paragraphs she gets to her real point, which is that John McCain just isn’t conservative enough, and by damn he ought… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 