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• Abbott-Watch: macho moments more important than basic consideration

  By tigtog on 2011-02-09 • ( 16 )

  Paraphrasing a comment I just made at LP: The “shit happens” comment is revealing despite being a media “gotcha” beatup, and what it reveals isn’t pretty.

• Working Mum it’s all your fault too.

  By Mindy on 2011-02-09 • ( 15 )

  

  Just when you thought it was Ladies of Leisure being at fault now it’s working mothers making their children fat.

• A new definition of functional

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-02-08 • ( 2 )

  This messy patchwork of care arrangements – its favours and returned favours; its sick children one week and different working hour requirements the next – are how the modern working parent operates these days.

• How many ways can you get it wrong?

  By Jo Tamar on 2011-02-08 • ( 5 )

  Two main “facts” in the headline. Two main “facts” completely and utterly wrong.

• Gratuitous Google doodle blogging

  By tigtog on 2011-02-08

  It’s to honour Jules Verne. Interactive steampunk ahoy!

• Quicklink: newswithnipples on Mark Latham’s sexism

  By tigtog on 2011-02-07 • ( 9 )

  She wrote all about it, which means I don’t have to!

• Yet another Dickwolves post

  By tigtog on 2011-02-05 • ( 69 )

  [TW: rape culture] Don’t know about it yet? You’re lucky. Here’s a timeline. Geek Feminism and Shakesville have multiple posts on how Penny Arcade fucked up not so much with just(!) an insensitive rape joke in their webcomic, but with their mockingly dismissive responses (and how that played into their fans’ responses) to people’s objections to that webcomic.

• Victorian storms & floods

  By tigtog on 2011-02-05 • ( 9 )

  Check in, if you’ve got power! Watch out for those tricksy flash floods, and when do we get a week free of natural disaster dangers please?

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2011-02-05 • ( 28 )

  Otters! Vicious little wea —

  dawwwwww.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• What will it take for Hosni Mubarak to go already?

  By tigtog on 2011-02-04 • ( 1 )

  Hundreds have already been killed and the violence is escalating. Let your people get on with it without you and your mates. You are not needed.

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