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  • Ladies of Leisure – it’s all your fault.

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    The Spin is strong in this one Luke. Ladies of Leisure, that is older women not participating in the workforce and not looking for paid employment, will be the ruin of us all apparently. CLOSE to a million more mature… Read More ›

  • A 1950s Alternative Universe

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    on Saturday night I found myself watching a late-night 1950s black and white movie – something I haven’t done much of since the demise of Bill Collins and Ivan Hutchinson’s shows. Oh, how I used to love those old black and white movies (cue massive eyeroll from the kids). Some of the interest lies in a mixture of plot points which appear to have been written while dropping acid combined with gender and class expectations which are all too real.

  • Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes: what did they expect?

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    Say what? Gervais got famous by making people uncomfortable at why they are laughing at his material, by deliberately crossing boundaries of “good taste”, and he also has a mean streak. This is not A Great Big Showbiz Secret.

  • Quicklink: And He Reckons He’s Not A Monster

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    Florida Rape Suspect Asks For Public Defender After Cross-Examining Alleged Victim So, after he has, acting as his own attorney, asked her questions for hours in the courtroom about her accusation that he raped her, making her relive it in… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader January 15, 2011

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    Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

  • Otterday! And Open Thread.

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    Today’s otter was snapped in Yellostone by yathin on flickr.

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

  • *cough* *splutter* *ache* *limp*

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    What energy I have is being conserved for things other than blogging, at the moment. I’m missing keeping on top of things, but not enough to actually do anything about it.

  • A few links about what is and what is not a ‘blood libel’

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    A ‘blood libel’ is much more than just a ‘false accusation’, and there’s no way that the speech-writer couldn’t have known that.

  • What would Anna Bligh do?

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    Anna Bligh, the Queensland Premier seems to finally be living up to the potential she showed when she first became Premier. Her leadership during this flood crisis matches much of what I have heard from those who have worked for and with her during her time as Premier – that she is calm, intelligent, respectful, decent, personable, sensible and brave – but the reality of her style never previously translated to her broader public image. Some of the criticism of Bligh applies across the board to politicians generally, who these days seem to be over-prepared for public appearances to the point of coming across as robotic and false.

  • Thursday Cheezburger – Popular Culture

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    Today’s LOL theme is: Popular culture. Find your favorite movie or song themed lol.