Now our Prime Minister is treating voters like heedless children who simply haven’t thought carefully enough about what change might mean. Mr Howard says there is always a risk with changing Government. And he warns voters flirting with the idea… Read More ›
Sociology
So Similar
A draft I’ve had hanging around since last month: I’m trying to get these things out for some discussion even if I haven’t been able to wrap a bow around them to my entire satisfaction. Via Samara at The F-word… Read More ›
From the archives: Kate Harding on cyberbullying as a feminist issue
An oldie but a goodie revisited: Kate Harding “On Being a No-Name Blogger Using Her Real Name”. It’s hard to pick out the best bits, but here, have two.
The horror!
Check out Kirk Douglas’ eyes! John Travolta receiving the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas award, from 90-year-old Kirk Douglas, at the Four Seasons. 90 years old, and Kirk still can’t live down those beefcake sword and sandal movies! Maybe… Read More ›
Vestigial indigeniety in the coloniser’s eye: from useless to nuisance
It’s the Day of Action against the Northern Territory invasion. I’ve been toying with a different approach from my usual snarkrants. I’ve been exploring the coloniser world view, getting into the brains of those who are perpetuating the ongoing invasion…. Read More ›
Evpsych justifications of boobie bongs; and in which The Portly Dyke speaks wisdom
This Shakesville thread, “For the Discerning Gentleman: You, Too, Can Decorate Your Life With Disembodied Boobs “ has been a laff riot. The thread devolved into a circle with several men at the centre, the men shouting about how they… Read More ›
Bobby’s Dairy: “Your baby cannot have your milk.”
Moving house is sucking all my blogergy, so here’s a tale for you. Trish and Bobby. [Image source] Background to this story: Bobby was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This is a congenital defect in which the left side… Read More ›
Humourless feminists and PUAs
It seems silly to waste time on artificial techniques to trick a woman into having sex when she quite possibly wanted to have sex anyway as long as the man seems likeable.
Gratuitous Roger Federer blogging
Photo by Annie Leibovitz, taken in Dubai, for Mens Vogue. This seems as good a time as any to mention the wonderful blog Romancing the Tome, the blog which loves a good literary adaptation. Assuming that the charming Federer might… Read More ›
What a slimy, self-regarding, small, repugnant, grub of a man
I’ve become so inured to the sight of our current Prime Minister arrogating the ceremonial duties of our Governor General that I tend to no longer be outraged. Thankfully, Ken Lovell at Surfdom is not so reticent, and his description… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 