In things that I wish surprised me, some of the discussion has brought Victorian One Nation State President John Groves out of the woodwork, and a look at his twitter timeline not only comes up with gems like calling Julia Gillard a “redheaded itch”, but he seems to actively support “poofter bashing”.
violence
Because portraying violence against women is so edgy, doncha know?
Warning: the image in the linked article may be triggering for some readers. Stickers you can put on your luggage to make it easily identifiable? Good idea. Silly stickers like blocks of cocaine or dildos? Juvenile and likely to have… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – July 19, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
Quickhit: Police intimidated by colleagues over rape case
Another former Victorian policeman has come forward and backed claims that a 2004 rape investigation involving AFL player Stephen Milne was compromised.
This is Domestic Violence Culture: Tim Westwood on Big Brother Big Mouth
Reality TV show Big Brother has just started its eleventh and final series in the UK. BBUK has a chat show that airs after each episode, Big Brother Big Mouth. The format of BBBM is that there are two or… Read More ›
MSM finally catches up on the Israeli blockade of Gaza
Anyone in Israel who thought that stopping this flotilla would starve the gesture of publicity made a woeful miscalculation once they opened fire on the high seas, not even in their own territorial waters, on humanitarian demonstrators. They claim self defence (5 out of 6 boats were seized peacefully, one wasn’t) but as Christine Keeler might say – they would, wouldn’t they?
Repellent rape apologists
TRIGGER WARNING.
revisiting what is apparently an old argument of his: that clear cut cases of rape and sexual enslavement of women allegedly ordered by God in the early books of the Bible might just not “really” be “rape”
What is “healthcare”? A tale of a murderer, a victim, and a tattoo.
[*** WARNING for detailed domestic violence description from the fourth paragraph on. ***] My local paper has been abuzz with righteous taxpayer outrage over the State paying for a tattoo removal for a woman, who I’ll call JMN. The story… Read More ›
My town is awesome, but it sucks
Why is Sydney awesome? Because the next time I’m in strife, I might be rescued by ninjas. Why does Sydney suck? A TV news station has taken it upon itself to out a senior politician who had broken no parliamentary… Read More ›
5 young white men “of good character” beat Aboriginal man to death
five young men in the Northern Territory – Scott Doody, Timothy Hird, Joshua Spears, Anton Kloeden, and Glen Swain – who after a drinking spree drove along the Todd River creek-bed deliberately terrorising sleeping aboriginals camping there, and who then beat one of those terrorised people, a young man named Kwementyaye Ryder, to death after he threw a bottle at their car
Hoyden About Town 