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Ich Bin Nicht Ein Roboter
I am a Lion! (100 points* to anyone who gets the reference) This photo was taken by a lioness who stole a robo-cam and gave it a damn good chew-over. The camera was borked with its case mangled and cracked… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – April 27, 2010
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. Ask The Panthers What Would Happen If The Teabaggers Were Black – “But it ain’t ‘speculation’… Read More ›
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Today in the Bechdel test: 24
[Warning: here be spoilers.] 24, the TV saga of implausible counterterrorist superhero Jack Bauer, has a whole lot of issues. But there is one thing that Season 8 of the show 24 is getting right, and that’s the Bechdel test… Read More ›
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Can’t blog
Setting up iPhone.
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Femmostroppo Reader – April 26, 2010
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. Predator Theory – “In other words, the guy who says “she’s a dumb slut who probably… Read More ›
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Endangered Monday: Sable Antelope
Their magnificent horns, reaching 100cm in females and up to 165cm in males, have made them a trophy animal for centuries, thus contributing to their endangerment as a species
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Otterday! And Open Thread.
These otters were snapped at the Canberra Zoo by Stephen Dann. Posted with permission. You can see the rest of the set here at flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – April 23, 2010
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. Lesbian athletes just can't win – “So if you think it’s easy out there for lesbian… Read More ›
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Quickhit: James Cameron on the Lakota Sioux people
The Guardian has this quote from James Cameron, director of the movie Avatar, which has been widely criticised as a White Saviour movie. (See our previous conversation on Avatar.) Cameron said witnessing indigenous ceremonies and meetings in the Amazon had… Read More ›
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Friday Hoyden: Aretha Franklin
So much to love – where to start?
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Culture ›
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In memoriam: Diana Rigg
2020-09-11
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#AWW2017 – non-fiction – six reviews
2017-12-26
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Otterday! And Open Thread
2017-09-17
Life ›
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Soggy here, innit?
2022-03-07
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Getting out the ‘yes’
2017-10-26
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QOTD for IWD: Aung San Suu Kyi
2017-03-08
Politics ›
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Lengthy closures of schools and childcare centres will end mothers’ careers
2020-02-29
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Australia Burns: Bells Line of Road, 28 December 2019
2020-01-02
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Elections #AusPol 2019 Thread
2019-03-15
Science ›
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ATO scammer time of the year again for Aussies
2017-09-19
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Missing Cassini already
2017-09-17
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Link OTD: DIY Feminist Cybersecurity
2017-01-05
Sociology ›
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The 109th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
2017-07-09
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The 108th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
2017-06-11
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Abortion will remain in the NSW Crimes Act
2017-05-12