And when I say “hit”, I mean “detonate with a nuclear weapon and fire into the sun, please”. LG has released a new phone, which they call “Secret”. Apparently, if you’re a peeping Tom, you can use it to control… Read More ›
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More Big Brother bullying: Alexandra removed from the BB UK house
This week Alexandra was summarily removed from the Big Brother UK house after making indirect threats towards fellow housemates and their friends and families. I think this incident highlights a possible difference between Big Brother Australia and Big Brother UK…. Read More ›
Update: Child rapists jailed
Two years ago, nine men and boys raped a ten year old girl in the town of Aurukun. My previous posts on the subject: “Naughty little girl”, explains rape apologist Crown Prosecutor in gang rape of ten year old girl… Read More ›
Quick hit: Rape sorcery in far north Queensland
In today’s “Damn dirty sluts just keep on asking for it!” news, the Cairns police have blamed drunk women for bringing on their own “sex attacks”. (Hint: Rape is not “sex”.) And somehow, these attacks magically materialise out of thin… Read More ›
Power couple politics NSW style and the alleged disciplinary double standard
Well, hasn’t it been a busy week or so for NSW Minister John Della Bosca and his wife, Federal backbencher MP Belinda Neal? Of course, for the last few days we’ve only been hearing about her, despite Della Bosca’s documented… Read More ›
“Don’t write a poem about rape.”
“Shove It: Part 2” (The Buffaloe Pen) is Julie’s story of having her deeply personal poem about rape rejected by a literary journal editor. But it wasn’t just rejected. The editor, who is obviously a rapist or rapist-in-waiting, wrote her… Read More ›
Why the inverted commas?
From the Independent Online’s Crime and Courts section: Man held for ‘rape’ June 09 2008 at 12:10PM A 25-year-old man was arrested for “rape” on Monday in Katlehong, East Rand police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Mega Ndobe said the man allegedly… Read More ›
The Inaugural Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hoyden About Town is proud to present the first edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I hope you enjoy this spectacular buffet of feminist writing. The Down Under Feminists Carnival is open to feminist submissions from any blog based… Read More ›
Women who have had C sections may struggle to get health insurance in the USA
Health insurance for women is being denied, or premium-loaded, in the wake of the Cesarean section upsurge. The New York Times reports “After Caesareans, Some Women See Higher Insurance Cost”: When the Golden Rule Insurance Company rejected her application for… Read More ›
All Fun and Games: Bullying and assault in the Big Brother house
Update 3 Jun 08: Eye on Big Brother is now saying that the product squirted into Travis’s eye was not a body cleansing product as BB had claimed, but a shower mould remover, as we at Hoyden About Town suspected…. Read More ›
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