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• Quote of the Week?

  By tigtog on 2010-03-16 • ( 1 )

  “If we just take our temperature, all of Australia has experienced warming over the last 50 years. We are warming in every part of the country during every season and as each decade goes by, the records are being broken.”

• Rape complaints versus rape convictions – UK review and response

  By tigtog on 2010-03-16 • ( 4 )

  Some campaigners said that the recommendation effectively let the criminal justice system off the hook, when women were still receiving “shocking” treatment. “What she’s proposing is to cover up what’s happening in the criminal justice system just at the time when women are finally getting the truth out,” said Ruth Hall of Women Against Rape.

• Quickhit: Ex-magistrate dismayed by sex offender visit

  By tigtog on 2010-03-16 • ( 6 )

  A former Children’s Court magistrate says she is dismayed by a decision to reunite two young girls with their father, a registered sex offender.

• Femmostroppo Reader – March 15, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-03-16

  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. (Bit of a big one, so links are behind the cut!

• Arsevertising: Calvin Klein Rape Culture

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-15 • ( 13 )

  Via Becky at Happy Bodies comes this ad from Calvin Klein, which Becky ran into at Hulu while watching “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. Trigger warnings on this: threatening – like the kind of street harassment that feels like it’s… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – March 15, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-03-15 • ( 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. Facebook’s new slut page: a monument to girl hatred – “A couple of images of men… Read More ›

• Juxtaposition

  By tigtog on 2010-03-15

  I found this arrangement in the cooking section in the nearby mega-bookstore: No further comment.

• Not friends again

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-03-15 • ( 11 )

  This article in The Australian by Rosemary Neill is more a report on the lay of the land than a way forward but what it does do is spell out nicely the latest split to occur in feminism. Once again… Read More ›

• “Honey, Don’t Bother Daddy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand.”

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-13 • ( 17 )

  I played a little bit with this New York Times article. Do the changes work for you? How does the article come off in general? Honey, Don’t Bother Daddy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand. On a brisk Saturday morning… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-13 • ( 11 )

  Today’s sea otter mother-baby pair comes via the Mail Online. The otters were snapped in Prince William Sound, off the south coast of Alaska. Thanks to all the people who pointed me to it! Please feel free to use this… Read More ›

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