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• From the Fine to the Ridiculous

  By Helen on 2010-10-01 • ( 10 )

  No, I’m not dead, and no, the Grog’s Gamut fiasco hasn’t made me give up blogging about the patriarchy and the rest of the kyriarchy in favour of talking about shoes. Life has thrown more work at me lately than… Read More ›

• True Mud

  By Mindy on 2010-10-01 • ( 6 )

  I’m not sure why, but Sesame Street have made a True Blood parody called True Mud. And here it is. Enjoy. And is this too much cleavage for Sesame Street? They thought so, what do you think? Have an enjoyable… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: I Can Relate

  By lauredhel on 2010-09-30 • ( 5 )

  Today’s Cheezburger theme suits my low-spoons school holiday phase: I Can Relate. Post your own favourite relatable Cheez here – feel free to be more upbeat than me! – and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please… Read More ›

• Did you know people with artificial legs shouldn’t go hiking?

  By Jo Tamar on 2010-09-29 • ( 8 )

  Funny. I thought the whole point of a prosthetic leg was to enable a person who needs it to do pretty much the same range of things as a person who doesn’t have a prosthetic leg. Sometimes, it enables the prosthetic-leg-user to do those things even better than non-prosthetic-leg-users.

• Femmostroppo Reader – September 29, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-09-29 • ( 3 )

  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.

• Sydney University colleges: after “Define Statutory”

  By Mary on 2010-09-28 • ( 7 )

  

  Last year residents of St Paul’s College at the University of Sydney formed a Facebook page that described itself as “pro-rape, anti-consent”. What ended up being changed in response?

• Soapmaking Photo Walkthrough, Part Three: The Day After

  By lauredhel on 2010-09-28 • ( 10 )

  So here we are the next day, folks, just itching to get the soaps out of their moulds. Enjoy them with me!

• If you can’t defend yourself, you shouldn’t be allowed to speak

  By Mary on 2010-09-27 • ( 7 )

  

  James Massola’s outing of Grog’s Gamut‘s legal name and position in The Australian is an example of silencing of the less powerful: anyone who will not or cannot expose all of their words present and past, their name, their face, their body, their clothes, their family to mass scrutiny is being denied the ability to have political influence.

• The ‘but he can’t be’ meme continues

  By Mindy on 2010-09-27 • ( 6 )

  Brett Stewart is currently on trial on sexual assault charges. I haven’t read a lot about the case and I don’t have a firm opinion his guilt or otherwise as will be determined by the court. What I do have a… Read More ›

• Firefox Bookmarklet to help with Down Under Feminists Carnival submissions

  By Mary on 2010-09-26 • ( 10 )

  

  I’ve developed a Firefox bookmarklet that pre-fills most of the submission fields for the Down Under Feminists Carnival. Submit today!

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