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• How to wrangle a new paradigm

  By Guest Poster on 2010-08-27 • ( 5 )

  I’m particularly intrigued by the growing hysteria echoing out of Murdoch’s media outlets. Dealing with independents who aren’t pavlovian in their response to the media’s narratives must come as something of a shock.

• Steve Fielding wants a new election too

  By tigtog on 2010-08-27 • ( 8 )

  Of course he’s not acknowledging that potentially providing multiple Double-Dissolution triggers over the next 9 months is blatantly in his self-interest – he’s just lost his Senate seat in the last election – under the reduced quota in place in DD elections, he stands a good chance of winning it back.

• Rainbow Kittehs

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-26 • ( 7 )

  Post your own favourite rainbow-enabled cat macro here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

• Gratuitous fansquee: Manta do the Dr Who theme

  By tigtog on 2010-08-26 • ( 7 )

  Open fansquee thread for anything you can connect to the Whoniverse or Spicks and Specks. Go for it.

• 7-point plan submitted: where to now? #auswaits

  By tigtog on 2010-08-25 • ( 11 )

  I’m vastly amused by how outraged some of the punditocracy appear to be that the markets didn’t run around like headless chooks on Monday, after the pundits predicted that they would and should take a tumble because of the dreaded “instability” of such a terribly unprecedented thing as a hung parliament. Dearie me.

• Cutting through the 24/7 news cycle / soundbite culture

  By tigtog on 2010-08-25 • ( 4 )

  to recast election campaign news coverage away from the horse-race and inside-baseball paradigms that currently masquerade as informing the public

• Pap smears, fat-shaming, and the lithotomy trap

  By lauredhel on 2010-08-24 • ( 44 )

  [x-posted at FWD/Forward] So I’m sitting watching the evening news, and on comes a chap telling us women and girls that we oughtta go and get more Pap smears. Then on comes a woman to talk about how Pap screening… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 24, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-08-24 • ( 2 )

  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.

• Motion: regarding criticism of female politicians using gendered language in other forums

  By tigtog on 2010-08-23 • ( 5 )

  … the following tactic is suggested.

• Maybe it’s an omen?

  By Mindy on 2010-08-23 • ( 1 )

  This morning we were awoken at the ungodly hour of 6.15 by the shrieking of a rabbit (rather like a smoke detector in pitch, sound and volume) but not as pleasant for the rabbit obviously. If you didn’t know rabbits… Read More ›

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