There was quite a bit of reportage on Nimoy’s project last year on various feminist blogs, but we haven’t heard that much lately. The book’s been published now, so he’s on the PR trail, so Colbert had him on for… Read More ›
Sociology
“Letting his lust get the better of him”
Cut for nasssty rape triggers.
Repellent Robbo, rape apologist
Clive Robertson, the man once considered a charmingly irascible curmudgeon on top rated TV and radio shows now battles to retain a midnight to dawn talk-back radio show, and if there’s any justice then what Media Watch revealed last night… Read More ›
Howard’s End on Four Corners
Quite rivetting. The irony of them racing off to the ABC for the prestige after years of slagging them as partisan won’t escape anyone, I’m sure. Transcript and streaming video [Flash] [Windows Media Player] on the Four Corners site. There’s… Read More ›
Graeme Reeves: Medical rape culture and collegiality
[image source: cirp.org] NineMSN’s Sunday reports: “Who Watches the Doctors?”: A woman goes into her local hospital for routine minor surgery to remove a tiny lesion on her labia. But just before the anaesthetic is administered, her doctor leans over… Read More ›
AntiFeminist Bingo 2
I now present:
Anti-feminist Bingo: The Sequel!
Enjoy your troll-mocking.
Hypocrite Watch: Ben Stein et al
Bunch of uptight chaps make a documentary (Expelled) about how academia is repressing the rough and tumble of free speech about biological evolution (they think evolution is a pernicious myth). Same bunch of uptight chaps hold “press conferences” where instead… Read More ›
“Please don’t push me off my Segway.”
A couple of days ago, I talked about the harm done by busybodies and assholes who proceed on the assumption that everyone they meet must be able-bodied until proven otherwise. From the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend comes an article:… Read More ›
Telemarketing: You gotta get your amusement where you can
I was just telling this tale over at the Pavlov Blog, on the “Don’t Call Me Mrs.” thread. Some of you have heard it before, but here it is again anyhow. ~~~ [ring ring.] “Hello?” “Hello. Is Dr Lauredhel there?”… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden from fiction: PM Anne Adair
“Roos in Shoes” by Tom Keneally (of Schindler’s Ark fame) is the first picture book I can recall seeing with a female character who is a political leader. The book features a Prime Minister Anne Adair, who helps support a… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 